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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get real, people.
The only reason any college even attempted to open is to keep their freshmen admits from deferring or choosing a different school that promised to open. 
They all got what they wanted. Their students arrived, and now they can send them home, knowing they’ll continue online because it’s too late to change their minds. [/quote]

Bull. Lots of big state schools are pushed by governing boards and politics within the state. UNC is one example. I have a kid at a large midwestern university and the school was pushed to open by politicians. In every bit of communication this university sent regarding this year and all the documentation and extra forms the students had to sign to attend this semester, it was very clear the school administration did not want to open. It is clear. They were forced to open by the state. I have another kid who attends a SLAC which went 100% dl because the county board of health set extremely rigid limits for the threshold for which they would shut the school down. The administration there knew it would be impossible to keep the school open.

The big midwestern university is taking strong actions and quarantining most of the greek houses and many floors in dorms and of course, the parents who sent their kids are outraged.   Parents and students were willfully ignorant in sending their kids back to school. The school is aggressively testing and quarantining large numbers of students. Many students have been suspended. Larger universities are seeing explosive growth of the virus. Much like smaller JMU, my kid's university will shut down soon because their resources for quarantine are being overwhelmed. [/quote]

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