Economics
College Towns to Clear Out as Virus Upends Local Businesses
- Harvard, Stanford among schools to go virtual or cut visits
- Economic damage could last long if U.S. campuses stay shut
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Coronavirus is upending college campuses, as schools including Harvard and Amherst move to online classes and tell most students not to return to campus.
School communities will get pinched economically.
Colleges operate as mini-cities, drawing thousands of visitors who stay in nearby hotels and eat at restaurants. They host conferences and athletic tournaments, and over spring break at this time of year high school juniors and their families tour campuses.