Some parents need to go back to work. They are losing everything they worked so hard for.
Totally agree with you 100%. My kid wants out. We want him out but want to visit. Lol.
Pomona is inviting no students back.
Scripps neither. All remote for this semester. No decision about spring.
This^^^
My D currently works in a restaurant (masked). She has a bubble of friends - about 8, that she hangs out with. Beach, pool, ice cream, backyard. They all have families who work. I feel like the risk of her getting exposed is less at college (especially being a freshman). They will be tested on arrival and weekly or biweekly as desired. I predict that she will make friends - a group of 6-8 and stick with them. Lots of outdoor activities will be happening. Plus frequent testing and not a lot of “outside” contact like at home. Honestly, I feel like she has less of a chance of getting Covid at college than home.
Got it. Just trying to keep up with your life decisions… Lol ?.
Just walked a few blocks to our UPS store. Passed Lulu lemon (why is it a thing?). High School or college freshman girls. Standing in line waiting to get in. 6 of them. Some had masks but all need to before entering. Not 6 ft apart. This is what I expect on campus also.
All our stores /restaurants on Southport have signs “no masks, no service.” One sign says “wear your damn mask or you won’t get our damn service” ?. At colleges I expect the same. Signs everywhere on like every door. Geez ?listening to ESPN this morning and they are even talking about it. The concept will not be foreign to any student going to school in the United States colleges system. If kids by now don’t get that they will be wearing masks then they shouldn’t be going away to school.
Makes sense given their location. But still a shock given the previous conservative plans were Bowdoin and Harvard with 35-40% on campus.
PS @homerdog I’ve been following this conversation quietly as I’m in academia and was figuring out what my institution was doing (I’m teaching online! ) but I’m a somewhat recent Bowdoin alum. I hope your son is enjoying Bowdoin and figures out a way to make the most of this tough situation. Although I think Bowdoin is making a smart decision, it breaks my heart thinking of how core the in person component was of my Bowdoin education.
So I took a little break from this depressing thread hoping that when I come back it may have become a little uplifting . Nope same!!! ? lol!!
Ivy League programs have been informed that fall sports have been cancelled.
The conference will not entertain any sports being played until after January 1st.
Winter sports will have an update in mid-July on their respective practice schedules.
Some college campuses “blend in” with the surrounding area, so that even (for example) college-run dorms are mixed into the surrounding area, so that students living in them may walk through the non-campus area to get from the dorm to class.
My son’s school will bring back all 20,000+.
There will be no singles, roommates will form a family unit. There are dorms set aside for quarantine and local hotels have been contracted for additional space.
There will be no initial testing, only symptomatic people will be tested. They were honest and admitted there will be initial constraints around test procurement and processing. Students that test positive will be encouraged to go home. There will be a daily health check-in via app.
The gym will be open, but distanced. Dining halls will function at roughly 70%. Many of the creature comforts found in common spaces will be eliminated.
Most classes are scheduled to be in person, but many may meet in non-traditional spaces. Large lectures, as expected, would be taught remotely. Many classes will offer both synchronous and asynchronous options for at risk students and those that may be quarantined. The Libraries are pursuing a “digital first” strategy of providing online textbooks.
Masks are required anywhere distancing isn’t possible, to include outdoors if conditions dictate. Dorm policy requires mask wearing everywhere but inside your own room. Students are encouraged to bring several washable masks, hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes. There will be disposable masks available in every classroom should a student forget theirs. Hand sanitizing stations will be positioned throughout all academic buildings.
Classrooms and labs will be cleaned three times per day, to include wipe down and fogging equipment. Class schedules have been rearranged to include 60 minute cleaning breaks every 3-4 hours. Because of that some classes may meet as late as 9pm.
Everything is subject to change.
Everything is subject to change.<<<
LOL, the only fact in this thread.
@GKUnion --It is good they were honest about testing constraints.
When you say that those who test + will be encouraged to go home, did they provide more detail?
Get home? Surely not by plane or any other public transportation?
So TAMU has a body of about 68 000 students (UG and PG) ( just the students LOL).
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It seems this thread is mostly about small private schools. TAMU is about the biggest college in the USA, right? I assume that the kids are just really not the risk group, but this media byte was the status before Texas really lit up. I can’t easily find Brazos local data now the TMC data sharing experience showed hospitals how to shoot themselves in the foot.
@GKUnion are many students somewhat local? I can’t see how students who are a plane ride away can be encouraged to go home.
The Ivy news is pretty big. It’ll be interesting to see what dominos start falling and when. The tail has been wagging the dog at a lot of schools wrt return to campus, especially at the P5 football schools. Ivy doesn’t have those restrictions, although they do make some money from hoops which they are putting at risk. I’d think the Patriot league presidents are thinking hard right now and others also.
Pomona has extended the deadline to July 20th for entering first years to request a gap year (though it is implied that all requests may not be granted): “While the initial deadline of May 1st to request a deferral has passed, students enrolled in the Class of 2024 now have until July 20, 2020 to request to defer their entry to the College by one year.”
Gap year and leave of absence flood gates may be opening at least at the schools that are permitting them.
Not necessarily, because the majority of the MA deaths were among those in nursing homes, VA homes, and the elderly. So you would next have to compare by college age groups. 
MITES is not about disadvantaged youth. Its goal is to increase the representation of underrepresented minority groups in the STEM fields. Family income is not a consideration. Applicants only need to be from an underrepresented group to apply. (I know because S23 plans on applying his junior year. We are not in a lower SES profile.)