Official List of College Closures/Campus Tours 2020

[Anonymous]

Biggest joke of the college closures - Grinnell. Have you been to Grinnell? Literally nothing nearby. Those kids and professors would have been much safer if they had just banned Spring Break travel, kept the kids on campus to do some fun activities and finished the semester. All cases in Iowa are cruise passengers between 60 and 83 who had been to Egypt. All are self-quarantined. This is bizarre. Disruptive to the kids and very disruptive to the town.

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Anonymous wrote:Hysteria. So sad for the kids, especially the Seniors at all of these schools. Hoping that my two DS' campuses will remain open after Spring Break. (And we have no where else to discuss this because Jeff locked the other threads and sent them here, and then deleted my question about whether this was the appropriate thread to discuss.

Agree. These kids were safer on campus. This is a basic cold with very little symptoms to teens/young adults. Many are already walking around positive and don't even know. Now they will be out visiting friends, public libraries, malls, etc.... and around the older people they should be avoiding.

You are talking about missed final research jobs, presentations, graduations ceremonies, etc... All because 0.2% of the 30 year olds, 0.1% of 20 year olds, and 0% of 10 year olds can die from this? SO STUPID.

This. So unfortunate.

How old are professors? Staff? The university is more than the students. These people work there and then need to go home to their families as well.

You don't see very many other companies (or school districts, for that matter) closing so that their employees can "go home to their families." Colleges should be basing their decision to close on epidemiology. Our DS is at Rice, which cancelled classes this week, but they had an actual case in an employee and were watching a group of grad students who had been to Egypt. Now that the 14 day quarantine has passed for that group, they are feeling more confident, and have NOT blindly followed the crowd to shut down the school. Kudos to them.

Are you an epidemiologist? How do you they aren’t following the advice on epidemiology? These actions appear to me to be consistent with the ideal advice an epidemiologist would give. Don’t have people going to class, eating and living in close quarters.

Maybe the question you should be asking is why aren’t other companies or schools doing the same.

These are major universities with medical schools and schools of public health. You don’t have any faith that they know what they’re doing?

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Anonymous wrote:Hysteria. So sad for the kids, especially the Seniors at all of these schools. Hoping that my two DS' campuses will remain open after Spring Break. (And we have no where else to discuss this because Jeff locked the other threads and sent them here, and then deleted my question about whether this was the appropriate thread to discuss.

Agree. These kids were safer on campus. This is a basic cold with very little symptoms to teens/young adults. Many are already walking around positive and don't even know. Now they will be out visiting friends, public libraries, malls, etc.... and around the older people they should be avoiding.

You are talking about missed final research jobs, presentations, graduations ceremonies, etc... All because 0.2% of the 30 year olds, 0.1% of 20 year olds, and 0% of 10 year olds can die from this? SO STUPID.

This. So unfortunate.

How old are professors? Staff? The university is more than the students. These people work there and then need to go home to their families as well.

They can teach online.

[Anonymous]

My child’s school cancelled all spring abroad trips and is encouraging students to stay on campus spring break. I understand that they are trying to keep CV away from campus but that doesn’t seem likely to work. With the extra not-abroad kids, there will not be extra room kids could use to quarantine. I’m worried it will be a mess when it eventually gets on campus.

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Anonymous wrote:Hysteria. So sad for the kids, especially the Seniors at all of these schools. Hoping that my two DS' campuses will remain open after Spring Break. (And we have no where else to discuss this because Jeff locked the other threads and sent them here, and then deleted my question about whether this was the appropriate thread to discuss.

Agree. These kids were safer on campus. This is a basic cold with very little symptoms to teens/young adults. Many are already walking around positive and don't even know. Now they will be out visiting friends, public libraries, malls, etc.... and around the older people they should be avoiding.

You are talking about missed final research jobs, presentations, graduations ceremonies, etc... All because 0.2% of the 30 year olds, 0.1% of 20 year olds, and 0% of 10 year olds can die from this? SO STUPID.

This. So unfortunate.

How old are professors? Staff? The university is more than the students. These people work there and then need to go home to their families as well.

You don't see very many other companies (or school districts, for that matter) closing so that their employees can "go home to their families." Colleges should be basing their decision to close on epidemiology. Our DS is at Rice, which cancelled classes this week, but they had an actual case in an employee and were watching a group of grad students who had been to Egypt. Now that the 14 day quarantine has passed for that group, they are feeling more confident, and have NOT blindly followed the crowd to shut down the school. Kudos to them.

This. You quarantine in place, not by scattering your students to the 50 states and beyond. (And needing to keep some students on campus anyway because they can’t get home.)

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Anonymous wrote:Hysteria. So sad for the kids, especially the Seniors at all of these schools. Hoping that my two DS' campuses will remain open after Spring Break. (And we have no where else to discuss this because Jeff locked the other threads and sent them here, and then deleted my question about whether this was the appropriate thread to discuss.

Agree. These kids were safer on campus. This is a basic cold with very little symptoms to teens/young adults. Many are already walking around positive and don't even know. Now they will be out visiting friends, public libraries, malls, etc.... and around the older people they should be avoiding.

