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I'm going to be tweeting from a @thenasem panel on COVID-19 and the mission of U.S. public universities.
It'll be featuring @purduemitch (who said in WaPo this week that failure to reopen would be an "unacceptable breach of duty"), @amcauce, and @michaelcrow.
It'll be featuring @purduemitch (who said in WaPo this week that failure to reopen would be an "unacceptable breach of duty"), @amcauce, and @michaelcrow.
. @AMCauce says all campuses — from Cal State to those more bullish on bringing students back — all will have a mix of modules in fall. “We’re all looking at some form of hybrid model. It’s a question of how much is online and how much is in person.”
Mental-health challenges among isolated students a reason to bring ppl back, Cauce says, saying people are showing signs of depression from isolation.
Says international/older students, students with autoimmune problems may want to stay off campus.
Says international/older students, students with autoimmune problems may want to stay off campus.
Daniels said Purdue has already installed plexiglass shields on campus. "Dining will be a big challenge... it will look more like dining like some of us remember. everyone will eat the same thing," not "16 choices."
for more on this, see https://www.chronicle.com/article/Welcome-to-the-Socially/248850?cid=wsinglestory_hp_1a
for more on this, see https://www.chronicle.com/article/Welcome-to-the-Socially/248850?cid=wsinglestory_hp_1a
Conduct, Daniels and Crow say, will be hardest.
“We are very sober about the challenges of doing this," Daniels said. People will get ill. "They do every year anyway.” But it would be "problematic" to tell 45k young people to put lives on hold.
“We are very sober about the challenges of doing this," Daniels said. People will get ill. "They do every year anyway.” But it would be "problematic" to tell 45k young people to put lives on hold.
In a question on silver linings of Covid-19 on campus, Daniels says: "We’re going to lose schools, frankly. There's going to be much more attention to the cost of education,” which could account for higher enrollment in public schools.
Cauce: This shows how public research universities can turn "on a dime."
For more on UW's transition online, read @nellgluckman: https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/covid-closures-part-1
For more on UW's transition online, read @nellgluckman: https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/covid-closures-part-1
Daniels anticipates "big, big cuts" to state revenue and a "shakeout" of private campuses without "bulletproof" endowments. Especially prevalent in the midwest.
Daniels seemed to accept budget cuts as a given. Cauce: "We can't just cut our way to recovery," she said -- we need to invest.
Medical schools are furloughing to avoid layoffs.
Medical schools are furloughing to avoid layoffs.
Out of state and international students are "not levers we have anymore," UW president Cauce says. "Am I concerned? Yes."
Crow sent a picture to the chair of his board, of a naval battleship at 40 foot seas.
"We're normally in 6 foot waves," he said. And there are 100 foot waves out in the ocean, "increasingly likely to hit us."
Says ASU's ship will survive. Others won't.
"We're normally in 6 foot waves," he said. And there are 100 foot waves out in the ocean, "increasingly likely to hit us."
Says ASU's ship will survive. Others won't.
Cauce: Let's find ways to all rise together "rather than, I'm going to go up two points in the rankings."
Some are calling for the abolition of these rankings in this moment. Read @franciediep: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-One-Former-Campus-Leader/248831
Some are calling for the abolition of these rankings in this moment. Read @franciediep: https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-One-Former-Campus-Leader/248831
Daniels, on state funding. He's not optimistic. "We'll make the case. There's a good case to be made. It doesn't mean it'll prevail."
Cauce: Higher ed is deemed discretionary. Wants people to advocate for public college funding, given work in community/testing during pandemic
Cauce: Higher ed is deemed discretionary. Wants people to advocate for public college funding, given work in community/testing during pandemic
Crow is making the case that higher education hasn't positioned itself well to the state legislature, saying it has been elitist and hasn't delivered on its promise.
Turning back to the people you've looked down on and asking for money will not be successful, he said.
Turning back to the people you've looked down on and asking for money will not be successful, he said.
Cauce: "We need to put our public mission front and center." Universities that don't do so "will not do well in the coming years."
Daniels: New freshmen, if having examined all the changes we've made, all the investments we're undertaking, if you still feel uncomfortable, don't come. "We have a full online option."
If you can't accept inconvenience, "don't come. You're not for us, at least not this fall."
If you can't accept inconvenience, "don't come. You're not for us, at least not this fall."
