Colleges and universities in California and across the country are launching sweeping safety measures to guard against coronavirus, upending plans for campus visits, spring break trips and midterm or final exams.
Colleges and universities across the country are launching sweeping measures across core campus operations — including instruction, lab work, admissions and financial aid — as they confront the fast-moving global coronavirus outbreak.
“The long-term results of the coronavirus will remain to be seen, but it’s clear that the short-term challenge is probably the greatest that higher education has faced in a generation,” said Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education. “Every college and university is on a war footing about this and are trying to assemble as much information as possible.”Mitchell said higher education has experienced such tumult only a few times in the last century.
“Literally every time I look at my computer, something new is coming up,” Brostrom said. “The impact is felt on every part of campus operations. All we can do is continually prepare and be nimble in our responses.”UC Merced’s all-in mobilization involves twice-daily meetings on emergency services and teleconferences with all UC campuses to share information and best practices. They review health updates and policies on travel and large gatherings.
So far, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego are the only schools in the 10-campus University of California system to announce in-person class suspensions. At both campuses, classes that cannot be held remotely, such as laboratories and performing arts, will continue to meet. Berkeley has not received notice of campus members who tested positive for the virus or were exposed to it.
At other campuses throughout the country, coronavirus developments have caused some confusion. Sophia Cai, a Princeton University student and co-president of the school’s, spent much of Sunday debunking unsubstantiated rumors of two cases of the coronavirus on campus. Except for San Jose and San Francisco State, the California State University’s 21 other campuses are still holding in-person classes, a university spokesman said. But 10 Cal State Long Beach students were in self-isolation after possible exposure at a conference in Washington, D.C., last week.
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