In person, online classes or a mix: Colleges' fall 2020 coronavirus reopening plans, detailed

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In person, online classes or a mix: Colleges' fall 2020 coronavirus reopening plans, detailed

Elinor Aspegren and Samuel Zwickel
USA TODAY Network


Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley says he knows coronavirus will spread if students come back to campus in the fall.

While safety is “paramount," managing this risk is a chance worth taking for MSU, he said.

“The one thing that's going to be really important, then, is confidence in our students, faculty and staff and their willingness to abide by a number of the things we're going to be asking them to do on campus,” Stanley said.

Like Stanley, most college administrators are mulling over how to restart their programs, with no end in sight for the public health crisis.

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, which is tracking more than 860 institutions’ plans, two-thirds of colleges are planning to welcome back students in person, while only 7% are planning to hold classes only online. Many other colleges have yet to make a decision. ............(more)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/06/22/coronavirus-reopening-college-fall-2020/3210719001/

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1. We are losing whole classes of science, of STEM

Such classes require lab work.

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2. My daughter is doing a Post-Doc at CU Boulder

in Physical Chemistry and we spoke about this yesterday. The university wants to open up for in-person attendance. The problem is that you can't keep 18 year olds separated! Even if you put them in separate dorm rooms and find a way to space out the cafeteria. They will congregate and party anyway. Lab classes are hugely problematic. No answer to this yet. Her lab has worked out a way for them to do their research, but that's different.