Guest Column by Jasper MacLean and Lauren MacLean | The true cost of not going back to campus
(05/07/20 7:10pm)
The global pandemic of COVID-19 threatens our universities and colleges with extinction. Some liberal arts colleges have permanently closed. University presidents and provosts have grabbed the media’s attention with proclamations and plans for going back to campus. But, it’s not just forecasting the trends in public health or our budgets that matters for these decisions. We need to add the voices of faculty and students to understand the true costs of not going back for the next generation.