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The Update | October 20, 2020
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CNN reports the University of Wisconsin-Madison has directed nine of its off-campus sororities and fraternities to quarantine following high COVID-19 positivity rates. “Violating isolation and quarantine orders may result in a court order for involuntary quarantine and/or a fine of up to $10,000,” according to Public Health Madison & Dane County. Failure to comply also will result in university sanctions against students who violate a quarantine directive. The university also required that all live-in members of the non-quarantined chapters get tested for COVID-19.
The New York Times has published an article discussing the concerns and actions of Kappa Alpha Order members at Southwestern University regarding the organization's reverence of Robert E. Lee as "spiritual founder." Inside Higher Ed also reported on this topic in July 2020.
In a news release published last week, the National Student Clearinghouse reported that undergraduate student enrollment in fall 2020 is down 4% compared to the same semester in 2019 – with enrollment by first-year students down 16% year-over-year. First-time students account for 69% of the total drop in undergraduate school enrollment. Private for-profit four-year colleges are the only type of institution to not have a decrease in enrollment.
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