I think it will become a lot less universal now. I know of a number of universities that closed to the public during the pandemic and have not yet reopened, or announced any plans about it, they just remain closed to the public; I bet many of them will remain permanently closed.
It is very sad, and has larger implications for our society I think. It's not just universities either. This is one of those inflection points where our society becomes less open and never goes back. I am old enough to remember 9/11 as such an inflection point too, how much more open many social institutions were prior. We seem to only go in one direction with these things, never back.
(In the pre-9/11 era it was widely assumed the direction was towards ever more openness, over time! No longer).
It is very sad, and has larger implications for our society I think. It's not just universities either. This is one of those inflection points where our society becomes less open and never goes back. I am old enough to remember 9/11 as such an inflection point too, how much more open many social institutions were prior. We seem to only go in one direction with these things, never back.
(In the pre-9/11 era it was widely assumed the direction was towards ever more openness, over time! No longer).