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NEWS IN BRIEF
Are College Campuses COVID-19 Superspreaders?

THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF
A NEW SEMESTER present
the highest risk of college and
university campuses becoming
COVID-19 superspreaders within
their community, according to
a new peer-reviewed analysis
published online January 13,
2021, in Computer Methods in
Biomechanics and Biomedical
Engineering.
This Stanford University data-driven modeling study was
conducted by Hannah Lu, Cortney Weintz, Joseph Pace, Dhiraj
Indana, Kevin Linka, and Ellen Kuhl. Throughout fall 2020, the team
studied 30 public and private institutions with publicly available
college dashboards that reported COVID-19 case numbers on a daily
basis and whose cumulative case numbers on campus exceeded 100.
The report found 14 institutions' infection rates spiked " within
the first two weeks of class, with peak seven-day incidences well
above 1,000 per 100,000, an order of magnitude larger than the

nationwide peaks of 70 and
150 during the first and second waves of the pandemic. "
These findings suggest
college campuses are at
risk of becoming COVID-19
superspreaders if campus
leaders do not enforce strict
test-trace-quarantine procedures and comply with local
public health regulations.
Following these campus peaks, the researchers discovered
COVID-19 outbreaks on 17 campuses caused peaks of infection
within their surrounding counties. Tight outbreak management
on campus benefits campus stakeholders and supports higher risk
community members in the college town. Ellen Kuhl, the senior
author of the study, told Inside Higher Ed, " while the campus
numbers reduced really quickly with the tight management of the
disease, the counties had a much harder time to troubleshoot this
and bring these high numbers down. Some of them never really did. "

AFT and AAUP Launch " A NEW Deal for Higher Education " Campaign

O

N FEBRUARY 10, 2021 , the

sive system of education-one that can

racism, sexism, and other bigotries that

American Federation of Teachers

help transform our society. We need a new

prevent learning, degrade research, and

(AFT) and the American Asso-

deal for higher education. "

perpetuate inequality; and

Among the issues the campaign will

ciation of University Professors (AAUP)

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Canceling student debt for borrowers who

launched an ambitious campaign-A New

address are declining state support for higher

have unjustly shouldered the burden of

Deal for Higher Education-that calls for

education, the erosion of tenure and shared

financing higher education for the last 40

reauthorization of the Higher Education

governance, the increased use of contingent

years.

Act and the creation of federal policies that

appointments, and the loss of the faculty

establish dedicated public funding streams

voice on campus.
The policy plan established for the New

and hold administrations accountable for
how these monies are spent.
According to the New Deal for Higher

Deal advocates:
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ereducation.org), the premise for the

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thinking are under attack, and our society

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suffers as a result. We need to reaffirm
the role that higher education plays in our
society. We must stand up for a just, inclu-

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Building prosperity from the bottom up;

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Advancing social, racial, and economic
justice;

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Allowing all students to access higher education regardless of their ability to pay;

campaign is that " expertise and critical

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Prioritizing teaching, research, and supporting student success;

Education website (www.newdealforhigh-

The New Deal agenda focuses on four
values:

Ensuring job security, equitable pay, profes-

Strengthening democracy and civil society;
and

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Fostering knowledge and innovation.
The New Deal website provides a variety

sional voice, and sustainable careers for all

of resources for institutions to use to " start

faculty and staff;

a conversation about a New Deal for Higher

Creating academic environments free of

Education. "

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