1 2 3 4 5 NYSAC Thanks our Workshop Sponsor: Higher Education in the Age of Covid-19 A Presentation for the New York State Association of Counties Mary Beth Labate, CICU President October 1, 2020 Adelphi University • Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences • Albany Law School • Albany Medical College • Alfred University • American Academy McAllister Institute • American Museum of Natural History, Richard Gilder Graduate School • Bank Street College of Education • Bard College • Barnard College • The Belanger School of Nursing • Boricua College • Brooklyn Law School • Canisius College • Cazenovia College • Clarkson University • Cochran School of Nursing • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences • Colgate University • College of Mount Saint Vincent • The College of New Rochelle • The College of Saint Rose • Columbia University • Concordia College • The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art • Cornell University • The Culinary Institute of America • Daemen College • Dominican College • D’Youville College • Elmira College • Excelsior College • Fei Tian College • Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing • Fordham University • Hamilton College • Hartwick College • Helene Fuld College of Nursing • Hilbert College • Hobart and William Smith Colleges • Hofstra University • Houghton College • Iona College100+ • Ithaca College private, • The Jewish Theological Seminarynot • Keuka-for College- • Theprofit King’s College • Le Moyne College • Long Island University • Manhattan College • Manhattan School of Music • Manhattanville College • Maria College • Marist College • Marymount Manhattan College • Medaille College • Mercy College • Metropolitan College of New York • Molloy College • Montefiore School of Nursing • Mount Saint Mary College • Nazareth College • The New School • New York Chiropractic College • New York College of Podiatriccolleges Medicine • New York and Institute of Technology universities • New York Law School • New York Medical College • New York School of Interior Design • New York University • Niagara University • Nyack College • Pace University • Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Sciences • Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel • Bill and Sandra Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital • Prattin Institute New • Relay Graduate New School of Education York • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute • Roberts Wesleyan College • Rochester Institute of Technology • The Rockefeller University • Russell Sage College • Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing • Sarah Lawrence College • Siena College • Skidmore College • St. Bonaventure University • St. Elizabeth College of Nursing • St. Francis College • St. John Fisher College • St. John’s University • St. Joseph’s College, New York • St. Joseph’s College of Nursing at St. Joseph’s Health • St. Lawrence University • St. Peter’s Hospital School of Nursing • St. Thomas Aquinas College • Syracuse University • Teachers College, Columbia University • Touro College and University System • Trocaire College • Union College • University of Rochester • Utica College • Vassar College • Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology • Villa Maria College of Buffalo • Wagner College • Webb Institute • Wells College • Yeshiva University NewNew York’s York’s higher higher education education ecosystem • 185+ Independent campuses (private, not-for- profit) (more than any other state) • 95+ Public campuses (SUNY = 75+ campuses; CUNY = 20+ campuses) • 40+ Proprietary (for-profit) campuses (e.g., Five Towns College, Bryant & Stratton, and Monroe College)

9 New York’s higher education ecosystem • There are 1.23 2% million college students in New 22% York 40% • 40% of those Independent Sector students are SUNY enrolled in CUNY Independent Proprietary Sector institutions

36% Independent Sector market share

Where first-time NYS students attend college 100% 9% 90% 80% 17% 70% 17% 60% 50% 40% 28% 30% 20% 28% 10% 0% 2018

NY, Independent NY, SUNY NY, CUNY Out of State, Independent Out of State, Public Higher Ed’s Covid-19 Challenges

Financial: Increased costs, Pedagogical: Protecting decreased revenues the educational experience

Public Health: Keeping campuses and communities healthy Community Relations: Being good neighbors Leadership: Complex while in the spotlight messages from state, national leaders COVID-19: Challenges for Higher Ed Reopening in a Pandemic

