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Debate Over Loan Payments in Coronavirus Package

Senate Republicans are still crafting their proposal for the upcoming coronavirus relief package, but partisan divisions are already emerging, including over whether to require student loan borrowers to begin making payments again.

COVID-19 Roundup: Colleges Tilt Toward Online Openings

As several more colleges announce plans to educate students mostly virtually this fall, a new database shows that's the way the decisions are trending nationally.

Principles and Punishment

Kappa Alpha Order chapter at Southwestern University suspended for releasing a statement denouncing the organization's historical ties to the Confederacy.

‘Ground Zero’ for Spreading Coronavirus

Concerns are growing among students and faculty members about plans by some colleges to keep residence halls at full capacity this fall, which goes against the recommendations of public health agencies.

Teaching Contact Tracing

Universities offer free courses for the public to learn the basics of contact tracing. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up.

Report: College Access Remains Inequitable at Selective Publics

An examination of the most selective public universities in the country found that representation of students of color has seen few -- if any -- improvements since 2000.

The 'Half-Campus' Model

Some colleges invite a fraction of their students to live on campus this fall. But is that approach truly safer? And who gets to be on campus?

COVID-19 Roundup: Virtual Falls and Faculty Pink Slips

More colleges that planned to host students on campus shift to virtual-only modes. Canisius and Carthage Colleges plan layoffs, citing budget pressures worsened by the pandemic.