The P&R Plague Thread (Covid-19)

GSG said:
Roll Tide!
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Really sinking in how much people have taken the bait and begun blaming the media for lots of problems that aren't their fault because the Trump GOP models that behavior.

Alabama's opening week has been an absolute s#!tshow. It'll be interesting to see how they say screw it and go ahead with football anyway.

Also, who says "flicked off?" :lol:

 
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Welcoming thousands of 18-22 year olds to live on top of each other is a disaster that every university is fully anticipating. Enrollment will always be top priority though. Make it two weeks into school so that kids can't get a refund, count them in the enrollment numbers, then go remote and send them home to spread the pandemic there.

This country is so f#&%ing stupid.

 
mrandyk said:
Welcoming thousands of 18-22 year olds to live on top of each other is a disaster that every university is fully anticipating. Enrollment will always be top priority though. Make it two weeks into school so that kids can't get a refund, count them in the enrollment numbers, then go remote and send them home to spread the pandemic there.

This country is so f#&%ing stupid.
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Are you saying that on-campus students won't get a refund for room and board? Most universities refunded students a prorated amount for room and board when they sent them home in the spring. I think most schools are trying their best to figure out how to keep kids on track to graduate on time. 

 
Moiraine said:


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Do you happen to know if this data was normalized for per capita testing?

 
jaws said:
Are you saying that on-campus students won't get a refund for room and board? Most universities refunded students a prorated amount for room and board when they sent them home in the spring. I think most schools are trying their best to figure out how to keep kids on track to graduate on time. 
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Never said anything about room and board.

Enrollment numbers are top priority. If any university announced a remote delivery plan from the start plenty of students would not have come to school. The university wants the kids to come to school, get them past the refund date, and ensure they count in enrollment numbers. Like any business, universities are incredibly number driven.

Unlike most businesses, they should have had support from the state and federal government to ensure they could continue to exist without introducing the clusterf#&% that is going to impact all of us.

 
And...about 2000 dorks not wearing masks or distancing while hanging out on the lawn of the White House to listen to the Trump family speak.

 
mrandyk said:
Never said anything about room and board.

Enrollment numbers are top priority. If any university announced a remote delivery plan from the start plenty of students would not have come to school. The university wants the kids to come to school, get them past the refund date, and ensure they count in enrollment numbers. Like any business, universities are incredibly number driven.

Unlike most businesses, they should have had support from the state and federal government to ensure they could continue to exist without introducing the clusterf#&% that is going to impact all of us.
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I don't know, I think enrollment numbers are important to schools but things like retention rate is just as important. A strong majority of students and faculty/staff want in person learning. If schools switch to remote learning, they will have a dip in retention. Also, at most brick and mortar schools, it is not really any cheaper for the university to go online only. There are still expenses that need to be paid and sometimes even more expenses to educate students. That is why it is hard to refund any money for switching to online only. If you want to have a discussion on why higher education cost so much to begin with, I think that could be discussed in another thread. 

 
jaws said:
I don't know, I think enrollment numbers are important to schools but things like retention rate is just as important. A strong majority of students and faculty/staff want in person learning. If schools switch to remote learning, they will have a dip in retention. Also, at most brick and mortar schools, it is not really any cheaper for the university to go online only. There are still expenses that need to be paid and sometimes even more expenses to educate students. That is why it is hard to refund any money for switching to online only. If you want to have a discussion on why higher education cost so much to begin with, I think that could be discussed in another thread. 
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Yeah, retention is huge.  They spend a ton to attract students so the last thing they want is to lose the, once they get them on campus.

 
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