You are talking about missed final research jobs, presentations, graduations ceremonies, etc... All because 0.2% of the 30 year olds, 0.1% of 20 year olds, and 0% of 10 year olds can die from this? SO STUPID.

This. So unfortunate.

How old are professors? Staff? The university is more than the students. These people work there and then need to go home to their families as well.

You don't see very many other companies (or school districts, for that matter) closing so that their employees can "go home to their families." Colleges should be basing their decision to close on epidemiology. Our DS is at Rice, which cancelled classes this week, but they had an actual case in an employee and were watching a group of grad students who had been to Egypt. Now that the 14 day quarantine has passed for that group, they are feeling more confident, and have NOT blindly followed the crowd to shut down the school. Kudos to them.

Are you an epidemiologist? How do you they aren’t following the advice on epidemiology? These actions appear to me to be consistent with the ideal advice an epidemiologist would give. Don’t have people going to class, eating and living in close quarters.

Maybe the question you should be asking is why aren’t other companies or schools doing the same.

These are major universities with medical schools and schools of public health. You don’t have any faith that they know what they’re doing?

I have a graduate degree in Public Health. Yes, I have taken several Epidemiology courses, not as many as a Phd, but a lot more than most physicians.

[Anonymous]

Hopkins is moving online this week but has left open the possibility of a return to normal teaching in a few weeks. Students who cannot get home can seek permission to stay on campus.

[Anonymous]

Folks this is a list thread, not a debating the decisions thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Biggest joke of the college closures - Grinnell. Have you been to Grinnell? Literally nothing nearby. Those kids and professors would have been much safer if they had just banned Spring Break travel, kept the kids on campus to do some fun activities and finished the semester. All cases in Iowa are cruise passengers between 60 and 83 who had been to Egypt. All are self-quarantined. This is bizarre. Disruptive to the kids and very disruptive to the town.

The problem is eventually the virus will be everywhere, even Grinnell. And what if a food service worker gets it? Or a professor? Or a kid in a dormitory? Then what does the college do? It's essentially like a cruise ship - a closed environment conducive to spread of the virus. And if you send everyone home, then you may be sending the virus home with them. A college is taking a huge risk by staying open.

Williams, in a similarly isolated location, hasn't closed yet. I'm curious how that will work out for them.

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Anonymous wrote:Hysteria. So sad for the kids, especially the Seniors at all of these schools. Hoping that my two DS' campuses will remain open after Spring Break. (And we have no where else to discuss this because Jeff locked the other threads and sent them here, and then deleted my question about whether this was the appropriate thread to discuss.

Agree. These kids were safer on campus. This is a basic cold with very little symptoms to teens/young adults. Many are already walking around positive and don't even know. Now they will be out visiting friends, public libraries, malls, etc.... and around the older people they should be avoiding.

You are talking about missed final research jobs, presentations, graduations ceremonies, etc... All because 0.2% of the 30 year olds, 0.1% of 20 year olds, and 0% of 10 year olds can die from this? SO STUPID.

This. So unfortunate.

How old are professors? Staff? The university is more than the students. These people work there and then need to go home to their families as well.

My son's school is already on spring break. That is why they are extending it.

You don't see very many other companies (or school districts, for that matter) closing so that their employees can "go home to their families." Colleges should be basing their decision to close on epidemiology. Our DS is at Rice, which cancelled classes this week, but they had an actual case in an employee and were watching a group of grad students who had been to Egypt. Now that the 14 day quarantine has passed for that group, they are feeling more confident, and have NOT blindly followed the crowd to shut down the school. Kudos to them.

This. You quarantine in place, not by scattering your students to the 50 states and beyond. (And needing to keep some students on campus anyway because they can’t get home.)

[Anonymous]

For schools that are already on spring break this week, what is the best course of action? bring them back from all the different places they've gone OR tell them not to come back?

If there are no cases at a college, but the students are away, do you think the school should bring them all back?

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Anonymous wrote:Hopkins is moving online this week but has left open the possibility of a return to normal teaching in a few weeks. Students who cannot get home can seek permission to stay on campus.

When I was working at JHU 10 years ago they were engaged in an intense risk-planning process that included pandemic planning. They are likely better prepared and more rational in their plans than most schools.

[Anonymous]

St Lawrence University will close campus until April 13. They will re-evaluate by April 6. Kids will do remote learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For schools that are already on spring break this week, what is the best course of action? bring them back from all the different places they've gone OR tell them not to come back?

If there are no cases at a college, but the students are away, do you think the school should bring them all back?

One by one colleges seem to be telling them to stay away, at least for an additional couple of weeks and resume classes online.

[Anonymous]

Michigan State has joined the list.

"On March 10, state officials confirmed the first two coronavirus cases in Michigan. On March 11, we learned of an individual linked to our campus who the Ingham County Health Department is currently investigating and monitoring. Due to these developments, we are now taking additional steps to keep our community safe. Effective at noon, March 11, MSU is suspending face-to-face instruction in lectures, seminars and classroom settings and moving coursework to virtual instruction"