Impact of Omicron on Upcoming Campus Visits?

[Omicron]

Due to the Omicron variant, many schools are delaying when their spring semester starts. Has this impacted any in-person campus visits that people had scheduled in January? Is it reasonable to expect schools to switch to an online visit?

[Omicrap]

I had one campus visit interview in early Dec., but it was virtual. I was told that was always going to be the case because the department was still remote even though the campus was largely face-to-face for fall. The job ad. did not state it would be virtual, so I was surprised when told that but the lack of travel saved me time and hassle. It seems like most institutions did on-campus interviews final interviews this fall.

I had four first-round interviews in mid-Dec. and was told I would hear back in Jan. about the campus visit interview. All four schools planned to do them on-campus, but it would not surprise me if some revert to a virtual format.

I'll post back here if/when I hear something.

[Omicrap]

I heard back from one of the four places I had first-round interviews with in Dec., and as of now that campus visit interview will be in-person and at the end of the month. From what I have seen on this site, it seems like a 50/50 chance or so of the campus visit being in-person or virtual.

[i doubt it]

most visits were in person in fall.

[Gaga’s dress]

I will have three upcoming campus visits. Two will be in-person (this week and next week) and one will be virtual (next week as well). I notice that schools that decided to do Winter/Spring semester in person as they previously planned also do in-person campus interviews. The school that do virtual campus interview is due to the general decision from the university that they will move online for (the beginning) of Winter/Spring semester

[Omicrap]

Thanks for that helpful info.

Good luck!

[hybrid]

i have an upcoming campus visit that is in-person but the teaching demo will be online as students are remote for the first few weeks of the semester.

[Omicrap]

That sounds potentially stressful!

Good luck!