Thanks, everyone, for your feedback on remote learning in the last class via the survey, and for your thoughts on Unit 2.
Before we jump into that, I just want to ask if you’ve had an opportunity to talk with professors and other leadership at Rowan about why colleges and universities are taking this extraordinary step right now. From what I’ve seen, many folks are circulating this Vox article to help explain it. Maybe you’ve seen it. I have been reading a lot about this, and as you probably know based on the objectives of this course, I’m quite skeptical of the news media. But for once I think the media might actually be under-reporting the severity of this pandemic. My sense is that our lives are going to be significantly disrupted until the start of summer — if not much longer. I would not count on coming back to campus for f2f classes this semester. For that, I am truly sorry.
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