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COVID-19 Roundup: Study Recommends Testing Every 2 Days
Experts say study offers "wake-up call" as to whether colleges are planning enough testing. Players push back on planned football season, and another college lays off faculty.
Discrimination Against Colleges Serving Minorities?
Several advocacy groups said the method Congress is considering using to distribute additional coronavirus aid shortchanges colleges that serve students of color.
Looking for the Remote
Reopening plans in many new coronavirus hot spots were drafted before cases surged. Faculty members in those states want a do-over, in the form of an all-online fall or at least a delayed opening.
Tide Turns on Fall Reopenings
COVID-19 spread prompts many colleges to reverse plans to bring students back to their physical campuses.
Colleges Lease Hotel Rooms for Students
They hope to space out students’ living quarters and reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Pandemic Workplace Protections Divide Congress
As some professors and other campus workers raise concerns about their safety as campuses reopen, Congress is divided over increasing federal workplace safety regulations during the pandemic.
COVID-19 Roundup: Counting the Campus Cases
New York Times identifies 6,300 COVID-19 cases linked to 270 colleges, including 14 deaths. Survey finds college staff members wanting more communication from their leaders. And more decisions about campus reopenings (or not).
COVID-19 and Online Education Decisions
New survey data show pandemic may be disproportionately influencing women to choose online education over in-person options.