Trump administration amps up pressure to reopen colleges
Education Dive
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
July 6, 2020
Dive Brief:
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The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on college and state leaders to reopen campuses this fall.
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Federal officials, speaking at a White House roundtable on the topic Tuesday, said they expected K-12 schools and colleges to resume operations in the fall. President Donald Trump said during the event that he intended to pressure governors to do so.
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Some colleges have said they would remain almost exclusively online in the next academic year. The push by the White House throws their plans into question.