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Kaplan asked college admissions officers from more than 300 colleges in mid- to late September to rate their opening plan for the fall semester.
Taking into account factors like safety precautions, delivering courses and communicating with students and parents, only 4 percent gave an A, 36 percent gave a B, 51 percent a C, 9 percent a D and 1 percent an F.
Among the comments from those who gave a poor grade were "Both parents and students wanted to come back to campus. The schools that went online only tended to have huge endowments or other financial support. Schools did the best they could in the environment they are in and the lack of strong leadership at the national level made it almost impossible for any school to open well." And, “I think that too many tried to reopen in person without enough safety precautions in place. Too many students got sick, and then if those universities closed and switched to online, then those students potentially spread the virus even more when they moved back home.”
But an admissions officer who gave a better-than-average grade said, "I know that great amounts of time and attention were given to reopening steps by most all institutions, and only a few have experienced high numbers of COVID-19 infections after reopening. The safety steps for most schools are extensive."
