Providing a Safe, In-Person, Residential College Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were forced to make difficult decisions regarding the 2020–2021 academic year. Many institutions decided to have courses in an online remote format, others decided to attempt an in-person experience, while still others took a hybrid approac...
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doaj-ad14cf387cde4c87ab271ec8ee064d0d2021-06-23T06:40:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-06-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.672344672344Providing a Safe, In-Person, Residential College Experience During the COVID-19 PandemicScott A. Travis0Aaron A. Best1Kristyn S. Bochniak2Nicole D. Dunteman3Jennifer Fellinger4Peter D. Folkert5Timothy Koberna6Benjamin G. Kopek7Brent P. Krueger8Jeff Pestun9Michael J. Pikaart10Cindy Sabo11Alex J. Schuitema12Hope College, Holland, MI, United StatesDepartment of Biology, Hope College, Holland, MI, United StatesHope College, Holland, MI, United StatesHope College, Holland, MI, United StatesHope College, Holland, MI, United StatesHope College, Holland, MI, United StatesHope College, Holland, MI, United StatesDepartment of Biology, Hope College, Holland, MI, United StatesDepartment of Chemistry, Hope College, Holland, MI, United StatesHope College, Holland, MI, United StatesDepartment of Chemistry, Hope College, Holland, MI, United StatesHope College, Holland, MI, United StatesHope College, Holland, MI, United StatesDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were forced to make difficult decisions regarding the 2020–2021 academic year. Many institutions decided to have courses in an online remote format, others decided to attempt an in-person experience, while still others took a hybrid approach. Hope College (Holland, MI) decided that an in-person semester would be safer and more equitable for students. To achieve this at a residential college required broad collaboration across multiple stakeholders. Here, we share lessons learned and detail Hope College's model, including wastewater surveillance, comprehensive testing, contact tracing, and isolation procedures that allowed us to deliver on our commitment of an in-person, residential college experience.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.672344/fullSARS-CoV2 (COVID-19)virologypublic healthundergraduate college educationwastewaterCOVID-19 testing |
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Providing a Safe, In-Person, Residential College Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Providing a Safe, In-Person, Residential College Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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Providing a Safe, In-Person, Residential College Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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providing a safe, in-person, residential college experience during the covid-19 pandemic |
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2296-2565 |
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were forced to make difficult decisions regarding the 2020–2021 academic year. Many institutions decided to have courses in an online remote format, others decided to attempt an in-person experience, while still others took a hybrid approach. Hope College (Holland, MI) decided that an in-person semester would be safer and more equitable for students. To achieve this at a residential college required broad collaboration across multiple stakeholders. Here, we share lessons learned and detail Hope College's model, including wastewater surveillance, comprehensive testing, contact tracing, and isolation procedures that allowed us to deliver on our commitment of an in-person, residential college experience. |
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SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) virology public health undergraduate college education wastewater COVID-19 testing |
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