@ucbalumnus I am all for the restrictions.
Really? Did all the other schools make final decisions? I know Princeton is waiting until July.
@homerdog @shuttlebus Amherst has stated that students will have to take classes at the other colleges in the Five College Consortium remotely, and they will be explicitly prohibited from visiting other campuses in the consortium. I find it hard to believe that Amherst athletes will be allowed to travel to other campuses and other NESCAC athletes will be allowed to come to Amherst’s campus for sports while Amherst is not allowing us to go to other colleges in the Five College Consortium for classes.
Also, I’ve heard that a good amount of Amherst athletes are seriously considering taking a gap year because fall and winter sports are probably not happening and spring sports are suspect at best.
ChemAM: your repeated posted willingness to abide by restrictions has really impressed me.
That’s my point. They are not making hurried pronouncements and half-hearted promises.
CIA AGENT
There’s some debate at Langley on whether they’re a threat or not. They claim to be peaceful now.
/He holds up the danish he’s eating./
DICK
I “claim” to be eating healthy.
/Everyone laughs a bit too hard./
(Vice)
At #7767 posts and has anything been resolved for anyone herre? LOL.
Just asking…
Schools need to communicate (many are), and be up front in the simple truth that anything said today may change tomorrow. That’s the reality we’re occupying right now.
A military phrase comes to mind and seems very appropriate in these times:
“No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
@shuttlebus s19 is definitely hearing from friends at other NESCACs that fall sports are not happening. I know it hasn’t been announced yet but some coaches have been telling athletes that fall will be cancelled. I’m sure some coaches out there have more of an inside scoop than others and know how the talks are progressing. It’s not looking good.
@TheVulcan wrote:
In life outside the protracted “thought experiment” that constitutes this thread, that translates as “managing expectations”.
In the Bowdoin town halls, they are always careful to say they have multiple plans. They will choose one specific one because they will have to prepare for an initial plan. There needs to be detailed guidelines for a start. After kids are back, everyone will have to be flexible. No one knows what will happen with the virus.
Yep. My SLAC is also waiting until July, like many other colleges. The Chronicle of Higher Ed keeps an updated list if anyone is interested. Not sure if the link has been posted already:
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Here-s-a-List-of-Colleges-/248626?cid=rclink
This isn’t a bad idea on the face of it. Whether or not it’s practical or feasible given the availability of tests is another matter. Also, they could maybe just quarantine for 7 days and test again (thereby getting a 14-day picture from the first test to the last one). I think too that it might be possible to treat students coming from different areas according to how bad the numbers are where they are coming from. So much depends on how things go between now and then.
Another concern I have not seen mentioned here yet is whether there will be protests on campuses this fall. Between the current protests and the possibility of election-related protests, things could get dicey on college campuses.
@Rivet2000 - I would be very surprised if Fees were not attached, especially the school tech fee which colleges certainly can say they need to get up to speed and improve online learning. I would expect you save on dorm fees and food but that would be it. The fees at some schools are pretty high and colleges will be taking a haircut of Room and Board so they will need the cash. The Univ of Connecticut for example is planning a extra 10 Million bucks for take out food and what goes with that for the upcoming school year and they expect dorms to be at about 70% vs last school year.
Is there never a case where:
A. The local town’s restrictions may be seen by the college as too lenient and risky?
B. The local town’s restrictions may be seen by the college as too strict, and the college is not actually within the town jurisdiction?
C. The local town’s restrictions do not cover some college-specific situations like college dorms.
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I do not know of any college that is not located within some type of municipal or county jurisdiction, so no, I do not think a college could opt to be more lenient that the governing county/state/town regulations. The college is always able to impose additional regulations on its own property, and likely will do so. Colleges with substantial off campus populations, like most state flagships, will see the sharpest differences.
For D20, her college is not announcing until July 13th which move in day she gets the week of August 10th. Doesn’t give us a lot of time to book flights and rental car. Arghhh…
@ ProfSD- what is a SLAC? I assume the Lac is liberal arts college, the S? Small, Southern, Sexy??? Not sure what numbers make a school small vs med, vs large.
SLAC is “small liberal arts college.”
Move in ?? Our S just booked his slot to move out. Move in takes place about a month later - Ugh.