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Covid-19 Hit Some UNC System Schools Harder And Sooner Than Expected

WUNC | By Stacia Brown,
Frank Stasio
Published August 25, 2020 at 12:05 PM EDT
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N.C. State University

Within one month of reopening campuses, positive COVID-19 cases are cropping up throughout the UNC System. Three of the system’s 17 schools have already pivoted to remote instruction: UNC Chapel Hill, East Carolina University and North Carolina State University have all ended in-person instruction, encouraging students to move off campus as soon as possible.

How this change will impact enrollment remains to be seen, but dips in enrollment would have a significant impact on annual budgets and revenue. For students, the sudden shift means potential reductions to financial aid packages and the unanticipated challenge of looking for housing while still keeping up with their fall course load.

Host Frank Stasio talks to WUNC education reporter Liz Schlemmer about the ongoing implications of COVID-19 outbreaks on campus.

EducationThe State of ThingsLiz SchlemmerEducationUNC SystemUNC Chapel HillNC StateEast Carolina UniversityCOVID-19coronavirus
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Stacia Brown
Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU’s daily news radio program, 1A, as well as WUNC’s The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for WUNC's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC’s The Takeaway.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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