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At what point does the responsibility shift to the University Presidents if they can predict with confidence (and then confirm with data) that their students wi
by nugget 6y ago
At what point does the responsibility shift to the University Presidents if they can predict with confidence (and then confirm with data) that their students will never comply with their directives?
- DetroitThrow 6y ago>wrote a letter jointly telling the college students if they did not shape up The universities _would be closed_ I think from this we could infer that they will take responsibility when they think it becomes clearer that students will not sufficiently comply with the public safety directives.
- Dfol 6y agoIt just so happens that in your scenario the college makes more money by 'taking responsibility'.
- sonotathrowaway 6y agoMy more cynical interpretation is that the school wanted to shift the onus onto the students, because more effective measures would have affected the schools ability to charge tuition at it’s full rate.
- dillondoyle 6y agoI don't think it's cynical. there is no way schools reasonably and realistically thought they could control COVID in a university environment. If they did they were negligent. It's 100% about cashing the checks before the withdrawal period. Who wants to pay $40,000 for online classes. Young kids is completely different we aren't doing enough and there aren't a ton of other options but to open schools. But in person college for adults? not a necessity
- InTheArena 6y agoKick the students out, keep their tuition. Be done with it.
- maxerickson 6y agoYes, that's more or less their plan. I mean, they aren't going to expel the students from their university, but they are going to drop the pretense of in-person classes.
- athriren 6y agothis was the unstated purpose of calling all the students back to campus in the first place. if there is an outbreak on campus or in the community, just blame the students—not the adults running society.