Hotels to Dorms: Converting Hotels to College Housing During the COVID19 Pandemic

Fred DeMicco | August 19, 2020

By Frederick DeMicco, Jackie Guzman Abstract As colleges start classes up in for the fall 2020 semester, many students are moving back to their college towns. Many undergraduate students have guaranteed housing from their universities, but to help with social distancing measures, universities are dispersing their students more than usual. To do this, universities are looking to hotels to house students for the school year.   Introduction  During the early months of 2020, once it was apparent that the novel coronavirus (COVID19) was a global pandemic, people everywhere started to think of creative solutions to help ease the probl...