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After two years of restricted travel, students are celebrating spring break once again—just as most states lift mask mandates. Experts warn colleges to remain vigilant against COVID-19.

More Americans believe degrees have value and graduates are prepared for work than was true four years ago. But partisan divide is widening (and Independents are losing confidence).

Which would be the top men’s basketball team in the country if academics mattered more than skill on the court?

COVID-19 only heightened stress and anxiety on campus. Mental health kits provide students with notes of encouragement, fuzzy socks—and access to the professional services they need.

Middlebury College Merrill (“Mez”) Baker-Médard, environmental studies Michael Dash, psychology and neuroscience Michael Durst, physics Sebnem Gumuscu, political science Martin Seehuus, psychology Muhlenberg College Kassandra Hartford, music Frederick Wright Jones, art Daniel Leisawitz, languages, literatures and cultures (Italian studies) Rebecca Lustig, theater Kenneth Michniewicz, psychology Matthew Moore, theater

The stigma of incarceration often complicates admissions, membership in academic organizations and professional licensure, restricting individuals for years after their release from prison.

Daniel J. Allen, senior vice president of university advancement and external relations at DePaul University, in Illinois, has been appointed president of La Salle University, in Pennsylvania. Kimberly Battle-Walters Denu, interim director at the District Church in Washington, D.C., has been named provost at Westmont College, in California.

Few institutions are heavily invested in Russian assets, but college officials say divestment is one symbolic step that institutions can take to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Connecticut’s community colleges get the go-ahead from their accreditor to merge. Administrators celebrate while faculty members mourn.