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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-confirms-plans-welcome-students-back-grounds-fall

After 6 weeks, there's no chance of housing refunds (?)[/quote]

I agree with their reasoning for reopening. From the link:

"Fourth, we’ve learned from what has happened at other schools. Over the last few weeks, we’ve developed more ambitious testing plans, created additional spaces for isolation and quarantine, and focused on communicating behavioral expectations.  [b]We’ve also learned that most outbreaks have been tied to off-campus gatherings, not to on-campus housing and not to classrooms.  Indeed, our public health experts believe that classrooms are very low-risk environments.If we were to go all online and close our dorms, we would not be addressing the challenges that we have seen on other campuses[/b]."

This is exactly what happened with Towson and makes zero sense to kick a bunch of students out of dorms when the biggest problem are the off-campus students who are going to stay in town anyway.[/quote]

+1[/quote]

The issue they are not considering is that freshmen attend off campus parties, and off campus students come onto campus to take classes and eat. Everyone is exposed to each other. What happens off campus doesn’t stay off campus. [/quote]

Well, they go on to explain the following which I totally agree with (BTW, I do NOT have a student at UVA and don't love the school but this makes lots of sense to me):

"Finally, and perhaps most importantly, [b]the vast majority of our students will be here in Charlottesville, living in private houses and apartments, regardless of whether classes are all online or not. By welcoming our students into classrooms and on Grounds – with adequate testing, rules about gatherings and mask-wearing, and enforcement – we will be in a better position to monitor what’s happening and to contain any outbreaks.[/b] In short, given that most of our students are going to be here, we believe it will be better for everyone, including our Charlottesville neighbors, if our students feel connected to our community rather than apart from it."[/quote]

They make it sound good, but it’s literally what UNC did. [/quote]

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