Cal State Will Be Online Again in the Spring!

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Dear Commons Community,

While many colleges are still trying to work out exactly how they will be handling the present fall semester in light of the coronanvirus, Chancellor Timothy White of the California State University, announced yesterday  that his system will conduct instruction mostly online again in the spring semester.  In making the announcement, White said “This decision is the only responsible one available to us at this time.”

He also stated that: “We have learned from experience that announcing this decision now will allow faculty and staff to continue or start professional development to be even more effective in the virtual space. We also know that deciding now will allow our students and their families time to plan appropriately.”

Cal State was among the very first institutions of higher education to announce it would be primarily online this fall. According to White, making that decision in May allowed the university’s faculty to successfully plan for online teaching, yet didn’t put a dent in the system’s enrollment. White wrote that preliminary enrollment figures for the fall are “strong across the system, with a few exceptions.”

“This is quite gratifying,” he added, “and it will be to the great benefit of our future alumni and the state of California in the years and decades ahead.”

Earlier this week I was at a meeting with my dean and others, and we were of the mind that CUNY would likely be online again in the spring.  I don’t know what the enrollment situation is across the CUNY system but at Hunter College enrollment is up a bit for the fall.

Tony

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