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Cases are going up at colleges and universities, despite more testing. Some colleges have put in place tight restrictions. Others have been more flexible.
Maryland-College Park Announces Weeklong Sequester The University of Maryland's main campus in College Park on Saturday announced that all on-campus students would sequester in place for at least a week and that all instruction would move online beginning Monday. University officials cited a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases: Maryland's pandemic dashboard shows a total of 74 cases
UMass Issues Stay-at-Home Order for 2 Weeks Feb. 8, 6:24 a.m. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst ordered all students to "self-sequester" for two weeks. "Self-sequestration means that students must stay in their residences, both on and off campus, except to get meals, undergo twice-weekly COVID testing, or to attend medical appointments. In addition, to minimize
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The coronavirus pandemic has and will continue to change many aspects of life. Higher education is no exception, which raises the question of how the conservative approach to higher education should change in response to the pandemic.
A conservative response to the coronavirus should include liability protection from virus-related lawsuits, deregulation of competency-based education, voucherization of state funding, and the introduction of alternative accountability metrics.
The Shocks to Higher Education from COVID-19
Due to the virus, many aspects of higher education have undergone substantial change. Four of these coronavirus shocks are particularly noteworthy.
First, there has been a sudden and dramatic increase in online education. In the spring, almost every college shifted to online classes virtually overnight. Despite early hopes that this would be temporary, it appears that online education will remain dominant for some time. According to the College C