niversity administrators take different paths on road to reopen schools this fall

Niversity administrators take different paths on road to reopen schools this fall

COUPLE MONTHS AWAY FOR COLLEGESTUDENTS.

BUT THE DECISION ONWHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE━ DEPENDS UPON WHERE A STUDENTGOES TO SCHOOL.

AS PART OF OUREBOUND MARYLAND SERIES━WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW DIFFERENTINSTITUTIONS WILL BE MANAGINGHIGHER EDUCATION*WHILEDEALING WITH COVI━19.

WMAR 2NEWS' MARK ROPER HAS THATSTORY..

MARK━ WHY ISN'TTHERE A STANDARD FOR HOWCOLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIEOPERATE DURING THE OUTBREAKMANY COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORSARE FOLLOWING EACH OTHERS LEADBUT JUST LIKE EACH STATEHANDLING ITS RECOVERY PLANDIFFERENTLY━ THE SAMEAPPLIES TO UNIVERSITIES.

BUTDESPITE THE FACT THERE ISN'T ASINGLE SET GUIDELINES━ADMINISTRATORS ARENCOMPLETELY ON THEIR OWN...MANY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARMAKING TENTATIVE PLANS FOR THEFALL BUT THEY'RE ALSO GIVINGTHEMSELVES A TARGET DATE OFJULY 15TH TO FIGURE OUT IFTHEY SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITHTHOSE PLANS OR RECONSIDERTHEM.

LIVE IN NORTHEASTBALTIMORE━ MARK ROPER━WMAR 2 NEWOC: "IN TERMS OF REOPENING"ADMINISTRATORS ACROSS THECOUNTRY ALL FACE THE SAMEDILEMMA━ HOW TO REOPENSCHOOLS DURING A PANDEMIC━BUT DESPITE THE SHARED CONCERNFOR THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS ANDSTAFF━ THERE ISN'T A SHAREDSET OF GUIDELINES FORUNIVERSITIES TO FOLLOW.

DR.CLINTON GARDNER/ UNIVERSITY OFTHE POTOMAC: for the mostpart, I think you will findleaders in higher educationare calling around to otherinstitutions to see whatthey're doing in order to tryand figure out what the bestpractice is MANYADMINISTRATORS LIKE UNIVERSITYOF THE POTOMAC PRESIDENT ANDCEO DR. CLINTON GARDNER ARECOMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHERAS WELL AS THE COLLEGEACCREDITING ASSOCIATION━ THEMIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ONEDUCATION━ FOR ADVICE.

DR.CLINTON GARDNER/ UNIVERSITY OFTHE POTOMAC: we are accreditedby the same accrediting bodythat accredits some of theworld's great universities,like georgetown, princeton,nyu, penn, and otherinstitution, they haveprovided us with somereasonable guidance on how weshould think about the fallDr. Heather F.

Perfetti/President, Middle StatesCommission of HigherEducation: We know thatinstitutions are learning fromeach other, we know thatfaculty and staff withexperience in deliveringprograms and services onlineare being tapped to sharetheir expertise with othersOFFICIALS AT SOME UNIVERSITIESHAVE ANNOUNCED CAMPUSES WILLREMAIN CLOSED AS ALL CLASSESGO ONLINE━ WHILE OTHERS PLANTO REOPEN AND HOLD CLASSES INPERSON.

BUT THOSE AREN'T THEONLY DIFFERENCES ACROSS THECOUNTRY━ SOME SCHOOLS WILLREQUIRE EVERYONE ON CAMPUS TOWEAR MASKS━ OTHERS AREREDUCING CLASS SIZES TOMAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING.NOT TO MENTION PROTOCOLS FORCORONAVIRUS TESTING━TEMPERATURE SCANNING━ ANDSANITIZING PROCEDURES.

Dr.Heather F.

Perfetti/President, Middle StatesCommission of HigherEducation: We generally willnot be issuing that kind ofadvice to institutionsprimarily because we serve somany institutions in so manylocations where the conditionsmay be different.

GUIDANCE FORADMINISTRATORS IN TERMS OF HOWTO SAFELY REOPEN THEIRUNIVERSITIES TO STUDENTS BUTJUST LIKE EACH STATE HAS ITSOWN CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY PLAN━ THERE IS NO SET STANDARD ONHOW SCHOOLS SHOULD PROCEED.DR. CLINTON GARDNER/UNIVERSITY OF THE POTOMAC:every single school has tomake that decision based onthe current pandemic, guidancefrom the CDC, the centers fordisease, control andprevention, as well as howlocal governments are viewingthis pandemic in terms ofr━openinMANY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AREMAKING TENTATIVE PLANS FOR TFALL BUT THEY'RE ALSO GIVINGTHEMSELVES A TARGET DATE OFJULY 15TH TO FIGURE OUT IFTHEY SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITHTHOSE PLANS OR RECONSIDETHEM.

LIVE IN NORTHEASTBALTIMORE━ MARK ROPER