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Mariah Guzman, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, and Chancellor Robert Jones gave NBC Chicago an inside look at their high-tech efforts to keep students on the Urbana-Champaign campus safe from COVID-19, including twice a week saliva tests and contact tracing via Bluetooth. One week after opening its doors, the school had an outbreak anyway.

A scathing report from the Trump administration on Tuesday concluded that top U.S. universities have “massively underreported” funding they accept from China, Russia and other nations described as “foreign adversaries.”

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports on Virginia colleges and universities saving money by refinancing debt because interest rates are low.

The University System of Maryland’s chancellor announced he’s taking a 10% pay cut and warned that employees could face pay reductions or layoffs as the system struggles to close a budget shortfall caused by the coronavirus pandemic

Students who attend HBCUs are calling for more school funding. News4’s Darcy Spencer has more on their demands.

As waves of schools and businesses around the country get the OK to reopen, some college towns are moving in the opposite direction because of too much partying and too many COVID-19 infections among students

News4’s Derrick Ward reports on the covid-19 safety measures Marymount University has adopted as they welcome students students back on campus.