Smatresk says, obviously, having the students back on campus for a regular schedule would be ideal. But there's another option, where students come back to campus, but large classes are held online, and smaller more experiential courses are held in person.
On Wednesday, UNT announced that there would be no student fees for summer courses, because they will be held online, and students won't be able to take advantage of those amenities.
Also, money from the CARES act has come into the school, and UNT quickly developed a process for students to request assistance. To date, more than 4,000 students have applied for help, Smatresk says.
But Smatresk is inspired by the work of his staff and the resilience of his students after moving more than 7,700 classes online for the remainder of the spring semester.
'We're going to come out of this better than we were, healthier than we were, more technologically forward than we were. And at the end of the day, I really see a rosy future for the University of North Texas."
