Media
Nationwide, university workers are fighting for their workplace safety amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Explore local and national coverage of organizing efforts below.
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Press releases
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"Class Action Complaint: Jermany Alston et al. vs. The University of North Carolina System" (August 10)
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"NCSU Workers Housekeepers Deliver Demands" (August 4)
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"UNC Workers Rally for Campus Safety" (July 30)
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"University Workers COVID-19 Town Hall Press Release" (July 14)
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"UE Campus Workers Demand Safe Jobs" (July 4)
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"NC-AAUP to NC Leaders: Protect the CORE of Our Higher Education Institutions" (May 29)
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"Local 150 Launches “Safe Jobs Save Lives” Campaign, Fights for Essential Workers’ Safety" (May 26)
North Carolina media coverage
Coverage of UNC System workers and universities:
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"UNC System president to “weigh the best course” for each system school following COVID-19 outbreaks", NC Policy Watch (August 21)
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"Granville Towers has 102 positive cases of COVID-19 — 10.8 percent of residents",The Daily Tar Heel (August 21)
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"NC urges all students living at three UNC student housing complexes to get tested for virus", WRAL (August 21)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill reconsiders daily COVID-19 reports, withdrawal deadline and time off for students", NC Policy Watch (August 21)
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"Report: 102 COVID-19 Cases Among UNC’s Granville Towers Residents", Chapelboro News (August 21)
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"N.C. State moves all undergraduate courses online as COVID-19 infections continue",
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"N.C. State becomes second UNC System school to pivot to an online fall semester", The Greensboro News & Record (August 20)
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"Students scramble to move out, arrange online coursework — all while classes continue", The Daily Tar Heel (August 20)
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"NC State moves undergraduate classes online as COVID-19 cases increase on campus", WNCN (August 20)
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"UNC begins COVID-19 testing after 'rapid increase' in virus cases", WRAL (August 20)
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"UNC System President Peter Hans Blames Students for Situation He Could Have Stopped", INDY Week (August 20)
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"UNC System president blames students for fall reopening failures at UNC and N.C. State", The Daily Tar Heel (August 20)
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"UNC extends suspension of athletics, will begin COVID-19 testing at 3 residence halls", The News & Observer (August 20)
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"NC State to move undergraduate classes online after new COVID-19 cases, clusters reported", The News & Observer (August 20)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill pauses undergraduate classes until Wednesday to allow students to "catch their breath", WTVD (August 20)
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"Records from before reopening show experts warned UNC of COVID-19 outbreaks", The Daily Tar Heel (August 20)
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"UNC System president blames students for fall reopening failures at UNC and N.C. State", The Daily Tar Heel (August 20)
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"One week out from the start of classes, first-years say their goodbyes", The Daily Tar Heel (August 19)
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"Charlotte college students speak out after UNC-Chapel Hill makes the decision to switch to virtual learning", WCNC (August 19)
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"COVID-19 clusters reported at N.C. State, App State and ECU as UNC System continues to grapple with infections", NC Policy Watch (August 19)
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"Carrboro Town Council expresses concern over COVID-19 outbreaks", The Daily Tar Heel (August 19)
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"UNC athletics extends suspension through Friday due to coronavirus",The Daily Tar Heel (August 19)
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"UNC Continues to Fall Apart with Two More Coronavirus Outbreaks Announced, Athletics Suspended", INDY Week (August 19)
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"UNC Employees Sue For Workplace Safety as Coronavirus Cases Rise", WHQR (August 18)
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"Some UNC Charlotte students concerned about plan to open year with in-person learning", WBTV (August 18)
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"On-campus students ask 'what happens next' to Carolina Housing", The Daily Tar Heel (August 18)
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"Students and faculty adjust as hands-on lab classes go remote", The Daily Tar Heel (August 18)
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"Chapel Hill tells UNC leaders to take responsibility for students’ off-campus behavior", The News & Observer (August 18)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill Provost on failed reopening plan: 'I don’t apologize for trying'", NC Policy Watch (August 18)
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"UNC Charlotte assessing options as two N.C. colleges move undergrads to remote learning due to COVID-19", WBTV (August 17)
