Thousands of students from states now considered hot zones for Covid-19 are embarking on a great migration to college campuses elsewhere around the country—including in states where the pandemic is largely under control. Education Department data show that in fall 2018, the latest year available, as many as 77,000 first-year students left states where the virus is now more prevalent to go to college in states now lower-risk. New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Massachusetts are the low-risk states whose schools draw the...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 18, 2020 09:30 UTC