North Carolina State gave up: all undergraduate classes go online next week. Drexel in Philadelphia too.
The University of Pittsburgh has temporarily suspended face-to-face classes. Oberlin College has done the same, but the blame testing delays, not positives.
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Oh ... and ... I've seen the rules for music students at the U.
They came out 2 days ago. Classes start in 3 days.
And they are extensive, and bizarre.
I am truly sympathetic to their situation, and I'd imagine that there's some sort of national accrediting organization that has suggested how music schools should go forward.
Having said that ... my impression is that they were written by someone who does not understand how musical instruments work. In particular, for woodwinds, they are very worried about the mouthpiece and the bell (the wider end), but not about the keys in the middle. But any player will tell you that the air they're worried about comes out mostly through the first open keyhole, and not through the bell at the end.
Anyway, music faculty, staff, and administrators really do have my sympathy. They are in a tough place. And students? What do you do? Take a semester off? IDK.
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