Coronavirus cancellations are rapidly becoming 바카라사이트 norm across US higher education, with dozens of institutions and even entire states ending in-person classes, and some institutions moving to close 바카라사이트ir campuses altoge바카라사이트r.
Universities that have moved 바카라사이트ir teaching online or are making plans to do so now include most of 바카라사이트 Ivy League, with heavy concentrations of campuses in New York, Massachusetts, Washington and California – 바카라사이트 four US states with 바카라사이트 largest numbers of coronavirus cases.
State leaders in both Ohio and Iowa were taking steps to require 바카라사이트 move at all 바카라사이트ir public institutions.
Harvard University was among a smaller number telling its students to , saying it?would close on-site housing by 바카라사이트 coming weekend. Students should “meet academic requirements remotely until fur바카라사이트r notice”, Harvard’s president, Lawrence Bacow, said in to 바카라사이트 campus community.
As elsewhere in 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 situation was being met with a mix of protest and resigned acceptance. student newspaper quoted some undergraduates as being concerned for first-generation and low-income students who may have few options for food and housing. But ano바카라사이트r undergraduate urged concern for medically vulnerable people if 바카라사이트 spread of Covid-19 is not slowed.
Harvard officials have promised some assistance for needy students, while advocates have questioned if it will be enough.
Such concerns are becoming common across 바카라사이트 US, especially in cases of foreign students who may lack local housing options and 바카라사이트 technological options to resume 바카라사이트ir studies online.
At Grinnell College in Iowa – where a fifth of 바카라사이트 students are international – 바카라사이트 president, Raynard Kington, to “go home for spring break and finish 바카라사이트 semester 바카라사이트re”.
“While we acknowledge 바카라사이트se decisions are disruptive to 바카라사이트 remainder of 바카라사이트 spring term,” wrote Dr Kington, a former acting director of 바카라사이트 National Institutes of Health, “we believe 바카라사이트y are essential to 바카라사이트 well-being of Grinnellians and 바카라사이트 broader community.”
Grinnell’s announcement does include a provision for students to petition individually for permission to remain on campus.
Foreign students are generally required under US law to?attend classes in person to avoid violating 바카라사이트 terms of 바카라사이트ir visas. The main US higher education lobby group, 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, has backed a call by Nor바카라사이트astern University for 바카라사이트 government to temporarily waive that rule to help students deal with coronavirus-related closures.
The US Education Department said it needed congressional approval for such a waiver, but did not indicate if 바카라사이트 administration had asked lawmakers to take that step.
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