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COVID-19 FAQ

  1. What is the current impact of Coronavirus / COVID-19 to Adtalem?
    • It is important to note that a significant portion of our offerings and revenue is generated through online learning options. This means for many of our students, members and customers their products, services and offerings remain unchanged.
      • i. For Chamberlain, well over half of our revenue prior to COVID-19 was generated from students taking online degree programs – both RN to BSN as well as our Masters and Doctorate level programs.
    • Effective Friday, March 13, 2020, we successfully moved our BSN program previously delivered on our Chamberlain University campuses to online instruction. Online classes occur at the same time as the normally scheduled onsite classes and there has been no interruption to instruction. In addition, we have the capability to convert simulation and clinical experiences to an online format. We have supplemented a portion of our simulation and clinical experience with an online simulation tool using iHuman’s state of the art online simulation tools.
    • Effective Friday, March 13, 2020, we successfully moved our Medical and Veterinary programs to a virtual format. Since classes will be available online, Medical and Veterinary students have the choice to return home to finish the semester. Classes paused from Monday, March 16, 2020, to Wednesday, March 18, 2020, to allow students time to travel and settle into their preferred location. Students are aware that the May session for the medical and veterinary institutions will begin with online instruction.
    • Prior to COVID-19, a significant portion of our students could access recorded archives of live lectures. We have processes in place to ensure that students have access to both faculty and teaching assistants/tutors for any questions they may have about their academic instruction during this time.
    • We are prepared for the May session class intake and have shared with existing and prospective students that it will begin online with an anticipated return to campus mid-way through the semester. We are well equipped to begin those sessions with virtual orientation and online learning tools. As a reminder, both Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) and The American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) were displaced less than two years ago by two devastating hurricanes and at that time successfully implemented virtual online learning for those basic sciences students who were delayed or otherwise unable to relocate to our temporary campus sites. Those students had no delays in their academic progression as a result of the online learning modality.
    • Effective Friday, March 13, 2020, our Medical Education Preparedness Program (MERP) shifted to online delivery for the remainder of the session for all students. Since the MERP program is already delivered virtually to students at our Toronto campus, it was a successful transition. The April Session, starting April 6, 2020, will be delivered online.
    • For the businesses that comprise our financial services vertical, ACAMS, Becker, OnCourse Learning and EduPristine, a majority of our revenue is generated through online services, products and offerings in the ordinary course of business. The ACAMS conferences, which are conducted live in physical locations, represent less than 10% of the vertical’s revenue.
    • We believe we are equipped with the tools to continue our programs by transitioning to a virtual learning environment and we choose to take that action as the safety of our Adtalem community is the top priority for our organization.


  2. Has Adtalem closed any schools yet due to Coronavirus / COVID-19 concerns?
    • Effective Friday, March 13, 2020, we successfully moved our BSN program previously delivered on our Chamberlain University campuses to online instruction. Online classes occur at the same time as the normally scheduled onsite classes and there has been no interruption to instruction. In addition, we have the capability to convert simulation and clinical experiences to an online format. We have supplemented a portion of our simulation and clinical experience with an online simulation tool using iHuman’s state of the art online simulation tools.
    • Effective Friday, March 13, 2020, we successfully moved our Medical and Veterinary programs to a virtual format. Since classes will be available online, Medical and Veterinary students have the choice to return home to finish the semester. Classes paused from Monday, March 16, 2020, to Wednesday, March 18, 2020, to allow students time to travel and settle into their preferred location. Students are aware that the May session for the medical and veterinary institutions will begin with online instruction.
    • We are prepared for the May session class intake and have shared with existing and prospective students that it will begin online with an anticipated return to campus mid-way through the semester. We are well equipped to begin those sessions with virtual orientation and online learning tools. As a reminder, both RUSM and AUC were displaced less than two years ago by two devastating hurricanes and at that time successfully implemented virtual online learning for those basic sciences students who were delayed or otherwise unable to relocate to our temporary campus sites. Those students had no delays in their academic progression as a result of the online learning modality.
    • MERP closed its Miramar and Toronto campuses, shifting to online delivery for the remainder of the session for all students. Since the MERP program is already delivered virtually to students at our Toronto campus, it was a successful transition. The April Session, starting April 6, 2020, will be delivered online.
    • The governments of Barbados, St. Kitts and St. Maarten, where our medical and veterinary schools are located, have all enacted various restrictions on citizens and residents such as curfews and stay in placed orders similar to those enacted in most US states, however those actions occurred after we moved to full online instruction for each of our three medical institutions and therefore there were no delays in academic instruction.


  3. Have any of your healthcare partners for clinicals been impacted by COVID-19?
    • We have launched a number of new clinical program options including at least one that is a joint effort between our nursing and medical schools. While many clinical partners may choose to delay offering clinicals at this time given the needs of their respective healthcare systems, we believe our on-line tools and virtual learning capabilities will help to mitigate some of the impact of not offering traditional clinical experiences; in addition we are pursuing telemedicine clinical options for some of our programs, such as the FNP program at Chamberlain University.


  4. Do you have insurance to cover the financial loss and / or cancellation of ACAMS conferences?
    • We do have event cancellation insurance and we will review the circumstances associated with any cancellation with our insurer.