Campus Reopening in Fall 2020: Linked More to Political Leadership and Institutional Characteristics than to COVID-19 Pandemic Severity-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Campus Reopening in Fall 2020: Linked More to Political Leadership and Institutional Characteristics than to COVID-19 Pandemic Severity

Published:2022-09-01 Issue: Volume: Page:000276422211182
ISSN:0002-7642
Container-title:American Behavioral Scientist
language:en
Short-container-title:American Behavioral Scientist

Author:

Snideman Samuel¹,Collier Daniel²,Fitzpatrick Dan³,Marsicano Christopher R.⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Ball State University, Indianapolis, IN, USA

2. The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA

3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

4. Davidson College, Davidson, NC, USA

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher education institutions to reexamine their modes of instruction for the Fall 2020 semester. Some institutions chose to reopen for in-person instruction, others chose online or hybrid modalities. Leveraging data for 2,458 colleges and universities, we examined how political, epidemiological, economic, and institutional characteristics correlated with Fall 2020 reopening plans. We found no discernible relationship between county-level or state-level COVID-19 case counts and reopening plans. Campus demographics (such as White student enrollment) and state political characteristics were related to campus mode of instruction decisions for Fall 2020. The findings highlight the continued, and perhaps increasing, relevance of sociopolitical factors to higher education leaders’ decisions.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Social Sciences,Sociology and Political Science,Education,Cultural Studies,Social Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00027642221118273

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