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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They have a medical committee with zero medical people on it?  That is ridiculously stupid.

Can you imagine that discussion?  “We need a medical committee to advise us on all the medical ramifications of our plan”.  “Good idea.  Who shall we put on the medical committee?”  “One thing for sure is we don’t want any doctors or nurses on the medical committee”.  Hmmmm what could possibly go wrong?   Everyone will think, “hey we are really on top of this if we have a medical committee.  We don’t really have to say we don’t have any medical folks on the medical committee do we?”[/quote]

For the third time, it's an internal committee consisting of administrators. there is no medical school at ND.  None of the committees have outsiders on them.  They have used consultants who ARE medical experts to form the plan.  which clearly didn't work, but they certainly had a plan formed with the advice of medical experts.

You seem to not have much experience working with committees.  That makes you 1. very lucky, but 2. unused to how they operate.  I have spearheaded a number of committees, too many committees, and they are rarely filled with experts.  You hire the experts, you don't put them on the committee.[/quote]

Oh please. These are committees unlike any other. I am faculty member/administrator at a university and you simply cannot compare typical committees with the committees designed to prevent the spread of COVID on a residential college campus. You need ID specialists and epidemiologists on these committees. It's laughable that you think these are comparable to curriculum committees or faculty senates.[/quote]

It's laughable you think that those people don't exist/aren't working with the committee, just because they aren't listed on the (internal) committee masthead.  Look at all the committees.  They are all internally staffed, mostly with administrators.  ND does not have internal ID specialists and epidemiologists so they must hire them from outside, and they have done.  I'm not basing this on comparisons to other curriculum/promotion/etc committees, but on the actual structure ND has used which would be apparent if you'd looked at the facts on the public website page listing committee members.  It's not a secret or anything.[/quote]

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