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As states begin slashing budgets, some free college programs are feeling the sting.

Many colleges created dashboards showing their COVID-19 infection and testing data. But a lack of standards for testing and reporting has made for varying levels of transparency.

Colleges and universities have an opportunity to better serve millions of Americans adults without a postsecondary degree, Dave Clayton writes.

After the coach of the nationally acclaimed debate team at California State University, Fresno, was unexpectedly reassigned last fall, members of the team quit in protest. Coaches at other colleges and leaders of national debate organizations have come to his defense.

The exclusion of custodial workers from conversations about such topics reflects a broader culture of race- and class-based inequality, argues Calley Marotta.

Two-thirds of colleges have no clear testing plan or test only "at-risk" students; Florida State's president tests positive; one campus shuts down and others shift to virtual learning.

Financial fallout from the pandemic will continue to hit colleges for years, experts say.

Over 10 percent of on-campus students at Georgia College and State University have had COVID-19. Epidemiologists and university officials say it's not as bad as it sounds.