Camden County College To Offer Remote, In-Person Learning In Fall

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Camden County College will offer a mix of in-person and remote learning options this fall as it reopens amid the coronavirus pandemic, the college announced.

Most for-credit, workforce development, and noncredit courses this fall will be offered online or remotely, with many nursing, health sciences, lab, and studio courses offered in-person subject to state approval and adherence to safety protocols recommended by the health care community.

“As we continue to monitor COVID-19 and its impact on College operations, we remain acutely aware of how the pandemic will affect campus re-entry and fall 2020 semester instruction.” Camden County College President Donald A. Borden said. “Our primary responsibility is to ensure the health and safety of our students, faculty, staff and community members as we gradually reintegrate onto our campuses and instructional sites. Public safety and security measures, including CDC standards for access, wellness monitoring, and social distancing will guide our fall teaching strategy.”

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Camden County College has assembled a Return to Campus task force to develop an array of re-entry strategies. There is also a Curriculum and Instruction subgroup made up of Academic Affairs faculty and administrators.

The task force has explored alternative teaching approaches from various perspectives including space, classroom and laboratory resources, and how class meetings could be safely and effectively managed in the fall.

All lecture courses will be available online this fall. The courses that include both lecture and lab components will adopt a hybrid approach that will allow for limited in-person instruction while adhering to social distancing and health guidelines set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

In-person lab and practicum courses that could not be completed in the spring will have first preference when the college reopens. Those courses students had scheduled for this fall will then be considered.

“Ultimately, unrestricted face-to-face instruction for lecture course sections is not achievable for the Fall 2020 semester, even with carefully-staged sequencing of students, rotating class meeting days and times, and essential social distancing and sanitation protocols.” Borden said. “The burden placed on students, faculty members, facilities personnel, housekeeping, and our Public Safety staff would prove not only unmanageable, but unsafe.”

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The college cautioned students that re-opening plans could change as the coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve. Camden County College is prepared to change its plans for the fall semester if need be. Registration for the fall semester is taking place now at www.camdencc.edu.

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