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Providing a Safe, In-Person, Residential College Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were forced to make difficult decisions regarding the 2020–2021 academic year. Many institutions decided to have courses in an online remote format, others decided to attempt an in-person experience, while still others took a hybrid approac...

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Autores principales: Travis, Scott A., Best, Aaron A., Bochniak, Kristyn S., Dunteman, Nicole D., Fellinger, Jennifer, Folkert, Peter D., Koberna, Timothy, Kopek, Benjamin G., Krueger, Brent P., Pestun, Jeff, Pikaart, Michael J., Sabo, Cindy, Schuitema, Alex J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34249839
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.672344
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author Travis, Scott A.
Best, Aaron A.
Bochniak, Kristyn S.
Dunteman, Nicole D.
Fellinger, Jennifer
Folkert, Peter D.
Koberna, Timothy
Kopek, Benjamin G.
Krueger, Brent P.
Pestun, Jeff
Pikaart, Michael J.
Sabo, Cindy
Schuitema, Alex J.
author_facet Travis, Scott A.
Best, Aaron A.
Bochniak, Kristyn S.
Dunteman, Nicole D.
Fellinger, Jennifer
Folkert, Peter D.
Koberna, Timothy
Kopek, Benjamin G.
Krueger, Brent P.
Pestun, Jeff
Pikaart, Michael J.
Sabo, Cindy
Schuitema, Alex J.
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description Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were forced to make difficult decisions regarding the 2020–2021 academic year. Many institutions decided to have courses in an online remote format, others decided to attempt an in-person experience, while still others took a hybrid approach. Hope College (Holland, MI) decided that an in-person semester would be safer and more equitable for students. To achieve this at a residential college required broad collaboration across multiple stakeholders. Here, we share lessons learned and detail Hope College's model, including wastewater surveillance, comprehensive testing, contact tracing, and isolation procedures that allowed us to deliver on our commitment of an in-person, residential college experience.
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spelling pubmed-82611412021-07-08 Providing a Safe, In-Person, Residential College Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic Travis, Scott A. Best, Aaron A. Bochniak, Kristyn S. Dunteman, Nicole D. Fellinger, Jennifer Folkert, Peter D. Koberna, Timothy Kopek, Benjamin G. Krueger, Brent P. Pestun, Jeff Pikaart, Michael J. Sabo, Cindy Schuitema, Alex J. Front Public Health Public Health Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education institutions were forced to make difficult decisions regarding the 2020–2021 academic year. Many institutions decided to have courses in an online remote format, others decided to attempt an in-person experience, while still others took a hybrid approach. Hope College (Holland, MI) decided that an in-person semester would be safer and more equitable for students. To achieve this at a residential college required broad collaboration across multiple stakeholders. Here, we share lessons learned and detail Hope College's model, including wastewater surveillance, comprehensive testing, contact tracing, and isolation procedures that allowed us to deliver on our commitment of an in-person, residential college experience. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8261141/ /pubmed/34249839 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.672344 Text en Copyright © 2021 Travis, Best, Bochniak, Dunteman, Fellinger, Folkert, Koberna, Kopek, Krueger, Pestun, Pikaart, Sabo and Schuitema. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Best, Aaron A.
Bochniak, Kristyn S.
Dunteman, Nicole D.
Fellinger, Jennifer
Folkert, Peter D.
Koberna, Timothy
Kopek, Benjamin G.
Krueger, Brent P.
Pestun, Jeff
Pikaart, Michael J.
Sabo, Cindy
Schuitema, Alex J.
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