North Carolina St. Sends Students Home

[Stallion]

Two weeks after classes resumed at North Carolina State University, undergraduate students were told to leave campus because of the increasing cases of COVID-19. They must be out by Sept. 6 at the latest.

The school moved from in-person classes to virtual classes this week, but even that was not enough to slow the spread, and eventually the NC State campus closed indefinitely. “We hoped and strived to keep residence halls open and safe to best serve our students,” Chancellor Randy Woodson said Wednesday. “However, the rapid spread and increasing rate of positive cases have made our current situation untenable.”

Around 7,400 students were living on campus at the start of the semester. That number dropped to 6,200 after the school moved to online courses. Students who leave campus will receive a prorated refund for housing and dining costs for the remainder of the semester.

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The trend I see at many schools across the country is exponential growth becoming obvious after two weeks from the start of classes see TCU, Texas A&M, Alabama, UNC, Notre Dame etc

https://news.yahoo.com/nc-state-university-sends-students-072102880.html

[sfstaxprep]

1. This Is Just Great!

Now they can return home and spread the Virus around some more, in new places.

[Sherman A1]

2. Precisely

Seems like a bad situation no matter which path chosen.

[crickets]

3. This was all predicted. It could have been avoided entirely.

Students, faculty, staff, the people they infect on the way home and when they get there... there will be unnecessary deaths from this and it was all so avoidable. Betsy DeVos is a monster.

And this is just colleges and universities.

[Maru Kitteh]

4. How much money did that cost? nt