CICU collaborated with SUNY to form a task force that considered how higher education could reopen amid Covid-19 • Task force included experts in epidemiology, virology and presidents, provosts, deans, and other high-level leaders across New York’s higher ed ecosystem • Group convened in April and produced a 79-page report in mid-May, Creating Safe and Resilient Campuses: Suggestions for Reopening and Reimagining Colleges and Universities in New York • Report focused on the importance of testing (individual, pooled, wastewater, etc.) and called on the state to make resources available to enable widespread surveillance testing COVID-19: Challenges for Higher Ed Public Health • Colleges are small cities with housing, restaurants, transportation, classrooms, theaters, gyms, offices, labs, constructions sites — reopening required combining elements of the state’s guidance for nearly every industry • College population, particularly for residential campuses, is highly social and draws from all 50 states and many countries — returning students to campus was major logistical challenge • New York State is No. 1 destination for US students leaving home state for college and No. 2 destination for international students (NYC is No. 1 city destination for international students) • College students from states on NY’s list (which update weekly) were required to quarantine upon arrival in NY — many private colleges provided on-campus space for these students to quarantine for 14 days COVID-19: Challenges for Higher Ed Key Actions By Private Colleges

• Detailed plans with months of collaboration across sector • CICU hosted subject area meetings for areas like classrooms, performing arts, etc. • Open, transparent relationships with local health departments and counties • Even before state mandated reporting, many colleges had public dashboards to track testing and cases • Colleges understand that relationship with their county and community is two- way and is critical for all parties; we want to be good neighbors COVID-19: Challenges for Higher Ed Key Actions By Private Colleges, cont’d. • Robust testing • Most required negative test for return to campus • Many conducting surveillance testing (via pooled or individual PCR tests throughout semester) • Some monitoring wastewater • State provided no support for testing, colleges left to pick up substantial cost and navigate availability, supply chain issues • Dedensification — hybrid learning, new dorm configurations, suspended most athletics, grab-and-go dining • Social distancing, face coverings — new norm on campuses • Limited travel — colleges adjusted semester calendar to eliminate fall break, long weekends; students will not return after Thanksgiving until spring semester COVID-19: Challenges for Higher Ed Managing Covid-19 Cases • There have been no major outbreaks on private college campuses • Colleges have taken swift action, including suspensions, when students violate social distancing protocols • Colleges are working closely with their communities to deal with issues related to off-campus housing, they are monitoring students and taking action to prevent parties and gatherings • Quarantine/isolation space secured, colleges working closely with local health departments on contact tracing • Many campuses have trained their own contact tracers to supplement the efforts of county departments of health COVID-19: Challenges for Higher Ed Order to Suspend In-Person Instruction • In September, Gov. Cuomo issued order that requires colleges to switch to remote instruction for 14 days if they have 100 cases or # of cases equal to 5% of on- campus population (whichever is lower) within two-week time period • This was not included in higher ed reopening guidance released in June; at that time, decision to switch to remote was left up to colleges and was included in all reopening plans • 100 cases is a miniscule percentage of the campus population for very large colleges • So far, no private colleges have come close to the threshold • Two colleges have pre-emptively opted to make temporary switch to remote because of increasing cases in surrounding community COVID-19: Challenges for Higher Ed Financial Challenges • We estimate more than $1 Billion in added costs/lost revenues for New York’s private colleges as a result of the pandemic • Room and board refunds • Moving to remote model in Spring (technology, IT infrastructure) • Making campuses safe: PPE, sanitizer, infrastructure improvements • Testing • Declining/uncertain enrollment • Increased financial aid need • Reduced/uncertain state aid • Reduced/eliminated auxiliary revenue • Calls to lower tuition for remote model COVID-19: Challenges for Higher Ed Community Relations • Private colleges and universities have a nearly $90 billion economic impact in New York and support more than 415,000 jobs • Communities want higher ed to come back, but are also wary of students spreading virus • Notable national and NYS examples of issues with compliance (UNC, Notre Dame, Oneonta) may not be representative, but they drive the conversation Discussion 22

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