[ti:US University Officials Consider Return to College Life]
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[00:00.04]Classes held in tents; college officials choosing your roommate based on coronavirus tests;
[00:09.52]schools setting aside special housing for students known to have the novel coronavirus.
[00:18.08]In the United States, college life could look very different four months from now when students return for classes.
[00:28.64]Many colleges told students to return home and moved classes online in March as the virus spread.
[00:39.32]Now, universities are exploring new ways to make sure students can return to campus for the 2020-2021 school year.
[00:51.96]"There will be changes for sure, but one way or another we are going to be open," said James Herbert.
[01:01.28]He is president of the University of New England or UNE, a private college in Maine.
[01:10.00]The selling point of many colleges is campus life and the sense of community it builds,
[01:17.56]said Brian Rosenberg, president of Macalester College in Minnesota.
[01:24.04]When classes are online, private schools cannot make money from housing and meal plans,
[01:31.64]and they struggle to explain tuition costs, Rosenberg said.
[01:38.00]School administrators are exploring changes to student housing.
[01:43.76]James Herbert said UNE is thinking about basing roommates on the results of tests
[01:51.68]that can show if someone has antibodies to the coronavirus.
[01:57.04]The idea is: a student without antibodies would share a room with one who has them
[02:05.16]to prevent roommates from infecting each other, Herbert said.
[02:10.24]"We require students to be vaccinated – to have certain vaccines
[02:16.32]– so I think you could certainly require students to have the antibody test," Herbert said.
[02:23.60]He added the plan is a "work in progress" and depends on the quality of tests and ongoing research.
[02:33.56]"If the science improves, and the availability improves over the coming months, it could be a really useful tool."
[02:43.16]David Greene, president of Colby College in Maine,
[02:48.20]says he expected some student housing would be set aside for infected students.
[02:55.16]UNE is thinking about renting rooms at a hotel near campus to space students out, Herbert added.
[03:04.92]Social distancing measures will also influence on-campus classes, forcing changes in the way students are taught.
[03:14.88]Because the virus spreads more easily in small areas, Stanford University in California
[03:22.76]is considering holding classes in large tents, a university official said.
[03:28.96]Colleges could suspend classes where hundreds of students fill auditoriums to hear their professor.
[03:38.24]Those large rooms could be used for smaller classes, where students can sit further apart, Rosenberg said.
[03:47.12]Brown University in Rhode Island may require students and teachers to wear face masks,
[03:54.76]Brown's president Christina Paxson wrote in The New York Times.
[04:00.28]She added that the school may set limits for sporting events, music shows and parties.
[04:08.36]Even with safety measures, colleges cannot end the risk of disease and should be open about it, Herbert said.
[04:17.32]The University of New England may send "consent forms" to students and their parents.
[04:24.96]Such forms would make clear they are "assuming a somewhat higher risk" by returning to campus, Herbert said.
[04:34.08]Questions also remain about whether students at colleges known for partying and sports
[04:42.32]will follow social distancing and other safety measures.
[04:46.96]"I expect there will be at least some groups of people that wouldn't listen and have normal social gatherings,
[04:55.96]but I think overall most people will be respectful," said Madeleine Larsen.
[05:02.76]She is in her second year as a student at the University of California, Los Angeles or UCLA.
[05:11.60]The 20-year-old added she was still undecided about returning to UCLA
[05:18.40]and might take a year off if classes in September are online.
[05:24.16]Larsen said she will likely return to the school if there are in-person classes even
[05:30.80]if it means accepting major changes to college life.
[05:36.12]"There's no way things can go back to the way they were before — that's just not realistic at this point," she said.
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