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Will Campus Be Closed or Open? Yes.

By Andrea Klick and Scott SmallwoodMay 22, 2020May 22, 2020

Colleges have announced wide-ranging plans to potentially reopen in the fall.

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Don’t Overlook the Mayor

By Andrea Klick and Sara HebelMay 15, 2020May 15, 2020

In a city like Appleton, Wis., knowing the mayor means you can get more done, even if you don’t always agree.

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Town and Gown, Tied Together

By Andrea Klick and Sara HebelMay 1, 2020May 1, 2020

One thing the pandemic is making clear is just how porous the borders are between town and gown.

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Rome is Burning. Let’s Bash Harvard?

By Andrea Klick, Sara Hebel, and Scott SmallwoodApril 24, 2020April 24, 2020

The Education Department is still determining whether the money that wealthy universities are giving up can even be redistributed to other colleges.

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What Will $6 Billion Accomplish?

By Andrea Klick and Sara HebelApril 17, 2020April 17, 2020

A lot of that is left up to the colleges so, from a broad, national perspective, those questions of impact could be hard to measure.

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What the Pandemic Makes Us Question

By Andrea KlickApril 10, 2020April 17, 2020

The pandemic has pushed more colleges to adopt policies for the coming admissions cycle that deemphasize tests and make them optional.

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Cameron Drummond: The Sudden Last Game

By Andrea KlickMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020

The Indiana University senior didn’t know he’d be covering his last basketball game before coronavirus cancellations.

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Katherine Erickson: Study Abroad Cut Short

By Andrea KlickMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020

One Pitt student said goodbye to London with a night at the pub and a last-minute shopping spree.

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Rory Bennett: In Loco Parentis in Crisis

By Andrea KlickMarch 25, 2020March 25, 2020

A USC mom has been helping anxious parents from around the world.

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College, Interrupted

By Andrea KlickMarch 20, 2020April 17, 2020

We’re teaming up with college journalists around the country to tell the specific stories of lives affected when a campus suddenly shuts down.

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