The CDC links in-person university operations with COVID spread

What does the coronavirus mean for colleges and universities? How did campuses handle this public safety emergency? I’ve been researching how the pandemic impacts higher education since COVID first appeared in Hubei province.  Part of my work reverses that equation, asking the question: how do campuses impact their communities through their handling of the virus? This month the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published a devastating answer. They found strong links between large universities conducting in-person operations and massive COVID-19 spikes in surrounding communities. Let’s take a look at the report, then discuss what it could mean for... [Read more...]