History of Education in the News Higher Education Institutions Respond to Epidemics

Authors

James W. Thomas, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Holly Ann Foster, University of Southern MississippiFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2020

Abstract

As colleges and universities respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, many in the media call it unprecedented. This is not the first time that institutions of higher education have had to respond to an epidemic, however. A historical review of college and university reactions to illnesses such as yellow fever and the 1918 influenza pandemic provides prior examples of institutional responses to epidemic diseases.

Publication Title

History of Education Quarterly

Volume

60

Issue

2

First Page

185

Last Page

201

Recommended Citation

Thomas, J. W., Foster, H. A. (2020). History of Education in the News Higher Education Institutions Respond to Epidemics. History of Education Quarterly, 60(2), 185-201.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/19675