Re:A twenty-year professor on starting college this fall: Don’t
by blaser-waffle on Monday April 20, 2020 @04:37PM
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> Universities would seem uniquely capable of just going into hibernation for a while. They do it every summer, after all. That tradition is even because of infectious disease risk!
Most don't go into hibernation at all I grew up in Ithaca NY and both Cornell and Ithaca College ran summer camp programs through the summer. I later went to school in VA and saw the same thing -- tons of folks using the Uni even during the "off" season.
Summer school classes went all summer and there were always non-trivial amounts of students on campus, including living in dorms.
Research didn't just stop because the students went away -- in many cases the research kicked into high gear since the profs didn't have to teach.
Colleges with agriculture programs don't just let their fields die during the summer; same for schools that have restaurant or hospitality management programs.
Most don't go into hibernation at all I grew up in Ithaca NY and both Cornell and Ithaca College ran summer camp programs through the summer. I later went to school in VA and saw the same thing -- tons of folks using the Uni even during the "off" season.
Summer school classes went all summer and there were always non-trivial amounts of students on campus, including living in dorms.
Research didn't just stop because the students went away -- in many cases the research kicked into high gear since the profs didn't have to teach.
Colleges with agriculture programs don't just let their fields die during the summer; same for schools that have restaurant or hospitality management programs.