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Colleges & universities face a hard problem:
In just a few weeks, everyone has discovered that being *at* college is a lot different experience — a profoundly better one — than attending college on Zoom.
. . .
In just a few weeks, everyone has discovered that being *at* college is a lot different experience — a profoundly better one — than attending college on Zoom.
. . .
2/ So why aren& #39;t colleges and universities planning as if they would be welcoming students back in August and September?
What would it take to have students & faculty & staff on campus?
Is that crazy?
Here& #39;s what it would take: Campuses that are free of coronavirus.
What would it take to have students & faculty & staff on campus?
Is that crazy?
Here& #39;s what it would take: Campuses that are free of coronavirus.
3/ A radical proposal:
Colleges & universities should immediately form coalitions, and start building their own testing capacity — with the idea of making coronavirus testing part of campus life.
Everyone tested once a week.
Colleges & universities should immediately form coalitions, and start building their own testing capacity — with the idea of making coronavirus testing part of campus life.
Everyone tested once a week.
4/ Harvard should team up with MIT, BU, BC, Northeastern, Wellesley — and they should agree on the goal:
Test every undergrad, graduate student, faculty and staff member once a week.
At Harvard alone, that might be 60,000 tests a week.
Which is ~ 10,000 tests a day.
Test every undergrad, graduate student, faculty and staff member once a week.
At Harvard alone, that might be 60,000 tests a week.
Which is ~ 10,000 tests a day.
5/ What would the Boston area universities need in testing capacity?
200,000 tests a day, to test every student, faculty and staff member?
If your last name begins with A-E, you test on Monday.
If your last name begins with F-K, you test on Tuesday.
200,000 tests a day, to test every student, faculty and staff member?
If your last name begins with A-E, you test on Monday.
If your last name begins with F-K, you test on Tuesday.