Small Colleges Partner With Hospitals for Testing and Tracing

Inside Higher Ed

Emma Whitford

June 4, 2020

Many college reopening plans hinge on colleges’ ability to effectively implement COVID-19 spread-prevention guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local authorities. Without widespread testing, bringing in students from different locations to live together in close proximity could be much riskier.

The resources to do so are more accessible for institutions with affiliated health systems, but it’s likely more than campus health centers at small colleges can handle.

In preparation for reopening, a number of small liberal arts colleges are inking deals with nearby hospitals and clinics to provide on-campus testing, telehealth, temperature checks and other services to students and employees.

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