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Post by Crucis#1 on May 18, 2020 18:45:25 GMT -5
sc.edu/safety/coronavirus/index.php#MessagesThe University of South Carolina has taken a different approach from Ithaca, with in person classes beginning on August 20th. They will have an accelerated schedule. Face to Face classes on campus will conclude on November 24th at the time of the Thanksgiving break. Remote learning will start after Thanksgiving.
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Post by timholycross on May 18, 2020 19:45:20 GMT -5
I'd go earlier and end the semester at Thanksgiving. Start Semester 2 a week or so earlier....or if they think that's playing with fire because of the time of the year, keep it the way it is.
Don't have kids traveling TWICE in the late fall/early winter. Once is enough. Last year, my daughter was off Thanksgiving week, returned the day of our Monmouth game; and was back home in 12 days!
At HC, perhaps they'd have to give a day off or two around Columbus Day, but not an entire week.
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Post by gks on May 19, 2020 11:00:53 GMT -5
Notre Dame has shifted their semester earlier and will end before Thanksgiving. Seems like a good plan.
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Post by longsuffering on May 19, 2020 11:15:31 GMT -5
Notre Dame has shifted their semester earlier and will end before Thanksgiving. Seems like a good plan. The ND reopening plan could still get tackled harder than by a Penn State linebacker if a second wave sweeps the country in the fall. I like the plan, I like the no vacation approach (no one really needs a vacation during a three month college semester) but I hope they have a worst case scenario response ready to implement if infections sweep through the dorms. I wonder what percentage of students testing positive is enough to close down and revert to distance learning? Maybe they just plan on waiting for reaction from the public, students, families and the State of Indiana to inform them.
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Post by longsuffering on May 19, 2020 11:20:06 GMT -5
I just read the actual plan. They do have a return to distance learning option ready to go. I'm calling the virus the favorite by a touchdown and would bet schools will have to shut down again before a vaccine or a sure cure is readily available.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 19, 2020 15:49:11 GMT -5
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Post by hc2020 on May 19, 2020 16:11:28 GMT -5
On its face, this would seem to bode well for HC to start on schedule. With a smaller student body and generally smaller class size, HC should be able to pull this off if they are committed to doing so.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 19, 2020 16:20:48 GMT -5
I never thought I would have something good to say about notre dame or bc but they both have it right
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Post by timholycross on May 19, 2020 17:52:07 GMT -5
ND has it "righter" ...ending the first semester at Thanksgiving is the way to go.
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Post by longsuffering on May 19, 2020 21:27:52 GMT -5
I still see the virus as a seven point favorite. Standing one centimeter nothing and weighing an eighth of a gram soaking wet, it can take out a dorm in 14 days. If more and more students test positive, even though they don't have drastic sickness, the potential damage they can do spreading infection creates pressure on a school to switch to distance learning.
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Post by Tom on May 20, 2020 15:28:57 GMT -5
ND has it "righter" ...ending the first semester at Thanksgiving is the way to go. The other part of that equation is no break. It's a large population but the student interaction outside the school can be limited. No healthy students going all over the country for a week then coming back into the dorms
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Post by hc2020 on May 20, 2020 16:34:18 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on May 20, 2020 17:16:55 GMT -5
my guess is that governors will have the ultimate say in each state
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Post by purplehaze on May 20, 2020 17:26:02 GMT -5
Well, unless the Ma gov forbids the schools from bringing back football and basketball athletes, will HC bring them back ? Football did not have spring ball and both of our basketball teams are in a major rebuild mode and could use the time on campus
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Post by hchoops on May 20, 2020 17:30:08 GMT -5
maybe the next step is for the PL ? have to coordinate MA, PA, NY
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 20, 2020 19:37:01 GMT -5
Notre Dame has shifted their semester earlier and will end before Thanksgiving. Seems like a good plan. The ND reopening plan could still get tackled harder than by a Penn State linebacker if a second wave sweeps the country in the fall. I like the plan, I like the no vacation approach (no one really needs a vacation during a three month college semester) but I hope they have a worst case scenario response ready to implement if infections sweep through the dorms. I wonder what percentage of students testing positive is enough to close down and revert to distance learning? Maybe they just plan on waiting for reaction from the public, students, families and the State of Indiana to inform them. I'm guessing their reasoning is based on the assumption that a "second wave" would be more likely in late fall/early winter than late summer/early fall?
