The author missed the opposite risk, which is my daughter’s lease is up in July and she lives 2000 miles away. If the university hasn’t committed to in-person instruction by then (and maybe even if they have), she’s not going to renew her lease and will move home. /1
Many students will elect to sit out the fall term rather than spend many thousands of dollars for a fall academic experience centered on watching videos on a laptop, says John Villasenor. chroni.cl/34uQ5cO

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Online instruction is the only way she’s attending in the fall if she moves home. Should the university decide in August to return students to campus, she’s skipping the semester. Schools should commit now for 100% online, and optionally in-person too. /2
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The situation I want to avoid is paying $10k in living expenses so my daughter can take online classes a mile from her university for the off chance classes might return to in-person. /3