Spectrum

Colleges and universities across the country are trying to anticipate how to handle their students this fall. Will they teach remotely or have students back on campus for in-person instruction? Will there be hybrids of partly remote instruction and partly regular classroom teaching? Several institutions have already made decisions to have students back while others have chosen to teach primarily remotely. Many other universities are waiting until later in June to make their decisions. Before academic administrations can make those final calls, they need data and they also need to have criteria to help make those decision. They need to determine what factors are most important to protect the health and safety of students, faculty and staff at the same time that they provide quality educational opportunities. In this episode of WOUB’s Spectrum Podcast, Dr. Kenneth Johnson helps us understand some of the criteria being used to make these critical decisions. Dr. Johnson is the executive dean of the Her