Effects of Work-From-Home on University Students and Faculty

TL;DR

This paper examines how the shift to work-from-home during COVID-19 impacted university students and faculty's motivation, communication, and mental health, offering insights and policies for future remote learning environments.

Contribution

It provides primary data analysis on the effects of work-from-home on university education and proposes mitigation strategies for negative impacts.

Findings

Work-from-home affected motivation and mental health.

Communication challenges increased among students and faculty.

Proposed policies can mitigate negative effects of remote work.

Abstract

The work-from-home policy affected people of all demographics and professions, including students and faculty at universities. After the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, institutions moved their operations online, affecting the motivation levels, communication abilities, and mental health of students and faculty around the world. This paper is based mainly on primary data collected from students from around the world, and professors at universities in Bengaluru, India. It explores the effects of work-from-home as a policy in terms of how it changed learning during the pandemic and how it has permanently altered it in a post-pandemic future. Further, it suggests and evaluates policies on how certain negative effects of the work-from-home policy can be mitigated.