Not yet officially moving online, but San Diego State University and the University of San Diego have told faculty and students to prepare for the likelihood of moving to online instruction within the next two weeks.
When they say to prepare, they are actually preparing you to process the info. It will happen unless pigs fly.
The first confirmed case here in San Diego is at Scripps Green Hospital, which is right near the main UCSD campus. All our colleges here are close by, no surprise they plan to close all of them for a time.
Thanks, Laura. I've been looking for updated info on this! Strange to think that a hospital I regularly visit (well Anderson out patient) has a person going through this. Have you see anything about which part of the county (North, South, East) the patient lives in?
Yale has now also announced that they are moving to online classes.
https://communications.yale.edu/covid-19-information#movingclasses
No, but it was a travel-related case. Here's what I found:
The UN in NY has shut its doors to the public.
Let that sink in for a moment.
Well, ironically, my ancestors on my father’s side were part of that particular travesty in Plymouth and they weren’t Wampanoag. First boat. I come from a long line of English settlers who stole land from Native Americans. I tend to sympathize with the indigenous peoples and respect their cultures and spiritual beliefs. I grieve for the many losses of Native Americans and believe that even today they live much more in tune with the earth.
A recent list of college/University closing, when and for how long
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: In-person classes with more than 150 peoplewill be moved online.
Actually late this afternoon, MIT changed its mind and decided to close ALL classes starting next week, and after spring break the following week, undergrads will not be allowed back to campus. All classes will be conducted online for the rest of the semester.
I guess the first universities to cancel classes set off a cascade of panicked responses among college administrators across the nation. None of these administrators want to be in a minority group that has decided to keep on-campus academics and activities up and running. If a student or staff/faculty member gets the virus, it's a liability issue.
Yes, I had heard about Stanford a few days ago and it was because a faculty member tested positive, and students may have been exposed. (It's been reported the students in question are self-isolating).
I had started wondering whether this could happen because a few of my friends are professors at major universities, and they are traveling internationally for conferences CONSTANTLY, often every week, to present papers and meet and collaborate with fellow international experts who are also traveling constantly. They also have grad students/postdocs working closely with them who are often traveling to get their own names out there for future job prospects.
It's really such a high-risk group of people, it's no surprise universities are having to move as much a possible online.
As of this morning, ALL campuses in the University of California system have announced they're moving online. Over 280,000 students attend UC schools.
The California State University system is also now recommending and encouraging all 21 of their campuses to do the same. If all of the CSU schools do this, it would affect an additional 480,000+ students.
Johns Hopkins University also is moving online.
I work at a technical college in NY (RPI), and it's currently Spring Break. The administration just decided to cancel in-person classes and move them online from March 16th to at least March 30th. In the meantime, we were all briefed about working from home and are set up to do that if necessary. Every second, the situation seems to change. We went from cancelling large events and social distancing to cancelling classes in less than 24 hours. Honestly, I wouldn't mind working from home. I'm starting a new job working for the State next week, and I'm really uneasy about it. What if everything closes before I'm even able to start my new job? Not to mention, financially my family isn't prepared for a loss of income (the same situation as most people, it seems). I'm already prone to anxiety and there's so much general panic about this... Anyway, just thought I'd chime in. :P
Regarding the UC universities.
I mentioned this yesterday in the main virus thread:
"Janet Napolitano is the is the former Sec. Of Homeland Security under Obama, a former Gov. of Arizona, and a former Arizona state attorney General. She is the current President of the UC university system in California.
Most UC Universities announced they would be closing their campus' today. I expect more by the end of the week. I have no doubt her understanding of the complexities of running a state, law and her understanding of Homeland Security issues, (think FEMA and other disasters issues ) have played a huge role in why these Universities are not going to be open and will switch to on line classes.
This is why we need competent people in charge of ...important organizations. We can't afford any more failures."
I have no doubt she is the main force behind this closure in the UC system. She is uniquely skilled to understand all angles of this crisis. I am sure other presidents and regents of university and college systems are following. I read somewhere a week or two ago there were nation wide phone conferences with some.
This was likely planned for a little bit to give schools time to figure out how to implement before pressing the button.