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50 Urb. Law. 371 (2019-2020)
Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Student Housing, Remote Instruction, Campus Policies, and COVID-19

handle is hein.journals/urban50 and id is 391 raw text is: 371 Should I Stay or Should I Go?: Student Housing, Remote Instruction, Campus Policies, and COVID-19 Patricia E. Salkin* and Pamela Ko** I. Introduction In March 2020, as the world scrambled to understand and address myriad public health and economic challenges unfolding from the novel coronavirus labeled COVID-19, higher education was forced into a tailspin.1 In many respects, large residential colleges and univer- sities operate like mini cities.2 The president of the campus functions similarly to a mayor, with the Board of Trustees and representative faculty body serving similar policy-making roles as that of the city council.3 While the city budget generates the overwhelming bulk of its revenue from the tax base, a typical campus generates its reve- nue from tuition, housing fees and related food services income, and larger schools rely on ticket sales and licensing fees associated with various athletic events.4 Although the tax sales revenue anticipated *Patricia E. Salkin is Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs for the Touro College and University System and Provost for the Touro College Graduate and Professional Divisions. She is a former Dean of the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Touro Law Center. **Pamelo Ko, Esq. was an Associate Professor of Law in the School of Manage- ment at Russell Sage College. 1. Lilah Burke, Leading the Pack, INSIDER HIGHER EDUC. (Oct. 26, 2020), https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/10/26/colleges-high-case-counts-show -no-signs-shutting-down. 2. Katie Pyzyk, How Universities' Smart Campuses Resemble Mini Smart Cit- ies, SMARTCITIESDIVE (Feb. 16, 2018), https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/how -universities-smart-campuses-resemble-mini-smart-cities/517016. 3. K. Johnson Bowles, The President's Many Roles, INSIDE HIGHER EDUC. (July 1, 2013), https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2013/07/01/many-roles-and -expectations-college-presidents-essay. 4. Victoria Yen, Mounting Peril for Public Higher Education During the Coro- navirus Pandemic, CTR. FOR AM. PROGRESS (June 11, 2020), https://www.amer icanprogress.org/issues/education-postsecondary/reports/2020/06/11/485963 /mounting-peril-public-higher-education-coronavirus-pandemic. Bymid-December 2020, at least 6,629 cases of COVID-19 had been reported in athletic programs of the top tier of college athletics. See, Alan Blinder, Lauryn Higgins & Benja- min Guggenheim, College Sports Has Reported at Least 6,629 Virus Cases. There

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