Students

Rice will start semester online; Rhode Island College delays resumption of classes; athletics changes -- for fans.

In an example of how universities and faculty unions can collaborate on pandemic planning, Northern Illinois University and its faculty union have agreed to push the remote instruction button when and if the campus test positivity rate hits 8 percent.

Commercialism and college sports are on trial, yet, for the most part, higher education leaders have been conspicuously silent, argues John Thelin.

Our challenge now is to strike the right balance between offering safety from COVID-19 and a normal college experience -- and in a sharply polarized environment, write David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler.

University of Alabama at Huntsville professor leaves his tenured job over the university’s pandemic planning, saying he can’t be part of the disaster he fears will unfold this fall.

How rising COVID-19 cases convinced the Stanislaus State president to shift classes online just a week before the start of the semester.

As colleges grapple with the challenges and uncertainties of reopening this fall, they should ensure that any return-to-campus plan is fair in both perception and reality, writes Jen DeNeal.

Students don’t know a lot about what their colleges are doing with their data, and experts say institutions must help them think more critically about data privacy. Here’s how.