Stanford's U-Turn

Yet another university realizes that it makes no sense to have almost all courses online due to the coronavirus crisis and nonetheless have students locked up on campus in dorms taking those courses. What is the point of them being there?

From Inside Higher Ed:

Reversing course, Stanford University on Thursday announced that it would not bring students back to its physical campus this fall and would provide virtually all of its instruction remotely. Stanford had originally planned to bring freshman, sophomore and new transfer undergraduate students to campus in the fall, followed by juniors and seniors in the spring, and to deliver a meaningful proportion of its instruction in person and in a hybrid format. Now only a limited number of students with "special circumstances" will be on campus. The university's announcement, which cited worsening public health conditions in northern California involving COVID-19, came two days after its athletics conference, the Pac-12, postponed sports competition this fall...

Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/08/14/stanford-wont-bring-students-back-campus-fall