distancing/removing storing desks etc.

The distancing between students and between professors and class. Perhaps plastic shields for professors.

Air quality

Equipment

Grad classes which are seminar based are being pushed into large rooms to be held face to face when they can be handled more effectively through online means and should be made remote. Departments should be allowed to choose whether grad classes go remote without any approval process since grad students are more self-motivated and well equipped to do classes online and discussion through zoom.

I'm concerned about the logistics of meeting with students 1/4 of the time because of capacity. I'm also worried about what happens when someone in a cohort tests positive, or has a cohabitant test positive. Will the cohort continue to meet? Will there be mandatory testing of the cohort and instructor? Will the instructor still meet with other cohorts even if they've been exposed and haven't been tested?

I'm most concerned about air quality in the classrooms of old buildings with very old and poor HVAC systems that have longstanding problems. Opening windows can help but is less than ideal on very hot or cold days and adds considerable ambient noise that will further impede communicating through sound-dampening masks.

Sufficient technology in classrooms to accommodate students who cannot attend f-2-f classes.

The spacing of desks is not a concern but faculty are concerned about air flow and being in a confined space for extended periods of time.

Hallways/traffic flow - our first floor has high traffic volume given the lab learning spaces and large classroom spaces.

Right now our lab is not large enough for the scheduled lab class. We are looking at using the adjacent room (which is a research lab) at the same time.

My only concern is that social work faculty often share space in McCord because many don't have office on the main campus. Shared spaces will be more difficult.

Number of students enrolled in each class for the classroom size (capacity) can hold.

Graduate seminars would be very difficult to do in the larger spaces with masks and plexiglass dividers.

Cleaning between classes, probably.