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"'I don't apologize for trying,' Blouin says as University rolls back reopening plans", The Daily Tar Heel (August 17)
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"App State faculty votes 'no confidence' in Chancellor Sheri Everts", NC Policy Watch (August 17)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill moves online as it sees 135 positive tests in one week, quarantine capacity at 5.5%", NC Policy Watch (August 17)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill moves all classes online after 130 more students infected with COVID-19", The News & Observer (August 17)
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"After a Week of COVID-19 Outbreaks, UNC-Chapel Hill Is Moving to Remote Classes", INDY Week (August 17)
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"'Half-step behind': How UNC is distributing community protective equipment", The Daily Tar Heel (August 17)
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"UNC reports 135 new cases of COVID-19, only four rooms are left in its quarantine dorm", The Daily Tar Heel (August 17)
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"Students 'surprised, not shocked' UNC-Chapel Hill moving classes online", WRAL (August 17)
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"As Chapel Hill shifts classes online, what’s next for NC State and rest of UNC System?", The News & Observer (August 17)
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"As COVID clusters mount, university dashboards provide incomplete and outdated information", NC Policy Watch (August 17)
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"Editorial: We all saw this coming", The Daily Tar Heel (August 17)
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"UNC Dean of School of Public Health on return to campus: “Time to take the off-ramp", NC Policy Watch (August 17)
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"ECU identifies COVID-19 cluster at residence hall", WITN (August 17)
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"After fourth COVID-19 cluster students, prominent faculty and medical experts call for UNC-Chapel Hill to go online", NC Policy Watch (August 17)
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"UNC faculty call special meeting as fourth COVID-19 cluster among students reported", The News & Observer (August 16)
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"UNC student says he’s moving home, others react to 4th COVID-19 cluster in 3 days", WNCN (August 16)
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"Alert Carolina confirms fourth COVID-19 cluster, in Hinton James", The Daily Tar Heel (August 16)
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"Breaking down UNC's COVID-19 dashboard", The Daily Tar Heel (August 16)
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"Where are the COVID-19 cases on UNC's campus?", The Daily Tar Heel (August 16)
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"UNC community members write letters asking for accountability, protection",The Daily Tar Heel (August 16)
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"Fourth cluster of coronavirus reported in UNC student housing", WRAL (August 16)
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"COVID-19 case cluster confirmed at Sigma Nu fraternity house", The Daily Tar Heel (August 15)
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"PW Exclusive: After COVID-19 clusters, UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Chair appeals for local decision on in-person instruction, dorms", NC Policy Watch (August 15)
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"Two clusters of COVID-19 infections in student housing at UNC-Chapel Hill", NC Policy Watch (August 14)
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"The reopening picture at this UNC campus is not a pretty one", NC Policy Watch (August 13)
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"App State Faculty Senate to hold 'no confidence' vote on chancellor as pandemic opening concerns mount", NC Policy Watch (August 13)
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"As Campuses Reopen, Workers Sue The UNC System Over Safety Concerns", WUNC (August 12)
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"UNC kicks students out of dorms, off-campus residents warned, after COVID-19 violations", The News & Observer (August 12)
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"COVID-19 cases at ECU nearly triple in one week", WITN (August 12)
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"Party with 400 people shut down during students’ first weekend back at ECU, cops say", The News & Observer (August 12)
- "Greenville police shut down party of 400 students at ECU", WRAL (August 12)
- "Editorial: You spoke. The University didn't listen.", The Daily Tar Heel (August 12)
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"UNC System Employees File Lawsuit Seeking Safe Working Conditions During Pandemic", WUNC (August 11)
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"Orange County's health recommendations 'more of a personal communication,' Blouin says", The Daily Tar Heel (August 11)
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"9 cases of coronavirus at UNCP in Robeson County", WPDE (August 11)
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"UNC System faces lawsuit over unsafe working conditions in pandemic", NC Policy Watch (August 11)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill provost defends withholding county health department pandemic recommendations", NC Policy Watch (August 11)
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"UNC System employees file lawsuit over COVID-19 concerns", WCTI (August 11)
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"UNC System Employees Sue Over Working Conditions, Request Online Classes", Chapelboro News (August 11)
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"NC State Is NOT Coronavirus Safe", Nubian Message (August 10)
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"Campus workers sue UNC System, claiming unsafe working conditions during pandemic", The News & Observer (August 10)
