Of universities that have released plans for the upcoming academic year, 60% are still planning to welcome students in-person, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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What that'll look like: Regular
COVID-19 testing, smaller classes, extra cleaning, emptier dorms,
students clearing out before Thanksgiving, and an opportunity to slap
logos and mascots on protective gear. Well, maybe not UC Santa Cruz.
As for the
others, 23% are opting for a hybrid model, 8% of schools are going fully
online, and the rest are still figuring it out.
The Ivies weigh in
Yesterday, Princeton and the Harvard of eastern MA finally released their plans. Princeton will welcome back roughly half of undergrads
each semester, hold most classes online, and reduce tuition 10%.
Because that’s not exclusive enough, Harvard's bringing back up to 40% of undergrads this fall. All courses are remote...but tuition’s not changing.
Cornell is moving ahead with a fully in-person semester after university researchers found that an online semester would result in more
COVID-19 cases. Their reasoning: If classes go remote, ~9,000 students
will still return to Ithaca, but the school won't be able to enforce
testing and social distancing.
Plans can change. After greenlighting in-person classes, USC reversed course last week as California grapples with rising COVID-19 cases.
If you think students are grumpy...
Professors and instructors are pushing back on plans for in-person classes. Many fear that bringing students back too quickly puts them and their families at risk.
More than 800 Georgia Tech faculty members criticized
the state university system for a reopening plan that makes
mask-wearing optional (a policy at odds with most top public
universities). Last month, 1,100 Penn State faculty members petitioned
for the right to bar students from classrooms if they don't wear masks.
Bottom line:
A few weeks ago, colleges might have felt more optimistic about fall
reopenings. But after watching COVID-19 cases rise the last few weeks,
the fall semester—and the fate of fragile college town economies—is
looking more uncertain.
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