Anonymous
Post 08/28/2020 22:55     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NU no longer letting freshmen and sophomores on campus this fall. Also closing all sorority and fraternity houses (term hasn’t started yet).


That’s sad. I think freshmen should be high priority. Seniors too for job searching.


The colleges that are focused on freshmen are just trying to ensure they don’t defer and don’t enroll elsewhere. Introductory level classes are the easiest ones to do online from home. I am actually impressed with NU’s unique plan to bring back those that have higher level courses and labs that require on campus facilities.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2020 22:35     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Anonymous wrote:NU no longer letting freshmen and sophomores on campus this fall. Also closing all sorority and fraternity houses (term hasn’t started yet).


That’s sad. I think freshmen should be high priority. Seniors too for job searching.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2020 21:23     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
NU no longer letting freshmen and sophomores on campus this fall. Also closing all sorority and fraternity houses (term hasn’t started yet).
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2020 17:51     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Towson announced it 2 days ago.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2020 17:01     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Anonymous wrote:I drove my daughter to college Friday. An 8 hour drive. Also brought another daughter who went for ride. She has three roommates.

I arrived we set up her room, two other parents and a sibling, another girl, he mom sister and boyfriend and other parents just left.

There were 11 people there. Parking lot full of out of state plates, her apartment complex sold out. Everyone is distance learning no Covid checks required. The school alone is not to blame the kids come back either way.


You’re contributing to the problem then. She could’ve sublet to someone if you were concerned.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2020 16:59     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Anonymous wrote:The Iowa girl should have gotten a test before going to college, knowing she had been in an ER with Covid patients.


Where does it say she was in an ER with covid patients?? I’m sure she had to test negative prior to moving in, but that might’ve been Mail-in meaning a long window to catch covid before move in.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2020 16:56     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Kalamazoo announced virtual today.
Anonymous
Post 08/28/2020 09:26     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
The Iowa girl should have gotten a test before going to college, knowing she had been in an ER with Covid patients.
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2020 22:22     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Cornell is off to a good start and is testing everyone on and off campus 2 x a week.

https://covid.cornell.edu/testing/dashboard/


But doesn't Cornell not start until Sept 2?


Classes start 9/2 but freshmen have already moved in to dorms and the thousands of (out of state) upperclassmen came to the Ithaca area early by mid-August to finish the required New York State 14 day quarantine before classes start. So over 8,0000 (of 14,000 total undergrads) have already been tested (with only a handful of positives).
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2020 21:18     Subject: Re:Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Anonymous wrote:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/08/27/university-of-south-carolina-considers-shutdown-north-carolina-state-closes-dorms-over-coronavirus/amp/

South Carolina considering going remote


Go Cocks!
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2020 21:12     Subject: Re:Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/08/27/university-of-south-carolina-considers-shutdown-north-carolina-state-closes-dorms-over-coronavirus/amp/

South Carolina considering going remote
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2020 16:59     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Anonymous wrote:Cornell is off to a good start and is testing everyone on and off campus 2 x a week.

https://covid.cornell.edu/testing/dashboard/


But doesn't Cornell not start until Sept 2?
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2020 14:19     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2020/08/27/Bloomsburg-State-System-Higher-Education-COVID-19-test-positive-Pennsylvania-pandemic/stories/202008270151

Bloomsburg State going virtual
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2020 13:51     Subject: Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Cornell is off to a good start and is testing everyone on and off campus 2 x a week.

https://covid.cornell.edu/testing/dashboard/
Anonymous
Post 08/27/2020 12:20     Subject: Re:Colleges that reopened and are shutting down
Anonymous wrote:Rice is doing weekly testing of all students and it is going well...

Got through freshman orientation and classes started Monday. Fingers crossed.

https://coronavirus.rice.edu





Good to see, though early to tell. One thing that worries me though is the staff numbers--staff are likely more vulnerable than students, more likely to spread to other communities (they don't live on campus) and to have contact with a lot of campus members (janitors, food workers, receptionists etc. encounter a lot of people).