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INSTITUTION
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
375 Church St., North Adams, MA 01247 (413) 662-5000; www.mcla.edu
ELMS COLLEGE
291 Springfield St., Chicopee, MA 01013 (413) 594-2761; www.elms.edu
BARD COLLEGE AT SIMON’S ROCK
84 Alford St., Great Barrington, MA 01230 (413) 644-4400; www.simons-rock.edu
ENROLLMENT
1,855
1,847
1,800
1,268
1,151
550
380
TUITION BY YEAR OR CREDIT
$55,520/year
$10,075/year in-state $19,020/year out of state (including fees)
$35,536/year (including fees)
$52,118/year
COLLEGES
RANKED BY ENROLLMENT
Bachelor’s
Master’s
Doctorate
Bachelor’s
ENDOWMENT
2.25 billion
$11.6 million
$8.2 million
$7.7 million
PRESIDENT
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MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE
50 College St., South Hadley, MA 01075 (413) 538-2000; www.mtholyoke.edu
WILLIAMS COLLEGE
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Mary-Beth Cooper detailed a blend of in-person, remote, and hybrid instruc- tion, with all learning moving online after Thanksgiving. But she empha- sized that new safety measures — from masks and distancing to a contact-trac- ing program and isolation spaces — are key to making the plan work.
“Successfully remaining on cam- pus throughout the fall semester will depend on the degree to which we, as a community, work together to reduce the possibility of the virus appearing on campus and, if it does, respond- ing quickly to limit its spread,” she explained.
Brandi Hephner LeBlanc, vice chan-
$55,140/year
$213/credit in-state $226/credit NE states & NY $447/credit out-of-state (including technology and college service fees)
$50,030/year
$433/credit undergraduate $554/credit graduate $636/MBA
Master’s
Associate’s
Bachelor’s
Doctorate
$2.5 billion
$8.5 million
$48 million
$76 million
Maud Mandel
Ellen Kennedy
Ed Wingenbach
Deborah Jackson
1793 private
1960 public
1965 private
1971 private
880 Main St., Williamstown, MA 01267 (413) 597-3131; www.williams.edu
BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
1350 West St., Pittsfield, MA 01201 (413) 499-4660; www.berkshirecc.edu
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
AMHERST COLLEGE
P.O. Box 5000, Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 542-2000; www.amherst.edu
839 West St., Amherst, MA 01002 (413) 559-5471; www.hampshire.edu
CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE (SPRINGFIELD CAMPUS)
1500 Main St., Springfield, MA 01115
(413) 747-0204; www.cambridgecollege.edu/springfield
2,334
2,100
$49,780/year
Master’s
$703 million
Sonya Stephens
Carolyn Martin
James Birge
Harry Dumay
Leon Botstein
1837 private
1821 private
1894 public
1928 private
1966 private
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cellor for Student Affairs at UMass Amherst, noted that the university will distribute a student agreement that details the testing and symptom self- monitoring they’re asked to do, as well as the need to carry hand sanitizer and face coverings when moving about, among other safety measures.
“We’re really asking them to be
a responsible community member, first and foremost, and to be a part of the bystander intervention,” she said. “When you see someone without a mask, remind them.”
And if students don’t comply?
“There is going to be what I would term an escalation of intervention,” she explained. “We’ll have public-health ambassadors on campus that will help
remind folks, and there will be a lot of communication to find out if there’s
a problem. This is not going to be an immediate referral to the Conduct Office, unless it’s something so egre- gious that that’s necessary. But this is something that takes a lot of reminding to manage the behavior. And we’re pre- pared to do that.”
Catalog of Options
A few institutions across the region have emphasized the value of return- ing as much activity to campus as pos- sible. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts President James Birge cited recent survey data collected from 10,000 high-school and college students; 78%
of respondents find the experience of in-class learning this fall appealing, while one-third would transfer out of their institution if the college shifted to online course delivery.
“We know the residential and in- person class experience is important to our students, students at state univer- sities across the Commonwealth, and nationally,” Birge said, which is why MCLA is moving ahead with an ambi- tious on-campus approach. “Although returning to campus this fall presents some risk, we will work to make the campus experience as safe as possible for everyone. Of course, this means we
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