[independentmind]

What is interesting is how many of the Ivies have already done so.

Perhaps they are relying on the advice of their own faculty who specialize in medical and public policy fields.

I have added several of them to my twitter feed. Quite frankly, they seem to me to be the best source of information and advice at the moment.

[Fury]

What is interesting is how many of the Ivies have already done so.

Yes, I noticed that. And good point on why that may be the case.

I was pretty dispirited that a college where I went put nothing out about students and COVID-19 over spring break. Nothing. No "here's some things to be aware of", no "here's some steps to reduce risk." Not one thing.

These are your "paying customers", so to speak!

[BobL]

“Perhaps they are relying on the advice of their own faculty who specialize in medical and public policy fields.”

I suspect that a lot of teachers weren’t too hot about having to deal with students from around the world either.

[Fury]

I was poking around looking for information on Cornell and found this update of schools in New York:

https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-what-23-central-ny-upstate-ny-colleges-are-doing-about-classes-list.html

[cgbg]

We are speculating here that when a college kicks all its students out of the dorms on short notice—that is an indication they will become a quarantine zone for their area.

Harvard—eastern MA
Smith—western MA
Grinell—Iowa

etc etc