Survey: Pandemic impacts on career planning for students

Only 23% of students who have changed their major in part because of the pandemic are very confident they’re in the right academic program, considering the current economy and job market. Image:  Zakariya Abdullahi’s internship with the Minnesota Legislature in the spring 2020 semester “was going great” until COVID-19 hit, when no vote or veto could keep the virus from halting nearly everything -- including the internship for Abdullahi and dozens of other students made possible by the...