Students seeking to experience a traditional college environment were instead expected to treat college as if it were a biohazardous wasteland.
Despite mounting that mask mandates did next to nothing to decrease the likelihood of contracting COVID-19, students were expected to mindlessly obey. Over the past two years, however, most colleges have gradually phased out these mask mandates and relaxed their constant promotion of COVID-19 vaccines.
It seemed as if students would finally be able to experience college as people had for decades: a potentially life-changing experience full of academic enrichment, career advancement, and social interaction. While the overwhelming majority of schools currently operate similarly to the way they did prior to 2020 — generally free of mandates, social distancing, and other COVID-related measures — it appears that the COVID-19 measures that students all too quickly became familiar with in 2020 and 2021 are slowly becoming a reality once again.
