this was always going to be a disaster. https://twitter.com/NeoconMaudit/status/1295470928206401543
Boston University

https://twitter.com/JoshuaSGoodman/status/1295475373824770049
UNC https://twitter.com/R_H_Ebright/status/1295503652271030272
UNC again https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1295467160450609155
Michigan State cancels in person, Notre Dame suspends classes for two weeks. https://twitter.com/MarkJRozellGMU/status/1295841822103744513
the question at this point is what happens when people come to campus and infections skyrocket.

do they go home? do they move online with every residential student quarantined to their dorm?
Yale https://twitter.com/hannah_natanson/status/1295885590190317570
GMU https://twitter.com/BookishKim/status/1295847980545839104
Albion College in Michigan (via @infinitebuffalo) https://twitter.com/zackwhittaker/status/1296183610194755585
GMU: email sent following UNC's closure.
GMU: email sent following UNC's closure.
GMU: email sent following UNC's closure.
GMU: email sent following UNC's closure.
NC State ( #GoPack! đŸș) moves 100% online

https://www.ncsu.edu/coronavirus/fall-semester-undergraduate-classes-moving-online/
KU: covid+greek houses https://chancellor.ku.edu/news/2020/aug20 
Updating our community on COVID-19 test results

Chancellor Girod updates the community on initial results from entry COVID-19 testing for faculty, staff, and students.

https://chancellor.ku.edu/news/2020/aug20
GMU: @AAUPMason looks at campus testing https://twitter.com/AAUPMason/status/1296787310852354048
GMU: 5 students test + https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/education/george-mason-university-students-on-campus-as-other-schools-close/65-4a81ba8b-fbab-4852-b3ed-b2209f7dcfd1
George Mason University welcomes students back to campus as other big schools close

The university president warned that student parties could force GMU to follow the lead of schools like UNC and go back to 100% virtual learning.

https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/education/george-mason-university-students-on-campus-as-other-schools-close/65-4a81ba8b-fbab-4852-b3ed-b2209f7dcfd1
re: UNC https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1296854424954929153
but also https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1296856243391344640
GMU covid tests not FDA approved https://twitter.com/AAUPMason/status/1296954332722667524
for home administration.... (thanks for the clarification, @AAUPMason) https://twitter.com/anelki/status/1296972928173649920
GMU, VCU, and William and Mary tests not approved for home administration https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/faculty-challenge-credentials-of-covid-19-testing-company-working-with-vcu-two-other-schools/article_42da3127-9327-5b63-bb49-eadd4a3bf589.html
Faculty challenge credentials of COVID-19 testing company working with VCU, two other schools

Faculty leaders at two state universities asked state health officials on Friday to take a closer look at a testing company hired to test 10,000 college students across the state

https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/faculty-challenge-credentials-of-covid-19-testing-company-working-with-vcu-two-other-schools/article_42da3127-9327-5b63-bb49-eadd4a3bf589.html
an excellent thread explains the situation the universities are in (via @RonitADancis) https://twitter.com/BretDevereaux/status/1295909929228873728
it's also a reminder of how lucky I was to go to a university that wasn't obsessed with the business model... https://nondoc.com/2017/09/26/grateful-ou-president-david-boren/
'I will forever be grateful' for OU President David Boren

After OU President David Boren recently announced his retirement, an OU alum and friend looks back on the man's achievements.

https://nondoc.com/2017/09/26/grateful-ou-president-david-boren/
...until 2018 when Gallogly arrived and instituted shock therapy.

he lasted a year.

(both pieces from me in @nondocmedia) https://nondoc.com/2018/10/19/fast-times-at-gallogly-u-its-a-university-not-a-business/
Fast times at Gallogly U: It's a university, not a business

It’s now clear (as if there was even an illusion to begin with) that Gov. Mary Fallin's Board of Regents chose Jim Gallogly, OU's new president since July, to finally capture the last state institu...

https://nondoc.com/2018/10/19/fast-times-at-gallogly-u-its-a-university-not-a-business/
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