From the Guest Editors...

Abstract

As I (Brian) think back to spring2020 when the call for this special issue of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement went out, I am struck by how right and how wrong I was in my thinking at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we talked about the idea for this issue, I was struck by the certainty that our world was never going to go back to how it was at the beginning of 2020. As I reflect on the current reality, I am just as certain of this as ever. However, when I look at how things are now and appear to be going forward, the emerging changes are radically different from what I thought would happen. This special issue is a testament to that divergence, and the results are better than I could have imagined.