The plague seems to have had a contradictory impact: at first it struck a major blow as so many experienced academics died and the pool of potential students was much reduced; but then wealthy benefactors, concerned about the plague’s impact on learning and the supply of educated priests, endowed universities across the continent.
Again, this feels like a stretch.
Some would agree that the public education system (especially in the US) tanked during COVID-19. In its aftermath, the system exeriened lower math & literacy rates. It could be said that the online-school enviornment was not beneficial to learning. Moreover, the return to tradtional-learning saw a less qualified educator pool. The oldest and most experienced teachers retired and were replaced by less experienced and less trained individuals. Additionally, schools found themselves with lower enrollment rates and therefore less funding. Across the board, increased funding and increased interest in learning seems non-existent still.
How could the the Black Death cause an increase in funding and learning? Wouldn't the opposit (as we see currently) be true?
