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Message: [QUOTE="upstater, post: 3548653, member: 153"] I think many universities will do this but I will note to everyone reading this thread that U. Cal. officially put out a statement that read "The University of California system is not following California State University's example, at this point." This statement raised red alerts for me. If these decisions are indeed being made by the Chancellors of the state system and not by consultation with the Dept. of Education and Governor, if indeed the decisions are made separately for all public education systems, then how can we justify divergent responses to a public health issue? This is why people start becoming suspicious especially in a state like California with its atypical demographics (high birth rate, younger population) and heavy tech-ed. industry. Cal. State is the less affluent system. I don't really believe this decision was made as a dry run for online education throughout the system but you would have to be naive not see that there are powerful interests and actors using this crisis as an opportunity. Again, it is not the reason why the decision was made. I don't believe that. But there are certainly people involved licking their chops. [/QUOTE]