Given the dire need for medical staff in the face of the ongoing pandemic, Barry University decided to allow 17 students to graduate early and join the fight against the novel coronavirus at stretched-thin hospitals across the nation, weeks sooner than anticipated.
The private Catholic university in Miami Shores joined a list of higher education institutions like New York University and Columbia, which announced this week similar measures to help health professionals care for COVID-19 patients — some under extraordinary conditions.
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