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Here's a thread of all the statements I've seen from colleges about what they're planning for the pandemic'd fall semester 👇🏻
University of South Carolina's president said they would announce a decision about fall plans around May 15, no later than June 15: 247sports.com/Article/sec-un…
Cal State Fullerton's provost said in a forum that the university is planning for the fall semester to begin online: ocregister.com/2020/04/20/cal…
Purdue's president, Mitch Daniels, said the university intends to conduct the fall semester on campus with a full student population. The full announcement is pretty startling: purdue.edu/president/mess…
Brown's president told @wsj that she "sees no reason why classes wouldn't start in September"
Vanderbilt's interim chancellor said yesterday that no decision had been made about the fall semester: vanderbilthustler.com/31557/featured…
Emory's provost said they'd make a decision about in-person classes within the next two weeks: emorywheel.com/provost-remain…
Southern New Hampshire, a private online giant, announced that campus-based first-years would get a scholarship covering the entirety of tuition for the coming academic year: snhu.edu/about-us/newsr…
UConn's president told a class yesterday that he thought fall sports would probably be canceled:
Davidson is letting students defer paying their tuition for the upcoming academic year for a full calendar year: davidson.edu/news/2020/04/2…
Here's what Northeastern told @_lee_g for his great story about the chaotic fall: chronicle.com/article/How-Co…
Boston University has scoped out a possible scenario in which the fall semester begins in January: bu.edu/articles/2020/…
Harvard's president said they might consider starting the fall semester in January: thecrimson.com/article/2020/4…
Here's a roundup of what Maine's public colleges were thinking as of yesterday: bangordailynews.com/2020/04/21/edu…
The University of Texas says it will announce plans for the fall semester by the end of June: president.utexas.edu/messages-speec…
Yale's president said yesterday that he would announce fall semester plans by early July: yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/04/2…
GW says it will give "a more detailed communication about our plans for operation by May 15" h/t @parthhkotak campusadvisories.gwu.edu/covid-19-frequ…
Here's a new one. University of Missouri: "We expect to return to in-person operations and classes this fall." abc17news.com/news/coronavir…
Beloit College rejiggered its academic calendar from semesters into two-course modules to give it flexibility for the fall: beloit.edu/live/blurbs/63…
San Jose State announced that it’s planning to hold nearly all of its fall courses online: google.com/amp/s/www.sfch…
Cornell says it won’t have an update on fall semester plans until June: cornellsun.com/2020/04/22/pol…
University of Arizona president says they’re planning to hold in-person classes starting in August, but seems less optimistic about college football: “I just don’t see that happening,” he says h/t @MattBrownEP tucson.com/sports/arizona…
The University of Pittsburgh's chancellor says "back to normal probably is not likely" for the fall: post-gazette.com/news/education…
Clemson's police chief says starting classes in the fall is the university's "laser focus," but they're planning for three possibilities: all in-person, all online, and a hybrid of the two: greenvilleonline.com/story/news/202…
University System of Maryland chancellor quoted in @baltimoresun: baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs…
If I'm reading this right, it looks like the presidents of Michigan State and Wayne State say they're planning for online fall semesters, while the president of the University of Michigan said he was more hopeful students would be able to be on campus:
Ohio State's president says a decision on the fall semester will come by the end of June: thelantern.com/2020/04/presid…
West Virginia's president: "I want to bring our campus back to life this fall – if our health care professionals believe we can do so in a safe manner." Lists 3 scenarios: in-person with social distancing, online with delayed in-person start, all online: wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2020/0…
Here are the Michigan/MSU/Wayne State statements in article form: detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…
A rundown of what Indiana colleges are saying (nothing definite): news.google.com/articles/CAIiE…
Also, we’re compiling an as-it-happens list of colleges’ stated fall plans. (I’ll continue to update this thread.) Check it out and submit your own: chronicle.com/article/Here-s…
UC-Berkeley: “Some or all instruction for all or part of Academic Year 2020-2021 may be delivered via remote instruction.” news.berkeley.edu/2020/04/23/inf…
University of Iowa leaders, as of last week: “We ARE planning to resume face-to-face instruction this fall.” dailyiowan.com/2020/04/17/uni…
Cal State-East Bay's provost says that even if fall is mostly online, tuition likely won't change: "I think people sometimes think, 'Well, if it’s online, it must be cheaper to develop or use. That’s generally not the case." nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san…
New from the University of Oklahoma's interim president: "After careful deliberation, our intention is to return to in-person educational operations on all three campuses by this fall, offering traditional instruction and residential life." ou.edu/web/news_event…
Ah, the Missouri system chancellor said yesterday that he's "becoming less optimistic about the fall to open fully"

NC State: “We fully expect to have our new and continuing students on campus for the fall semester.” ncsu.edu/coronavirus/pr…
Some details on the University of Colorado’s fall plan: colorado.edu/chancellor/new…
“Centre College adopts flexible block schedule for fall 2020” centre.edu/centre-college…
Iowa State president: “We are planning on a full, normal operation for our universities for the fall 2020 semester.” iowastatedaily.com/news/iowa-stat…
Oakland University is planning “a hybrid approach that includes both face-to-face and remote instruction.” bridgemi.com/talent-educati…
UConn says a final decision isn’t expected until the summer: news.google.com/articles/CBMii…
Utah’s higher education chief says the plan is to reopen the state’s public campuses in the fall: news.google.com/articles/CAIiE…
Paul Quinn president, cutting against the “we are *intending* to reopen in the fall” crowd:
Here’s a roundup of statements on the fall from Virginia’s colleges: virginiabusiness.com/article/fall-s…
Here’s a similar roundup of Tennessee institutions: news.google.com/articles/CBMiY…
University of Illinois: “We are planning for in-person classes to begin as scheduled.” chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020…
Tired of scrolling, scrolling, scrolling through this thread? We've put together a list of every notable public statement on the fall that we can find: chronicle.com/article/Here-s…
University of Portland: upbeacon.com/article/2020/0…
Dartmouth’s provost: "The probability of a full residential, business-as-usual fall term is not very high” thedartmouth.com/article/2020/0…
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