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"Campus workers file lawsuit against UNC system regarding COVID-19", WNCN (August 10)
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"Lawsuit claims UNC System faculty & staff at increased COVID risk by returning to campuses", WITN (August 10)
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"'Uncharted territory’: Graduate workers express fears about teaching this semester", The Daily Tar Heel (August 9)
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"UNC employees sue the University system over workplace safety", The Daily Tar Heel (August 9)
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"Students, faculty, campus workers hold die-in to protest UNC's campus reopening", The Daily Tar Heel (August 9)
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"Orange County took a strong stance on UNC reopening. What do Wake and Durham think?", The News & Observer (August 7)
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"UNC Sorority Girls Seen Partying off Campus Before Classes Begin", INDY Week (August 6)
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"PW Exclusive: UNC System creating all-campus COVID-19 dashboard not open to public", NC Policy Watch (August 6)
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"Unions call for county health directors to shut down in-person instruction at UNC schools in pandemic", NC Policy Watch (August 6)
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"N.C. State Housekeepers Demand Shorter Hours, More PPE", Spectrum Local News (August 5)
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"Orange County health director wants UNC to delay in-person classes for at least 5 weeks", The News & Observer (August 5)
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"Orange County health director calls for UNC to go fully remote for at least five weeks", The Daily Tar Heel (August 5)
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"Chair of UNC-CH faculty: “a serious breach of trust” campus not aware of Orange County health recommendation", NC Policy Watch (August 5)
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"UNC students concerned after video surfaces of crowded sorority rush party", WNCN (August 5)
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"'This road leads to a disaster': Faculty express reopening concerns in letters", The Daily Tar Heel (August 4)
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"Uncertainties grow as UNC Chapel Hill students and workers return to campus", WRAL (August 4)
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"Campus workers delivered demands to University officials. Their deadline just passed.", The Daily Tar Heel (August 3)
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"Despite The Pandemic, Students Return To Full Dorms Across UNC System", Blue Ridge Public Radio (August 3)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill students move into dorms amid COVID-19 concerns and campus protests", The News & Observer (August 3)
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"UNC Launches Coronavirus Tracker, More Than 100 Students Already Test Positive", Chapelboro News (August 3)
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"Despite The Pandemic, Students Return To Full Dorms Across UNC System", WUNC (August 3)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill launches COVID-19 dashboard, shows 173 infections as students return to dorms this week", North Carolina Policy Watch (August 3)
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"UNC student commission resolution: ‘All courses must be offered virtually'", The Daily Tar Heel (August 2)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill Commission: too many hurdles for return to campus in pandemic", North Carolina Policy Watch (August 1)
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"UNC System releases report on “worst case” budget cut scenarios", North Carolina Policy Watch (August 1)
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"Housekeepers at NC universities worry about safety as students move back into dorms", The News & Observer (July 31)
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"UNC not releasing ‘worst case scenario’ budget proposals", North Carolina Policy Watch (July 31)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill's Office for Diversity and Inclusion Say They Weren't Included in Reopening Plans", INDY Week (July 30)
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"UNC Faculty, Staff Prepare Lawsuit to Delay In-Person Classes", Spectrum Local News (July 29)
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"WCU Athletes And Staff Test Positive For COVID-19 As Students Move In", Blue Ridge Public Radio (July 29)
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"These North Carolina colleges and universities reported COVID-19 cases on campus", The News & Observer (July 29)
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"UNC Housing Plan Falls in CDC’s ‘Highest Risk’ Tier of COVID-19 Spread", Chapelboro News (July 28)
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"Some UNC students worried about COVID-19 during return to campus", WNCN (July 27)
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"UNC community expresses concern over Greek life compliance to fall guidelines", The Daily Tar Heel (July 24)
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"Black student leaders discuss their opposition to fully reopening campus", The Daily Tar Heel (July 24)
- "UNC Housekeeping Staff Rally, Deliver Petition for More Safety Protocols", Chapelboro News (July 23)
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"UNC System will not change tuition and fees, waives testing requirements for 2021", The Daily Tar Heel (July 23)
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"Western Carolina Faculty And Staff Voice COVID-19 Concerns, Prepare For Fall Semester", Blue Ridge Public Radio (July 22)
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"Budget Cuts, Health Risks Loom For UNC System Campuses And Workers", WUNC (July 22)
