NBC News, 28 May 2020 - University of Michigan president talks about challenges facing reopening plans [Video 06:53]

Title:
University of Michigan president talks about challenges facing reopening plans

Published:
NBC News, 28 May 2020 (Video 06:53)
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/university-of-michigan-president-talks-about-challenges-facing-reopening-plans-84001349809

From the interview:
Dr. Mark Schlissel, president of the University of Michigan, joins NBC News to talk about the plans he has for reopening his campus to students and the challenges they’re facing including whether college athletics will be available at all.

University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa - UCT reveals first group of students who will be allowed back, but no dates confirmed yet

Title:
UCT reveals first group of students who will be allowed back, but no dates confirmed yet

Author:
Murray Williams

Published:
News24, 19 May 2020
https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/uct-reveals-first-group-of-students-who-will-be-allowed-back-but-no-dates-confirmed-yet-20200519

From the article:
"The University of Cape Town (UCT) has identified three groups of students who will be allowed to return to campus before others.  

But UCT is not saying when, yet."

University World News, 14 May 2020 - Is it ethical to take in foreign students mid-crisis?

Title:
Is it ethical to take in foreign students mid-crisis?

Author:
Thomas Mason

Published:
University World News, 14 May 2020
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=202005141501467

From the article:
"Universities across the United States and other countries are preparing to open this autumn, with most committing to hold face-to-face classes. Under extreme financial pressure, universities are developing extraordinarily creative plans that they believe will ensure the safety of their students, faculty and staff.  

But are universities knowingly endangering new international students by inviting them to campus in the first place, often without disclosing to them the substantial risks and challenges they face over the next academic year?"

McKinsey & Company (April 2020) - Coronavirus: How should US higher education plan for an uncertain future?

Title:
Coronavirus: How should US higher education plan for an uncertain future?

Authors:
Frankki Bevins, Jake Bryant, Charag Krishnan, & Jonathan Law

Published:
McKinsey & Company, April 2020

From the article:
"The COVID-19 challenge is unprecedented; its scale still is not understood. Colleges and universities in the United States cannot know when they will open again to normal activity or to what extent education as usual will resume. But even though higher-education leaders cannot know the answers, given the uncertainty in the epidemiological and economic Covidoutlooks, they must start asking themselves questions about the medium- and long-term implications for teaching, learning, the student experience, infrastructure, operations, and staff. Disciplined scenario planning can help."

To read this article (& resources):
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/coronavirus-how-should-us-higher-education-plan-for-an-uncertain-future

Inside Higher Ed article (21 April 2020) - Buckle Up for the Next Phase of Planning (Higher Education Institutions)

Title:
Buckle Up for the Next Phase of Planning

Authors:
Steve Kloehn, Julie A. Peterson & Lisa M. Rudgers

Published:
Inside Higher Ed, 21 April 2020

From the article:
"Planning to reopen colleges successfully will be much more complicated than shutting them down, write Steve Kloehn, Julie A. Peterson and Lisa M. Rudgers, who provide some guidance for getting started."

To read this article:
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/04/21/general-guidance-thinking-through-how-start-planning-reopen-college-opinion