Can/should any college resume in-person classes this fall?
Best scenario I can see:
small rural college
real estate cheap, so solo dorm rooms feasible
quarantine upon arrival followed by testing
use all campus facilities to allow six-foot distancing in classrooms
1/N
Best scenario I can see:
small rural college
real estate cheap, so solo dorm rooms feasible
quarantine upon arrival followed by testing
use all campus facilities to allow six-foot distancing in classrooms
1/N
In this scenario there are still no college-sponsored group events, sports, parties
Is this bare-bones version of residential-college life worth the risks? Worth the cost of room and board?
I just don't get how so many presidents are confident about re-opening in person
2/N
Is this bare-bones version of residential-college life worth the risks? Worth the cost of room and board?
I just don't get how so many presidents are confident about re-opening in person
2/N
See this thread about experience of a class of new Army recruits
Universal testing upon arrival
*22% infected within a few weeks*
And this is the ARMY FFS
Typical college environment is a tad less disciplined than Fort Benning
3/N
Universal testing upon arrival
*22% infected within a few weeks*
And this is the ARMY FFS
Typical college environment is a tad less disciplined than Fort Benning
3/N
Worst-case scenario, IMO:
Colleges bring students back to campus
Infections spike
In-person classes cancelled
Students living on/near campus continue contact (parties, dorms, apartments), spread virus
--> all the costs of proximity w/no learning benefits
4/N
Colleges bring students back to campus
Infections spike
In-person classes cancelled
Students living on/near campus continue contact (parties, dorms, apartments), spread virus
--> all the costs of proximity w/no learning benefits
4/N
My suspicion:
Colleges are holding out hope of in-person classes in order to keep up enrollments
If they tell the difficult truth now, many students will decide to take a year off
This will send college finances into a tailspin
5/N
Colleges are holding out hope of in-person classes in order to keep up enrollments
If they tell the difficult truth now, many students will decide to take a year off
This will send college finances into a tailspin
5/N
It is irresponsible to bring students to campus if they will
1) Get little *educational* benefit from being on campus
2) Increase their risk of becoming infected by being on campus
3) Spread infections when they return home
What am I missing?
6/N
1) Get little *educational* benefit from being on campus
2) Increase their risk of becoming infected by being on campus
3) Spread infections when they return home
What am I missing?
6/N
Note that many *commuter* colleges have already decided to go online
Community colleges were early announcers of classes moving online
It's the "traditional" residential colleges (which educate a minority of students) that are playing this out
7/N
Community colleges were early announcers of classes moving online
It's the "traditional" residential colleges (which educate a minority of students) that are playing this out
7/N
Hoping to wake in the morning to lots of informative replies showing why my pessimism is unwarranted
Please enlighten me!
8/N
Please enlighten me!
8/N
I did not wake to reassuring information
Best I’m hearing is temporary pavilions for outdoor teaching
9/N
Best I’m hearing is temporary pavilions for outdoor teaching
9/N
Colleges bring together lots of young people, who spread the virus asymptomatically or experience mild cases
They will then carry the virus to populations that are far more vulnerable:
college staff
residents of college towns
their own families & towns when school ends
10/N
They will then carry the virus to populations that are far more vulnerable:
college staff
residents of college towns
their own families & towns when school ends
10/N
Evidence from Japan that college-age people are major source of virus spread
11/N
11/N
The president of Brown, Christina Paxson, wrote this a century ago (in Covid years)
Have these prerequisites for a safe opening been met?
12/N
nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opi…
Have these prerequisites for a safe opening been met?
12/N
nytimes.com/2020/04/26/opi…
