CSU System:
At a Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, CSU Chancellor Timothy White asked the 23 CSU campuses to develop plans for online classes through the fall.Los Rios Community College District:
White said these plans are necessary for the 2020-2021 academic year as “evolving data” surrounding the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused the coronavirus. He said the health and safety of students, faculty and staff is most important, and regular in-class instruction might have to be switched to online if a “serious second wave of the pandemic occurs, as forecast.”
“Virtual planning is necessary because it might not be possible for some students, faculty and staff to safely travel to campus,” White said in a written statement. “Said another way, this virtual planning approach preserves as many options for as many students as possible"...
The CSU chancellor said courses will be “primarily” online in the fall semester, with limited exceptions for in-class instruction and research activities that cannot be provided online. These exceptions must be for learning activities that are “indispensable to the university’s core mission” and must be conducted within rigorous safety standards.
With social distancing guidelines likely to remain in place in the coming months, Los Rios Community College District announced Monday it will move to a fully online fall schedule.How will K-12 go? Wouldn't it look odd if 5-18 year old K-12 students were in school but 18-22 year old college students were not? (And yes, I know there are older students). I wonder if these higher education announcements are an indication of what I have to look forward to in August.
Very few classes that cannot be moved online will remain in-person, according to an email to students.
The college district said many students were concerned about campuses opening with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s physical distancing guidelines still in place and limited access to testing and personal protective equipment.
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