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Post by longsuffering on May 20, 2020 21:13:30 GMT -5
The ND reopening plan could still get tackled harder than by a Penn State linebacker if a second wave sweeps the country in the fall. I like the plan, I like the no vacation approach (no one really needs a vacation during a three month college semester) but I hope they have a worst case scenario response ready to implement if infections sweep through the dorms. I wonder what percentage of students testing positive is enough to close down and revert to distance learning? Maybe they just plan on waiting for reaction from the public, students, families and the State of Indiana to inform them. I'm guessing their reasoning is based on the assumption that a "second wave" would be more likely in late fall/early winter than late summer/early fall? That makes sense. Get the students in, keep them barefoot and studying and then get them out,
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Post by crusader99 on May 21, 2020 4:44:01 GMT -5
My HC rising sophomore is sitting on pins and needles waiting for the July reopening announcement. The news from ND/BC was encouraging == hope HC follows suit; i.e. early start, move out of dorms at Thanksgiving, no Fall break (must be a contract issue with the professors), post Thanksgiving remote study week and exams 2nd week do December. Start Spring semester as scheduled.
The chatter from the kids in the friend group who also attend northeast schools would consider transferring to a school in a State that will provide an opportunity for a full residential college experience. This would start an unfavorable trend for the NE Liberal Arts schools that could have a permanent, negative shift in student enrollment.
HC has to give it a try similar to ND/BC.
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Post by rgs318 on May 21, 2020 6:41:18 GMT -5
njcrusader...welcome to Crossports (in case I have not done so already). It will (eventually) be a great sophomore year for your child and for you, I am sure. Stay well!
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Post by crusader99 on May 21, 2020 7:00:14 GMT -5
Thanks. This is Child#2 on the Hill with Child#1 a game fully employed member of the Class of 2019. Both have loved the experience, with Child#2 having adjusted well to the remote learning — which was well executed by the professors and administration (waiting on one more grade! 🤨). Child#2s opinion may change if the Fall semester includes mom and dad and the kitchen table.
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Post by longsuffering on May 21, 2020 9:44:39 GMT -5
Thanks. This is Child#2 on the Hill with Child#1 a game fully employed member of the Class of 2019. Both have loved the experience, with Child#2 having adjusted well to the remote learning — which was well executed by the professors and administration (waiting on one more grade! 🤨). Child#2s opinion may change if the Fall semester includes mom and dad and the kitchen table. Thanks for the view of current college students. How is the friend group faring for summer employment? I've thought about that dilemma but haven't noticed any articles about it.
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Post by purplehaze on May 21, 2020 10:30:29 GMT -5
I also have a rising soph at a jesuit college and can tell you she really has little interest in an entire semester 'on-line' taking a look at what the typical school charges for tuition 'per semester' it's about $28000 - my question: if there's no (or very limited stem) instruction on campus how much will parents be willing to pay? yes,.many of us are receiving financial aid but the question basically remains to the same. 'how much is too much?'
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Post by timholycross on May 21, 2020 10:36:12 GMT -5
I also have a rising soph at a jesuit college and can tell you she really has little interest in an entire semester 'on-line' taking a look at what the typical school charges for tuition 'per semester' it's about $28000 - my question: if there's no (or very limited stem) instruction on campus how much will parents be willing to pay? yes,.many of us are receiving financial aid but the question basically remains to the same. 'how much is too much?' We're paying out-of-state tuition at a state school. If the school is remote in the fall, we certainly would look at ways to take a couple courses from Mass. colleges, given that it's in the ballpark of a 2K savings per semester course. I think just about anyone would.
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Post by Tom on May 21, 2020 11:13:28 GMT -5
I'm guessing their reasoning is based on the assumption that a "second wave" would be more likely in late fall/early winter than late summer/early fall? That makes sense. Get the students in, keep them barefoot and studying and then get them out, A big part of the plan is no break. Not sending kids all over the country to pick up germs and bring them back to school. I'm guessing there is an assumption that by August, there will be sufficient testing that 100 percent can get tested before being allowed back on campus
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Post by hcpride on May 21, 2020 11:41:22 GMT -5
That makes sense. Get the students in, keep them barefoot and studying and then get them out, A big part of the plan is no break. Not sending kids all over the country to pick up germs and bring them back to school. I'm guessing there is an assumption that by August, there will be sufficient testing that 100 percent can get tested before being allowed back on campus Or it could be a concern that kids (for whom the disease the virus is essentially non-lethal) might carry it home to a nursing home relative or elderly /ill contact. Don't know about the testing angle because an hour after you test negative you can catch the virus. (I can't imagine our school would try to establish a virus-free zone quarantining all students and staff to campus if that is what anybody is thinking.)
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