The Economic Toll of Long COVID, Diversity on College Campuses, and More

August 25, 2022

“With 16.3 million working-age Americans afflicted and annual wage losses totaling nearly $200 billion, long COVID is already a meaningful drag on U.S. economic performance and household financial health. And absent intervention, the situation is likely to worsen,” argues Katie Bach.

To address opportunity gaps and improve equity, many selective U.S. colleges consider the backgrounds of applicants as part of their holistic admissions process. However, background information is usually not standardized or available for all applicants. Zachary Mabel, Michael D. Hurwitz, Jessica Howell, and Greg Perfetto discuss how a new tool developed by the College Board can help put applicants in context and examine the impact this may have on campus diversity.

In a written exchange with Ryan Hass, S. Philip Hsu provides a Taiwan perspective on the sources of rising cross-Strait tensions—particularly in the wake of China’s escalatory response to Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei—and on lessons Taiwan’s people are taking from war in Ukraine.

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