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Michigan's Albion College is attempting to create a "COVID bubble" on its campus as students return for the fall semester.
Students are being required to download a smartphone app that tracks their location and ongoing COVID-19 health data to help contain the spread of the
coronavirus on campus. The college told students in an email obtained by Newsweek that they must have their location services on at all times. The "Aura" app will notify the school's administration if a student leaves the campus's bubble.
For the entire fall semester, students must stay within the campus's 4.5-mile perimeter or risk temporary suspension, according to the email. Members of the campus staff, however, are allowed to leave the bubble.
The announcement sent out last Friday, two weeks before the Albion College campus is scheduled to reopen, leaves students who have already paid tuition in a tough spot.
The liberal arts college is planning to offer only in-person learning when classes [...]
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