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Tag: Lamar Alexander
COVID-19
Some Colleges Are Already Planning for the Next Wave of COVID-19
Even as many colleges are still struggling to figure out what the beginning of the new academic year will look like, a few have made public schedules for the next semester which already account for another wave of COVID-19 infections in the fall, which epidemiologists have said is more or less inevitable.
May 21, 2020
COVID-19
Sen. Lamar Alexander: “I Would Be Planning on Going Back to School” in the Fall
Senate Republican Lamar Alexander said that if he were president of a university today, he “would be planning on going back to school” in the fall. The Tennessee Senator, who on Sunday said COVID-19 testing levels are not enough for college and university campuses to reopen as normal in August, told Fox News on Wednesday […]
May 14, 2020
COVID-19
What Dr. Fauci Says About Students Returning to Campuses in the Fall
The prospect of a COVID-19 vaccine by colleges’ fall reopening time is “a bridge too far,’ said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s preeminent infectious diseases expert, at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, reported The Boston Globe. At the hearing, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander asked Dr. Fauci, a key member of the president’s coronavirus task force, […]
May 12, 2020
COVID-19
Senator Lamar Alexander: Not Enough COVID-19 Testing to Open Campuses
Senate Republican Lamar Alexander said on Sunday that while the country’s COVID-19 testing levels have been “impressive,” they are not enough for college and university campuses to reopen as normal in August. It appears Alexander disagrees with President Donald Trump, who last week said he wants higher education institutions to reopen for fall 2020. Speaking […]
May 11, 2020
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