As Georgia Universities Bring Students Back To Campus, Some Opt For Online Only
Over the summer, Learn 4 Life issued an analysis that determined where students would be if they’d taken the Georgia Milestones in the spring.
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Classes have already started at state schools like the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Despite face covering and social distancing mandates on-campus, photos have shown downtown Athens already packed with students waiting outside bars already at maximum capacity, catching up and hugging without masks.
A report from the New York Times recently reported UGA as having the third-highest number of COVID-19 cases at public, four-year universities during the pandemic.
And here in Atlanta on Monday, Georgia State University starts its version of blended learning, a combination of some in-person, and some online-only classes.
Sophomore Lena Moore predicts the scene in Athens will likely repeat itself at Georgia State University. The off-campus parties concern her, to the point she is rearranging her schedule so she can avoid campus completely.
Moore said she recently moved back home to live with family and can’t risk their safety by attending class on campus.
Georgia State says it understands concerns like Moore’s, but that many other students are eager to get to campus and into the classroom.
Wendy Hensel is the Provost Sr. VP for Academic Affairs at GSU. Hensel said the school is following state and national protocols, but she assumes students are also taking on some personal responsibility to protect themselves.
Lily Oppenheimer contributed to this report.
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