Academic Exchange Quarterly   ISSN 1096-1453   Volume 24, Issue 3   Fall 2020 Editorial                                   COVID-19 Unplanned Problems Welcome to the expended Fall 2020 AEQ edition: available in print and online - every effort is made to eliminate print and distribution delays. Meanwhile, while waiting for regular print and delivery to resume, please accept a complimentary copy of SIB book – any volume from fourteen available – mailed in 48 hours of your email request. After summer and several weeks into 2020-21 school year, faculty and students remain to be challenged by COVID-19 related problems. All realize teaching and learning are becoming different from the traditional one in previous years. Faculty, typically thrown into remote work without proper training, frequently do not understand overhyped digital technology such as virtual lesson plans, grading software or online assessments. For vast majority of students, online education is a big barrier to academic success. Especially when there is no fast internet connection, a quiet place to study, a stable home environment. Moreover digital technology, today’s version, cannot replace a teacher who acts as a guide, a mentor and an inspiration for students. Such multifaceted responsibility cannot be replaced by technology of any kind. Not to mention, virtual education is not a match to school’s role - illustrated in Ten Bridges between School and Community Edward G. Olsen School And Community. The Philosophy, Procedures, and Problems of Community Study and Service through Schools and Colleges, Prentice-Hall, New York, 1945. Finally, let us know your likes and dislikes with the way AEQ copes with COVID-19? Do you have a story to tell - impact of COVID-19 on education?     EMAIL aeqarticle@gmail.com Stay well while enjoying your upcoming holidays Steve S. Pec, Editor and/or Publisher since 1997