Colleges & Universities Return-To-School Plans - Possible Conspiracy?

Why would you think a president couldn't come up with that idea on their own?

Every decision made in higher education at the moment, which includes athletics, will have a strong financial consideration. This should be obvious to everyone by now, it's not a conspiracy.

845618761 wrote:

Every decision made in higher education at the moment, which includes athletics, will have a strong financial consideration. This should be obvious to everyone by now, it's not a conspiracy.

Yes, but was it a decision that:

A) they planned the whole time (acting fraudulently to keep enrollment high)

B) came to be due to circumstances (they expected to have no cases, but then made the decision for health reasons.)

If they knew they were going to cancel classes ASAP but mislead students, there would have to be some legal recourse there for students.

FWIW, I’m all for the online courses and safety. It’s just interesting how quickly many schools are shutting down after adamantly pushing forward. If they truly gave it a shot, great. If they mislead students, there should be an opt out of sorts...

I’d be in community college this year if I was still in school. No chance I’m paying 40k for online courses.

Its B. Its B for every school. They drag it til tuition is due

Forty k for a community college? For a year? Really? Where?

HRE wrote:

Forty k for a community college? For a year? Really? Where?

Macdaddy is saying the opposite.

Remember Please wrote:

HRE wrote:

Forty k for a community college? For a year? Really? Where?

Macdaddy is saying the opposite.

Oh! Thank you. I had to read that three times to see it that way.

Or there was this huge demand and noise for people to have in person learning, so they gave in person a shot and caved into those demands.

Then the reality was a lot of virus transmissions, so they went to plan B and went online.

Just be sure to test out the wazoo so you get enough cases to justify the shutdown. Then rake in the tuition, room and board money.

The fear in higher ed was that they would lose money (fed, state, alumni donors, tuition, room and board) if they started the year off with virtual classes. State schools around the country are facing steep cuts in state funding and are approaching a financial cliff. Trump wanted schools to open and did not put forward any sort of aid package to help schools through the pandemic. That left schools with really no choice but to try to have face to face classes and keep outbreaks from spreading with social distancing, hygiene and testing. Most schools are just "pausing" in person classes to try to contain outbreaks and have not cancelled in person learning for the entire year. However, it is hard to imagine any way that schools could get through the year without constantly swinging between virtual and in person as outbreak after outbreak occurs.