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A Question of Trust
With pivots, lockdowns and outbreaks occurring at campuses around the country, will students continue to trust their colleges?
COVID-19 Roundup: A Pool Party ‘Almost Like Mardi Gras’
Numbers grow at Missouri State; percentage of positive tests high in college counties in Iowa.
Gag Order or Privacy Concern?
When it comes to their students testing positive for COVID-19, professors say they have a right to know and share the information how they deem appropriate. Colleges want to keep those cases close to the vest.
How Did a College You've Probably Not Heard of Do Well on Admissions?
How an under-the-radar college in South Carolina nailed its admissions year.
COVID-19 Roundup: Colleges Struggle to Control Outbreaks
New restrictions on bars and Greek houses emerge as some colleges report 500-plus cases. With more than 100 cases each, SUNY Oneonta and Temple revert to online instruction for two weeks. Officials warn outbreaks aren’t just linked to parties.
Higher Ed's Hottest Hot Spot?
More than 7 percent of students on Georgia College's campus have had COVID-19, and up to a third may be in quarantine. In-person classes continue nonetheless.
Trigger Warnings
Fifty positive COVID-19 cases, or 100? Meeting 80 percent of quarantine capacity, or having more than 10 sick employees? Some colleges are publishing "triggers" that would lead them to consider closing; others refuse to boil decision making down to a few numbers.
Steep Decline in Summer Loans
Federal loan disbursements were down across the board this summer, but for-profit colleges were hit particularly hard.