Claremont McKenna College and sister campuses are among universities nationwide grappling with how to offer their signature residential learning environment while protecting against the coronavirus pandemic.
Students are back in class — but spaced apart in auditoriums, fitness centers, even outdoors. They’re eating cafeteria food again — but taking it to go rather than sitting with friends in dining halls. They’ve returned to campus housing — but are living in single rooms or a small group dorm, where if anyone gets infected with COVID-19, everyone would be assessed and possibly quarantined.
, academic and social impact of continued online learning, are scrambling to find ways to safely educate and provide for their students in the fall., including Boston, Brown, Purdue and New York, have said they plan to reopen this fall or are leaning toward doing so. San Jose State, Cal State East Bay and UC San Diego have said they intend to offer a combination of in-person and online instruction.
that colleges are discussing. They include starting the fall term later, bringing students back in waves of smaller groups, using hybrid online and in-person instruction or redesigning courses into shorter blocks. But many students who are chafing at home, stuck in their childhood bedrooms far from friends and the independent lives they’ve built, say they can’t wait to return to campus.Charlie Streator, a junior in history who has returned to his Connecticut home for spring term, said he misses the learning that happens outside the classroom. One of his best memories, he said, was “being very nerdy together” with his classmates and professor after class.
The campus is a lifeline for Brooklyn Montgomery, a low-income, first-generation sophomore who experienced homelessness and hardship growing up with her single mother in Tucson. She said the college has given her a full scholarship, along with a secure place to live, a campus job and plenty to eat — and, she added, a top-notch program in government, her passion. The college has allowed her to stay in campus housing during the pandemic because she has nowhere safe to go.
Basso said officials are looking at installing hand sanitizer stations at the entrance of each residence hall and making health kits for each student with a thermometer, mask, gloves, Tylenol and Gatorade. They plan to continue tele-medical services, including mental health counseling. And they’re preparing for a range of dining options, including take-out meals only or eating in cafeterias but at a distance.
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