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Tracking Colleges’ Spring-Reopening Plans

By  Chronicle Staff
January 31, 2021

The Chronicle has teamed up with Davidson College’s College Crisis Initiative (C2i) to present the reopening models of nearly 3,000 institutions for the spring semester. Most colleges have stuck with similar plans to what they had in the fall (we tracked fall plans here), though you’ll notice some differences. Vastly fewer colleges are opening fully online, and many fewer colleges are opening fully in person as colleges move to more mixed options.

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Tracking Colleges' Spring-Reopening Plans

Last updated 5:12 p.m. ET January 31, 2021
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Out of nearly 3000 colleges, 30% are fully online. 30% are fully in person. 30% are undetermined.

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The Chronicle has teamed up with Davidson College’s College Crisis Initiative (C2i) to present the reopening models of nearly 3,000 institutions for the spring semester. Most colleges have stuck with similar plans to what they had in the fall (we tracked fall plans here), though you’ll notice some differences. Vastly fewer colleges are opening fully online, and many fewer colleges are opening fully in person as colleges move to more mixed options.

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Unpack the trends below, track changes in your state, and find your college in our table below. (Correction requests should be directed here.)

Fully in person

Primarily in person

Hybrid

Primarily online

Fully online

Other

Undetermined

Your institution

Graphs show the percent of institutions from each category by academic instruction mode.

SOURCE: The categories come from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The selectivity category uses the 2018 Carnegie Undergraduate Classification.
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Statewide decisions, regional differences, and Covid-19-case counts also appear to play a role:

Reopening plans don't follow state lines

7-day new cases per 100k residents

Fully in person

Primarily in person

Hybrid

Primarily online

Fully online

Other

Undetermined

Your institution

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SOURCE: Reopening plans are from College Crisis Initiative at Davidson College. The Covid-19 known case numbers are from USAFacts as of January 28, 2021. Population estimates are from the 2018 5-Year American Community Survey.
NOTE: The seven-day average represents the average of new cases per day over the previous seven days.

It is against the Chronicle’s User Agreement to replicate or gather data from the site. Please contact C2i to request access to this data or have questions about the methodology used to determine colleges’ learning modalities.

Jacquelyn Elias, Don Troop, and David Wescott contributed to this project.

We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
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