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Educational Impact
Data was taken and examined over the course of the pandemic comparing results of school closures with the incident and mortality rates of the virus. Though results vary throughout the world, studies found that in the United states, there is a difference in rates between areas in which the schools decided to stay open throughout the pandemic and those with schools who decided to temporarily close. Areas with schools that decided to temporarily close had a decrease in mortally and incident rates in every 100,000 people versus the areas that decided to stay open. Higher education universities have also impacted their students by deciding not to stop classes but rather migrate everything to virtual. Of 195 students interview surveyed at a large university, their findings show that there is an increased concern in mental health of these students. With added stress to the students, we see added stress being piled on to the universities as well, as they are struggling to keep enrollment rates high through the course of the pandemic while maintain a virtual environment. Pressure to reopen higher education institutes to in person classes was not predetermined by the trajectory of the virus, but rather by economics and political aspects. In spite of the closures of schools throughout the world, Denmark students were assessed in terms of their learning inequalities. Evidence shows that there was a significant increase in learning inequality in children due to the pandemic. A study examining library book take out pre- and during the pandemic reveal numbers that show a decreasing in book take out, which corresponds to the increase in learning inequality.