Earning a College Degree on Zoom May Not Be the Same. But There Are Unique Benefits, Experts Say by Mallika Mitra Brianna LaSita was not pleased when a professor at Ithaca College told her class that a group project would remain a group project, even after the school closed and the students were scattered. “We were all like ‘Ugh, how are we going to do this?’,” says LaSita, who just finished her third year of college where she studies occupational therapy.