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"'Not just about the students:' UNC housekeepers petition for more COVID-19 safety measures as students return to campus", WTVD (July 22)
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"Who will be notified when a student at UNC, NCSU or Duke tests positive for COVID-19?", The News & Observer (July 22)
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"UNC schools begin responding to potential budget cuts of up to 50 percent", NC Policy Watch (July 21)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Chair to UNC Board of Governors: 'Allow decision-making at the local level' on COVID-19 pandemic", NC Policy Watch (July 21)
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"Letter urges white tenured faculty to strike at UNC-Chapel Hill over return during COVID-19 pandemic", NC Policy Watch (July 21)
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"Essential NC workers take issue with pay and work conditions: Demonstrations and demands for better treatment.", The Charlotte Post (July 20)
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"'Safe jobs save lives': University faculty and staff demand safer conditions for fall", The Daily Tar Heel (July 19)
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"UNC campuses must submit plans for 50% budget cuts as COVID-19 worst case scenario", The News and Observer (July 18)
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"UNC Chancellor signals plan to bring students back to campus may have to change", WRAL (July 17)
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"PW exclusive: UNC System exploring worst-case scenario budget cuts of up to 50%", North Carolina Policy Watch (July 17)
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"UNC System workers on dangers of return in COVID-19 pandemic: 'They’re showing us what they feel about us.'", North Carolina Policy Watch (July 17)
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"Staff, students hold town hall to voice concerns over UNC System reopening schools during pandemic", WNCN (July 17)
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"WCU students up in arms over 2020-21 housing agreement", The Western Carolinian (July 16)
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"UNC student starts petition to cancel in-person classes", North Carolina Policy Watch (July 16)
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"College students question wisdom of returning to campus during a pandemic", WRAL (July 15)
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"ECU suspends all athletic activities after 27 positive COVID-19 cases", WTVD (July 15)
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"New COVID outbreaks at UNC system schools lead to growing concern about return to campuses", North Carolina Policy Watch (July 14)
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"UNC System Essential Workers Organize COVID-19 Town Hall To Voice Safety Concerns", Spectacular Magazine (July 14)
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"New UNC student survey gives insight into concerns, safety measures for return to campus", North Carolina Policy Watch (July 14)
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"ECU pauses athletics after more than 2 dozen people test positive for COVID-19", The News & Observer (July 14)
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"Faculty asks UNC System to move all classes online during COVID-19 pandemic", WNCN (July 13)
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"UNC System facing pressure to protect international students, move Fall courses online", North Carolina Policy Watch (July 13)
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"As UNC campuses prepare to bring students back, some faculty fear that it will backfire", The News & Observer (July 13)
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"Charlotte 49ers report that 5 of 374 tests of those back on campus are positive for coronavirus", WBTV (July 13)
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"North Carolina A&T reports 4 student-athletes test positive for coronavirus", WXII (July 13)
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"Foreign students in NC fear online classes mean deportation", The Virginia Pilot (July 12)
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"Concerns mount in Chapel Hill over prospect of students returning to UNC amid pandemic", WRAL (July 10)
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"UNC System Faculty and Students Petition for Classes to Move Online", INDY Week (July 10)
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"37 athletes, coaches and athletics staff members test positive for COVID-19", The Daily Tar Heel (July 10)
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"ECSU suspends fall 2020 college athletics", The Outer Banks Voice (July 10)
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"Despite precautions, UNC’s athletic program becomes one of many dealing with coronavirus", The News & Observer (July 9)
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"NC State athletics members test positive for coronavirus; ACC pushes back start of sports", The News & Observer (July 9)
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"UNC Athletics Just Had 37 People Test Positive for COVID-19", INDY Week (July 9)
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"GPSF Senate adopts resolutions supporting grad and international students, UNC staff", The Daily Tar Heel (July 9)
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"'A really cruel move': International students express concern over ICE visa restrictions", The Daily Tar Heel (July 9)
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"CIAA Suspends NCAA Competition for Fall 2020", FSU Bronco News (July 9)
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"UNC System-wide petition urges a move online rather than return to campuses", NC Policy Watch (July 8)
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"Parents struggle with question of return to UNC campuses", North Carolina Policy Watch (July 7)
