Some small schools rely more on control of their campuses.
At Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the country’s oldest historically Black college or university, 624 students live on or near the campus outside Philadelphia. The public school is not administering its own coronavirus tests.
Students who show symptoms are referred to an outside testing facility. Cheyney President Aaron A. Walton said there have been no reports of virus cases among students during the semester that began Aug. 10. Faculty have sought wide-scale testing, but the school has focused instead on enforcing the use of masks and physical distance between students. It also has established a campus perimeter.
“We’ve actually created a bubble with one way in and one way out,” Walton said. Food deliveries and Uber drivers enter only at the front gate. Campus visitors must complete health screenings, and students must pass temperature checkpoints in residence halls. Guests aren’t allowed inside dorms. Curfews are 11 p.m. on weeknights and midnight on weekends for students who leave campus.
“We have a fairly strict code of conduct,” Walton said