Administrators consider safety measures needed to reopen universities

Administrators consider safety measures needed to reopen universities

TO HELPING MARYLAND REBOUNDFROM THIS PANDEMIC... ANXIOUSCOLLEGE STUDENTS ARE WAITINGTO GET BACK TO CAMPUS... ASNERVOUS MOMS AND DADS WAIT TOFIND OUT WHAT THAT RETURN TOSCHOOL EVEN LOOKS LIKE.

ASPART OF OUR REBOUND MARYLANDSERIES━ WMAR 2 NEWS' MARKROPER SPOKE WITHADMINISTRATORS TO FIND OUT HOWTHEY WILL MAKE THEIR DECISIONSWHICH COULD SHAPE OR CHANGTHE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE.THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL YEARBRINGS STUDENTS NEW CLASSES━NEW PROFESSORS━ AND NEWFRIENDS BUT THERE'S SOMETHINGELSE NEW ABOUT THE COLLEGEEXPERIENCE THIS YEAR AND EVENTHOUGH THE START OF SCHOOL FORMANY COLLEGE STUDENTS IS LESSTHAN TWO MONTHS AWAY━ MUCHOF WHAT CAMPUS LIFE WILL LOOLIKE IS STILL UNKNOWN.

How arewe going to socially distancethe campus, are dining halls,our resident halls, what isthe right mix of single rooms,as well as double rooms in anapartment scenario where youcan achieve social distancing.AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY━VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENTAFFAIRS DOCTOR KEVIN BANKS ISTASKED WITH DECIDING MUCH OFWHAT STUDENTS WILL EXPERIENCEON CAMPUS.

BUT HIS JOB TAKESON A DIFFERENT MEANING DURINCOVI━19.

We just want to makesure wesafest environment aspossible.

Welimiting the number ofstudents in a classroom, d━densifying the classroomenvironment and the residencehalls.

SOCIAL DISTANCING ATTHE START OF THE PANDEMIC HADSTUDENTS GETTING THEIREDUCATION FROM A DISTANCE━ONLINE.

WHICH COULD CONTININ THE FALL AT SOME SCHOOLS.The ideal solution was to makesure that all of the classeshave the option to go remoteand online and look at wherewe may have to createadditional sections fstudents.

These schools aregoing to be under intensepressure to reopen if theycan, in a safe manner in thefall, due to issues oftuition, and how that impactsthe revenue and the budget, aswell as housing STUDENTS USEDTO LIVING ON CAMPUS━ MIGHTFIND THEMSELVES IN A NEW HOMEAWAY FROM HOME.

Weand secured more single roomapartments for our upperclassmen students as well as alocal area hotel to d━densify the rooms on campusand have more single roomaccommodations.

UNIVERSITY OFTHE POTOMAC PRESIDENT AND CEODR. CLINTON GARDNER RECOGNIZESEVEN ONCE COLLEGE CAMPUSESREOPEN THIS FALL━ SOMESTUDENTS MIGHT NOT COME BACK.there will be some studentswho will decide to take whatwe call a gap year, they'lldecide not to go to schoolthis fall, and they'll dosomething else (2:18) thatcould be work, that could betravel, it could be a varietyof things BUT FOR THOSE WHODECIDE TO RETURN TO SCHOOL━KEEPING UP WITH THE MANYCHANGES ON CAMPUS COULD BE ASCHALLENGING AS KEEPING UP WITHTHEIR STUDIES.

We have aparentcommunicating with familiesand parents, so that theyinformed of the changes thatare going on.

On a peer level,I think, sometimes using thestudents to communicate withone another importantinformation is probably moreeffective.

SOME PARENTS ANDSTUDENTS SAY ONLINE LEARNINGIS NOT THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCETHEY EXPECTED.

TONIGHT AT 11━ WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHO'SKEEPING AN EYE ON UNIVERSITIESTO MAKE SURE YOU'RE GETTINGTHE QUALITY EDUCATION YOU PAIDFOR AND WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RENOT SATISFIED.

IN NORTHEASTBALTIMORE━ MARK ROPER WMAR 2NEWS.NEARLY HALF OF FAMILIES I