Harvard closing for rest of semester

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who plays team sports at one of the schools mentioned here. We haven't yet heard whether kids will be allowed to return to campus and attend spring practice. Anyone know?

Amherst announced that they've suspended spring sports. Would expect these schools to follow. And then MANY more.

[Anonymous]

My kid is a harvard athlete. Still no answer about spring season.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who plays team sports at one of the schools mentioned here. We haven't yet heard whether kids will be allowed to return to campus and attend spring practice. Anyone know?

Amherst announced that they've suspended spring sports. Would expect these schools to follow. And then MANY more.

Amherst isn't allowing students to return at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I just can't help but wonder if they are itching to try out off site learning. It is a great excuse for an experiment.

No way. Campuses that don't routinely deliver courses online the ways public universities do are not prepared for this technically, and faculty isn't trained. It takes different and specific preparation to deliver a class online, and shifting gears with 2-3 days to prepare is not ideal.

A major university would want to pilot this first, and then train faculty.

You are way out of touch if you think most universities don't already do this.

Universities - yes. My DH teaches at UMD and some of his classes are 100% online, some are blended and some are 100% in person.

My kid's small liberal arts college - nothing is done online save for syllabus and assignment postings and submission of papers.

Remember correspondence courses.

they will email their notes, assign reading and videos and give assignments via email. Basically how the class is taught right now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a kid who plays team sports at one of the schools mentioned here. We haven't yet heard whether kids will be allowed to return to campus and attend spring practice. Anyone know?

Amherst announced that they've suspended spring sports. Would expect these schools to follow. And then MANY more.

I would not expect D1 to follow the same model as D3.

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It's crazy. I'm actually really surprised that Harvard made this decision instead of just closing through spring break and seeing how things play out, like other schools. My DH teaches at a similar school and it will be ok with online discussion and assignments, but it is not the same. College is so much more than getting assignments, completing them and turning them in. I feel bad for the kids, but I guess everyone's lives are getting disrupted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a harvard athlete. Still no answer about spring season.

Ivy League just put out a statement https://ivyleague.com/news/2020/3/10/general-ivy-league-cancels-basketball-tournaments-limits-spectators-at-all-sporting-events.aspx

[Anonymous]

Georgetown will follow suit in a few hours.

[Anonymous]

Harvard parent -- It is a blind side for sure. Students are upset and would like to at least be at school through spring break to be with each other and to say good bye. Exams are this week so it has distracted from the concentrating on that in order to think about moving out on Sunday. Seems very short sighted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard parent -- It is a blind side for sure. Students are upset and would like to at least be at school through spring break to be with each other and to say good bye. Exams are this week so it has distracted from the concentrating on that in order to think about moving out on Sunday. Seems very short sighted.

Harvard professor argues otherwise (thread). It's a cliche, but only time will tell if this was the right call or not. https://twitter.com/jasonfurman/status/1237365757693980677

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard parent -- It is a blind side for sure. Students are upset and would like to at least be at school through spring break to be with each other and to say good bye. Exams are this week so it has distracted from the concentrating on that in order to think about moving out on Sunday. Seems very short sighted.

It's a good lesson on everything doesn't always go as you hope or plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a harvard athlete. Still no answer about spring season.

Sounds like if the school is closed, then no sports.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard parent -- It is a blind side for sure. Students are upset and would like to at least be at school through spring break to be with each other and to say good bye. Exams are this week so it has distracted from the concentrating on that in order to think about moving out on Sunday. Seems very short sighted.

It's a good lesson on everything doesn't always go as you hope or plan.

+1. Nothing’s perfect, fair or predictable all the time, even Harvard.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard parent -- It is a blind side for sure. Students are upset and would like to at least be at school through spring break to be with each other and to say good bye. Exams are this week so it has distracted from the concentrating on that in order to think about moving out on Sunday. Seems very short sighted.

It's a good lesson on everything doesn't always go as you hope or plan.

+1. Nothing’s perfect, fair or predictable all the time, even Harvard.

harvard parent -- agree nothing perfect or predictable. I wasn't saying it was unfair or whatever -- you could be understanding that it is a concern for students and parents whether at Harvard or any other school. No need to be snotty about it. Suggesting the move out could havve been on 21st rather than 15th is not unreasonable

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Harvard parent -- It is a blind side for sure. Students are upset and would like to at least be at school through spring break to be with each other and to say good bye. Exams are this week so it has distracted from the concentrating on that in order to think about moving out on Sunday. Seems very short sighted.

It's a good lesson on everything doesn't always go as you hope or plan.

+1. Nothing’s perfect, fair or predictable all the time, even Harvard.

harvard parent -- agree nothing perfect or predictable. I wasn't saying it was unfair or whatever -- you could be understanding that it is a concern for students and parents whether at Harvard or any other school. No need to be snotty about it. Suggesting the move out could havve been on 21st rather than 15th is not unreasonable

Also learning to change on a dime is a good lesson. Use it as a teaching moment.

Kids can meet up and say goodbye , nobody is preventing them from doing that.

Seriously ... as far as being blind sided that is a little bit of an overreaction.