On its website, the American videoconferencing company Zoom, valued at 130 billion dollars, prides itself on being used by
"96% of the best American universities"
.
The company, whose use has exploded since the confinement, could also boast of its success in French higher education.
During the summer, a number of establishments acquired user licenses from it.
Objective: to reduce the number of students on site by broadcasting lessons live, and to be ready in the event of a new outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Caution is required.
At the end of September, schools like Sciences Po have already had to close their doors, while clusters are multiplying in higher education.
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Nearly twenty major French universities have signed contracts with Zoom.
Among them: Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne, University of Paris, Sorbonne University, University of Bordeaux, Toulouse Capitol, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne,
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