Academe Today: Anger, Confusion, and Resignation as Chapel Hill's Campus Rapidly Empties

Lessons for other colleges from Chapel Hill and Notre Dame; wall-to-wall organizing is new labor trend; test-optional takes root on campus; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [logo] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. THE OFF RAMP [Anger, Confusion, and Resignation as Chapel Hill’s Campus Rapidly Empties]( By Scott Carlson [image] Students, professors, and perhaps even some administrators wonder: Should the University of North Carolina flagship have opened at all? ADVERTISEMENT PUBLIC HEALTH [Chapel Hill and Notre Dame Are Just the Beginning]( By Francie Diep [image] Both institutions have had to flip online in response to rapidly rising levels of infection. Public-health experts say other campuses will very likely suffer similar fates. 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