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"COVID-19 and the Human Experience: An Anthropological Perspective", UNCG News (July 7)
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"Fayetteville State to offer free testing for COVID-19", The Fayetteville Observer (July 7)
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"ECU AD Jon Gilbert: 270 COVID-19 tests, 15 positive results", WITN (July 7)
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"How Closely Should Students Be Spaced? At One Campus, 3 Feet Quickly Becomes 6", The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 1)
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"Faculty Concerned About Reopening UNC System Campuses", Capital Tonight (June 30)
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"ECU faculty, graduate students sign petition about reopening plan", WCTI (June 29)
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"ECU faculty speaks out on university’s return to campus plan", WNCT (June 29)
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"'On the front lines': UNC facilities workers consider costs of fall return to campus", The Daily Tar Heel (June 28)
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"ECU's reopening raises concerns", The Daily Reflector (June 28)
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"NC legislature passes a bill protecting universities from COVID-19 tuition refunds", The News & Observer (June 26)
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"System may not refund housing if students are forced to move out, UNC-G contract says", The Daily Tar Heel (June 23)
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"UNC System students protesting policy that could deny housing refunds for COVID-19 closures", North Carolina Policy Watch (June 20)
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"Fayetteville State University cancels homecoming due to COVID-19 outbreak", The Fayetteville Observer (June 18)
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"Bad news for Aggies and the Ramily: No homecomings at N.C. A&T or Winston-Salem State this fall", The News and Record (June 18)
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"Large events curtailed for fall 2020 at WCU", Smoky Mountain News (June 18)
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"Amid Praise and Concern, UNC Reopens Research", The Local Reporter (June 17)
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"University Employees Question Plans To Reopen Campuses", WUNC (June 16)
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"Vague reopening plans are forcing UNC staffers to choose between their jobs and their health", North Carolina Policy Watch (June 11)
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"'This is something that's killing people’: Instructors petition for fall teaching options", The Daily Tar Heel (June 8)
Op-Eds written by UNC System workers:
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"Op-ed: UNC furloughs international graduate workers amid coronavirus pandemic" by Smita Misra in The Daily Tar Heel
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"After Cruise Ships and Nursing Homes, Will Universities Be the Next COVID-19 Tinderboxes?" by Katie Mack and Gavin Yamey in Time
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"Open letter on COVID-19 from UNC Chapel Hill tenured faculty to undergraduates" in The Charlotte Observer
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"Five reasons why we all should reject in-person instruction", by Julio Gutierrez in The Daily Tar Heel
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"Faculty appeals to UNC system leaders – don’t risk lives to reopen campuses" by Belle Boggs, NCSU Professor in The News & Observer
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"College Leaders Must Explain Why—Not Just How—to Return to Campus" by Kevin McClure, UNCW Professor in EdSurge
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"Faculty and Students Shouldn’t Have to Risk their Health for a University’s Bottom Line" by Paul Isom, NCSU Lecturer in The News & Observer
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"UNC has poor record of protecting Black and minority workers" by David Brannigan, UNC-CH Groundskeeper in The Daily Tar Heel
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"Bringing College Students Back to Classrooms During COVID-19 is a Mistake" by Katie Mack, NCSU Professor on Medium
Stories on NC education and labor organizing in the time of COVID-19:
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"Op-Ed: If Local K-12 Schools Are Moving Online, So Should Universities", Indy Week (July 24)
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"Reopened Raleigh private school reports positive COVID-19 case. Monday was first day.", The News and Observer (July 23)
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"A recent survey showed that undergraduates are largely willing to wear masks while they’re on campus, but less likely to physical distance or avoid large gatherings", The Well (July 14)
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"Duke signs amicus brief supporting lawsuit against new ICE visa rules", The Duke Chronicle (July 13)
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"My school made the right choice this year on college football", The News & Observer (July 10)
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"New ICE policy “particularly insidious and cruel,” say international students, forced to choose between visas and health", The Duke Chronicle (July 10)
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"NC’s top Republican just mandated in-person school next month. That’s reckless.", The New & Observer (July 9)
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"When bigoted and boneheaded meet: Trump’s awful new policy on foreign college students", The News & Observer (July 6)
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"‘Is this the day I’m going to get COVID?’ As NC workers return, who keeps them safe?", The Charlotte Observer (July 3)
