iamaperson

As someone currently in a program, I don't think it's inappropriate at all to ask - I would just say that it's unlikely they'll have any kind of real answer, both because they're not the ones making the decision, and also because everyone, at least in my dept., is essentially taking things week by week, or even day by day, right now just to keep up with changes to normal business -- it's really been basically all hands on deck to respond to the immediate chaos of moving (or choosing not to move) classes online, managing reimbursements & cancelled events, phasing down research, moving all work to remote as campus buildings are closed, figuring out ways to continue grad recruitment amidst all that while many grad students are either leaving campus or helping their students figure out how to do the same, etc., etc. Maybe in the next week or so, when the first wave of disruption is past, profs, DGS's, and dept. admins, will be able to give you a better sense of what the fall semester looks like, but until then, I think a lot of programs are just as in the dark as anyone else, unfortunately.