Today’s top stories regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and higher education. Also, see NAICU's Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Resources webpage.
 
Lawmakers Close In on Spending Deal to Avert Shutdown
Wall Street Journal (September 18, 2020)
 
College Students Are Dropping Out at an Alarming Rate
Poynter.com (September 18, 2020)
 
More Colleges Are Responding to Covid-19 Surges With 2-Week Quarantines. Do They Work?
The Chronicle of Higher Education (September 18, 2020)
 
Northeastern Lets Suspension of 11 First-Year Students Stand, But Credits Tuition
Boston.com (September 18, 2020)
 
‘A Scene Out of Gladiator’: Big Ten Football Players Get Daily Coronavirus Tests, but Other Students Don’t
The Chronicle of Higher Education (September 18, 2020)
 
Colleges Race to Close Gaps in Coronavirus Tracing System
Boston Globe (September 18, 2020)
 
Decline in Enrollment Due to COVID-19 Pandemic Resulting in Financial Strain for Colleges, Universities
MassLive.com (September 18, 2020)
 
Colleges Go Virtual to Address Growing Mental Health Needs
EducationDive.com (September 18, 2020)
 
Rhode Island Colleges Are Facing Coronavirus Head On
WPRI-12, Providence, RI (September 18, 2020)
 
McDaniel College Plans Some In-Person Learning for Spring Semester
WBAL.com, Baltimore, MD (September 18, 2020)
 
The College Money Crisis – Column
The New York Times (September 18, 2020)