The Dollars and Sense of Closing Schools for H1N1

This Scientific American article, subtitled "As the H1N1 virus picks up speed this fall, economists have outlined just how much it would cost to close schools--hotbeds of flu contagion," covers a recent report by The Brookings Institution about the economic impact of mass school closings. It focuses on K-12, but the breadth and scope of the dollar impacts considered are of interest to anyone weighing options for campus crisis management and planning.