{"id":28061,"date":"2020-08-17T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pappp.net\/?guid=439467c8d42685afc827d3ce69cb7599"},"modified":"2020-08-17T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T21:32:00","slug":"unc-shifts-to-remote-learning-1-week-into-the-semester-after-coronavirus-positive-rate-spikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pappp.net\/?p=28061","title":{"rendered":"UNC shifts to remote learning 1 week into the semester after coronavirus positive rate spikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: The Week: Most Recent Home Page Posts<\/a><\/p>\n

Article note: Notes from the future. I'll be shocked if UK's not in that same boat in a week or two, but... oh wait, we aren't even testing enough to know.<\/div>

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Just one week into the fall semester, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill undergraduate students will once again shift to remote learning, the university announced<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n

The move comes after four clusters of coronavirus cases broke out among students, and the the university's COVID-19 positivity rate more than quadrupled from 2.8 percent to 13.6 percent last week.<\/p>\n

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The decision comes after the University's COVID-19 positivity rate rose from 2.8 percent to 13.6 percent last week. https:\/\/t.co\/yrPOsqXUhe<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Daily Tar Heel (@dailytarheel) August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Per The Daily Tar Heel<\/em><\/a>, the student-led campus newspaper, the university is attempting to de-densify on-campus housing. Students will be able to cancel their housing contracts without penalty, while those students who don't have reliable internet access elsewhere, student-athletes, and international students will have the option to remain.<\/p>\n

As things stand, 177 UNC-Chapel Hill students are in isolation and 349 more are in quarantine both on and off campus. Fortunately, the university's chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said<\/a>, most students who have tested positive have displayed only mild symptoms.<\/p>\n

Graduate, professional, and health affairs schools will continue to teach classes as the individual schools see fit. Read more at The Daily Tar Heel<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just one week into the fall semester, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill undergraduate stude…<\/p>\n

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