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[QUOTE="dan7800, post: 3426267, member: 4923"]
I know for a fact that the presidents/provosts of the largest schools in upsate NY are not surprisingly in close contact with one another regarding plans for the fall. I'd be pretty surprised if any schools signficantly deviate from the courses of action that all of the schools take. Even the optics on this alone could be detrimental. For example, school A stays online while schools B, C, D are in person - think what people will say about the quality of education of school A. Conversely, if schools B, C, D are online and school A is in person and an outbreak hits school A, what will the headlines say?

Frankly, schools are in a no win situation. Many students want to come back, however many students (and their parents) don't want the "stationary cruise ships" back less than 60 days from now. I know that my school is taking no less than 50 pretty significant steps for the fall (installation of hospital grade ventilation systems in all buildings, new door handles, etc...) and I still see it as just being a matter of time before we see a pretty sizable outbreak.

FWIW, many of my friends who are professors at schools in the EU say that their students LOVE online vs in person. There are innumerable plausible justifications for this, but I find it to be interesting.
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