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    6 Ways Universities Are Responding To Coronavirus

    From online classes to warnings against xenophobia — and at least one "COVID-cat" — here's how schools are coping with the global health crisis.
    by Anya Kamenetz Mar 06, 2020 5 minutes
    Source: LA Johnson

    So far just a few U.S. higher education students have confirmed exposure to COVID-19, mainly through contact with patients in hospitals. There are no outbreaks centered on campuses, and young people as a group appear less susceptible to the disease.

    But higher education in the United States is more of an international community than ever, and that means the effects of the coronavirus have been felt broadly across the country already. On Sunday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said colleges should "consider" canceling both study-abroad and foreign-exchange programs, which could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of students.

    Almost 1 million of the nation's more than 19 million higher education students come from overseas, . China is the for those students, with about 370,000 students currently enrolled. Of the other , South Korea is No. 3 , Japan is No.8, and

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