Daily Lumina News 052820

Students across the country will one day return to their colleges. Nobody knows exactly when that will happen because so much depends on the future spread of the novel coronavirus and on orders by state and federal officials.
But many college presidents have suggested it will be fairly soon—this fall, in fact. Whenever it happens, as long as no vaccine exists yet, it is likely to involve transformed spaces and new norms.

When the California State University system first announced that its fall term would be mostly online, the move set off a flurry of news media coverage and debate among policymakers and college leaders.
CSU Chancellor Tim White reflects on that decision—and how the system is trying to balance its two top goals of protecting the health and safety of students and employees while trying to maintain academic progress at 23 campuses.

Shuai “Eddy” Jiang, a junior at Boston College, is nearly every college’s dream international student. Not only do students like him bring diversity to campus, they also usually pay full price for their education.
The pandemic, however, is likely to put a severe dent in this revenue stream. Institutions are now scrambling to rethink how they recruit and teach students from abroad as they prepare for fall 2020.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued new guidelines last week to help higher education institutions plan for the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The CDC suggests, among other things, closing residence halls and communal spaces like kitchens and dining operations.
As universities weigh these possible new realities, experts fear that limiting campus facilities—or keeping them closed—will exacerbate disparities for low-income students, as many rely on their college campus as a vital safety net for food and housing.