Unless something dramatically changes with the virus, universities are either going to have to admit that they will be online this fall (year?) or they'll start on campus and abandon after inevitable spikes. 1/
I get the financial fears. The loss of room and board. The fear students will defer. But the virus is what it is. 2/
So let's embrace the idea that we're going to do online really damn well. We're going to provide great classroom experiences w/ great discussions, cool guests +interesting assignments. Students will do clubs and other activities online. There's a lot to do that's not football. 3/
It's easier to replicate the graduate experience online than undergrad, but key for grads will be career services, as @apsiainfo executive director Carmen Iezzi Mezzera argue foreignpolicy.com/2020/06/12/how… 4/
Hopefully this is just for one semester or one year. But let's focus on doing online well+ giving students the opportunity to continue pursuing their educational goals rather than articulate convoluted plans that have very little chance of success and might even kill people. 5/5