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"NC AFL-CIO president: Five things NC legislators must do to move the state forward", The News & Observer (June 9)
National media coverage
Coverage of UNC System workers and students:
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"UNC begins testing as coronavirus cases spike, while N.C. State switches to virtual classes", The Washington Post (August 20)
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"North Carolina State Becomes The Latest Major University To Drop In-Person Instruction For The Fall, But With A Wrinkle", Forbes (August 20)
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"Anger, Confusion, and Resignation as Chapel Hill's Campus Rapidly Empties", The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 20)
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"What happened at UNC-Chapel Hill?", The Washington Post (August 20)
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"How Covid-19 United the Higher-Ed Work Force", The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 19)
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The college covid-19 mess: It was all so predictable", The Washington Post (August 19)
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"Colleges grapple with coronavirus as students return", The Associated Press (August 18)
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"Shutdown, Repeat", Inside Higher Ed (August 18)
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"As schools struggle to return during coronavirus pandemic, UNC-Chapel Hill suspends classes one week in", The Washington Post (August 17)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill pivots to remote teaching after coronavirus spreads among students during first week of class", The Washington Post (August 17)
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"UNC Pulls the Plug on In-Person Fall. Will Other Campuses Follow?", The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 17)
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"Colleges' best-laid coronavirus plans quickly come undone", Politico (August 17)
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"Outbreaks Drive U.N.C. Chapel Hill Online After a Week of Classes", The New York Times (August 17)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill reverses plans for in-person classes after 130 students test positive for Covid-19", CNN (August 17)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill goes to remote learning after 135 COVID-19 cases within week of starting classes", NBC News (August 17)
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"UNC abruptly halts in-person classes after coronavirus outbreak on campus", CNBC (August 17)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill fall semester going online amid COVID-19 outbreaks, one week into classes", USA Today (August 17)
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"Less Than A Week After Starting Classes, UNC-Chapel Hill Reports 4 COVID-19 Clusters", NPR (August 16)
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"UNC has four Covid-19 clusters less than a week after starting classes", CNN (August 16)
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"Another COVID-19 cluster reported in UNC-Chapel Hill housing", Associated Press (August 15)
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"Taking COVID-19 Plans to Court", Inside Higher Ed (August 13)
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"‘I can’t teach when I’m dead.’ Professors fear COVID-19 as college campuses open", The LA Times (August 13)
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Video: UNC-Chapel Hill Professor Jay Smith's Interview with Kate Bolduan, CNN (August 11)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill launches in person despite coronavirus crisis", The Washington Post (August 11)
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"UNC campus workers file lawsuit, say work conditions unsafe", Associated Press (August 10)
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"Campus workers sue UNC university system, cite unsafe conditions due to pandemic", USA Today (August 10)
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"COVID-19 Roundup: UNC Won't Budge on Reopening", Inside Higher Ed (August 7)
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"Its Local Health Department Urged a Virtual Fall. UNC Is Reopening Anyway.", The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 5)
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"Lessons in Leverage in the Time of Coronavirus", Inside Higher Ed (August 5)
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"‘The kids will forget’: Custodians, housekeepers and other support staff brace for college reopenings", The Washington Post (August 4)
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"Faculty to Students: Stay Home", Inside Higher Ed (August 3)
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"UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty To Students: We Can't Safely Return To Campus", NPR (August 2)
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"UNC Tenured Faculty Tell Students to Stay Home Amid COVID Concerns: 'It Is Not Safe for You to Come to Campus'", The Chronicle of Higher Education (August 1)
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"Its Plan Is Risky, Its Community Is Vulnerable, and Cases Are Surging. Why Is This University Reopening?", The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 31)
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"UNC System Faculty and Staff Prepare Lawsuit to Delay Opening", The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 31)
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"Pandemic Workplace Protections Divide Congress", Inside Higher Ed (July 30)
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"The New College Drop-Off", The New York Times (July 29)
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"More Than 6,600 Coronavirus Cases Have Been Linked to U.S. Colleges", The New York Times (July 29)
