Good luck to Middlebury College as it welcomes back thousands of students from all over the country. We can only hope that the college’s long list of “safety protocols” do the trick by preventing an outbreak of COVID-19 on campus and in the wider community. Much hinges on whether people ages of 17-21 can behave more responsibly than I probably would have as a student at a similar liberal arts college (Williams) during a faraway time (class of 1956). Three factors appear to be crucial: (1) The need for matur … (read more)
