Faculty members at Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have written open letters to their schools’ students asking them to stay home this fall.
An excerpt from the ASU letter:
We all look forward to a full return to campus, but the current environment does not allow this. We are aware of an economic impact of remaining online. We are aware of the much greater impact an outbreak in Boone [North Carolina] would have. Some risks are worth taking. A full return of the student body in August is not one of those.Related posts
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[Via The Chronicle of Higher Education.]
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Michael, I thought you might be interested in this, from Timothy Taylor:
When Colleges Went to Online Instruction: Some Patterns
https://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2020/08/when-colleges-went-to-online.html
The first figure shows the timing of the transition to online instruction.
The second shows their plans for the fall semester.
(The numbers don't add up on the second figure, and "433 Hybrid" is listed twice, but at the C2i Dashboard site the numbers work out.)
https://collegecrisis.shinyapps.io/dashboard/
At this late date, the biggest number (apart from the total) is for "TBD".
Thanks, Art. The Chronicle of Higher Education notes an increasing number of schools going back on their plans to have an in-person semester. In my Illinois town, where the number of COVID cases is rising sharply (community spread, assisted by gatherings, travel, and no-masks), the public schools will now begin the school year online. I hope the university will follow their lead.
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