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"Colleges plan for virus testing, but strategies vary widely", The Washington Post (July 26)
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"‘Clear as mud’ housing refund plans irk college students", The Washington Post (July 24)
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"What Do College Students Think of Their Schools’ Reopening Plans?", The New Yorker (July 11)
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"N.C. Protects Colleges From Pandemic-Related Lawsuits", Inside Higher Ed (July 9)
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"North Carolina pauses voluntary football workouts after positive COVID-19 tests", ESPN (July 8)
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"Ivy Cancelation, UNC COVID Tests Ominous Signs for Fall Season", Sports Illustrated (July 8)
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"Colleges Block Housing Refunds Due To Coronavirus", Forbes (July 8)
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"Mounting Faculty Concerns About the Fall Semester", Inside Higher Ed (June 30)
Op-Eds written by university workers outside the UNC System:
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"UNC fiasco reveals truth about reopening colleges" by David Perry, University of Minnesota Senior Academic Adviser in CNN
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"The CDC Is Wrong: Testing is essential for colleges to reopen safely", by Carl Bergstrom, University of Washington Professor inThe Chronicle of Higher Education
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"College Is Worth It, but Campus Isn’t" by Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan Professor, inThe New York Times
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"Colleges Are Deluding Themselves" by Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College in The Atlantic
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"Expecting Students to Play It Safe if Colleges Reopen Is a Fantasy" by Laurence Steinberg, Temple University Professor, in The New York Times
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"There is no safe way to reopen colleges this fall", by Shweta Bansal, Colin Carlson, and John Kraemer, Georgetown University Professors, in The Washington Post
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"I’m a college professor. Here is what I think about college preparations for the coronavirus this fall." by Daniel Drezner, Tufts University Professor
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"The Risks When Colleges Reopen: In response to Op-Eds by college presidents and professors, readers analyze whether proposed measures to open safely are likely to work.", The New York Times
Stories on higher education labor organizing in the time of COVID-19:
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"Even with the administration’s about-face on international student visas, enrollment is still set to plummet", The Washington Post (July 14)
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"Government Rescinds Plan to Strip Visas From Foreign Students in Online Classes", The New York Times (July 14)
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"Three Arizona Teachers Shared A Classroom. They All Got COVID-19, And One Died.", Buzzfeed News (July 13)
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"Unions Back Universities’ Lawsuit Against ICE Visa Rule (1)", Bloomberg News (July 13)
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"New International Students To U.S. May Hit Post-WW2 Low", Forbes (July 13)
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"The Truth About What Happens Next for Colleges", The Atlantic (July 12)
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"At fraternities, an alarming spike in cases", The Seattle Times (July 11)
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"The Technology 202: Tech to contain coronavirus on college campuses sparks fresh privacy concerns", The Washington Post (July 10)
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"Covid-19 outbreak reported in 15 fraternity houses at University of Washington", The Washington Post (July 4)
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"As young people drive infection spikes, college faculty members fight for the right to teach remotely", The Washington Post (July 1)
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"A Ph.D. Student Simulated a Day in the Life of a Covid 19-Era Campus. It Went Viral, but It Wasn’t Pretty.", The Chronicle of Higher Education (July 1)
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"Housekeepers and custodians, fearful as campuses reopen, demand more protection from their schools", The Washington Post (June 30)
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"Trying to Make Sense of a Fluid Fall", Inside Higher Ed (June 24)
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"What if students won’t wear masks in class? Professors want assurances that universities will enforce a mandate.", The Philadelphia Inquirer (June 17)
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"Many colleges are bringing students back to campus this fall. Why some faculty are very concerned.", The Washington Post (June 16)
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"Faculty Want a Say in Whether They Teach Face to Face. The Conversation Is Not Going Well.", The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 9)
Scholarship
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"On Borders and Academic Freedom: Noncitizen Students and the Limits of Rights", by Abigail Boggs, Wesleyan University Professor
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"Beyond "High-Risk": Statement on Disability and Campus Re-openings", Accessible Campus Action Alliance
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"Simulating COVID-19 in a University Environment" by Philip Gressman, University of Pennsylvania Professor, and Jennifer Peck, Swarthmore College Professor
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