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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How many colleges are exclusively online? [/quote]

I may have some school’s plans wrong. I’m not looking up every plan and plans are evolving. Bit I’ve been following because I have a college freshman.

Lots of Big State Us are teaching 100% online, but inviting some or all student back to campus. I think Michigan just announced this.

Many state Us are putting large electives on line, but having recitations in person.  Purdue is doing this.

Many State Us are only letting limited students who must do hands on meet in person— sciences labs and hands on fine arts. If you major in politics, you will likely be entirely online in these schools.  But many of the students at these school can live online.  can live on campus.

At the flagship school for RI, you only get housing if you are OOS. In state is on their own for housing.  Mix of on online and in person.

Harvard is letting freshmen come on campus  in the fall and Seniors in the spring, but all classes on line. I think Princeton is also all online, tuition discount given. Yale is looking at getting everyone on in person.

Last I saw, UCs are moving to all classes online except specialties like nursing practicals and some senior lab students. The parallel CA State U system is online, most kids not welcome to live on campus.

SLACs are trying hard to get kids back and in live classes, but getting creative to get kids into single room and planning to test aggressively..  But some are only inviting a limited number of kids back (e.g. freshmen, seniors and lab sciences).  Some are only inviting one class of kids at a time for short periods, like Grinnell.    Some, like Oberlin, are moving to a trimester system (Freshmen and seniors in fall and spring. Sophomores in fall And summer.  Juniors in spring and summer), single rooms, lots of testing and 90% of classes in person or hybrid.

Since SLACs are such a small percent of students, most  students will learn 100% online, even if they live on campus. Some will get a class or two in person.  A few— mostly in SLACs, are scheduled to get at least one semester with the majority of teaching online. But that could change at anytime, as it did in the spring. What then, deport students partway through.

It runs the gamit. And colleges in FL, AZ, etc may be saying everyone can come back, but that may not be realistic.

But what happen if and when a student who finds a college with in person classes has to go online because COVID spikes?  The kid gets deported mid semester?[/quote]

Single rooms (so no roommates), online classes, grab and go food, and no activities. Sounds like a joy! Totally willing to pay $25-75k/yr for that! [/quote]

I’m sending a freshman to one of these, and it gave me pause. We discussed a gap year.  It’s not what I wanted for him. But here we are, looking at only imperfect options.  And developmentally, he’s ready to go to college. Most of his peers are going to college. There are no good gap year programs.  We are choosing to keep him on track, even if it’s less than ideal.  Because I think stagnating in my basement for a year is a bigger risk to his happiness and development than attending school with a lot of restrictions. And least he will meet new people, take the classes he wants and live away from home.

His SLAC is teaching most classes in person because 80% of classes have 20 kids or less.  And is looking at podding by freshmen seminar. All 15 kids from the same seminar on the same hall, allowed to eat together, allowed to socialize with fewer restrictions (ie, in dorm rooms).  If one kid gets sick, you know who the primary contacts are. They can hopefully batch test pods.  Since freshman seminars are pretty specific, hopefully kids with similar interest end up together.

But yeah— it’s not perfect.  Neither is play Ms. Haversham in my basement. Lots of people choosing between two bad options. [/quote]

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