Guide for On-Campus Operations

K-12 schools, colleges, and universities continue to struggle with how to provide educational services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This guide – based on current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations and American College Health Association (ACHA) guidelines – provides risk management recommendations to inform your decisions about on-campus operations, regardless of vaccination status or institution type.

• Ensure pandemic response team members have defined roles and responsibilities for planning the response.
• Providing good communication to your students, employees, and other relevant constituents is critical for maintaining a sense of calm and reducing potential liability.
• Consider offering a testing program and encouraging employees and eligible students to get vaccinated – testing and vaccinations are some of the best ways to identify and eradicate COVID-19.