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This weekend, another high-profile football coach tested positive. Two programs moved online and another discovered an asymptomatic outbreak. A university is suing its insurer.

Five female professors sue Rutgers, saying the university hasn't delivered on its new salary equity adjustment program despite demonstrated disparities.

As colder weather creeps into some parts of the country, experts warn of increased spread of COVID-19 throughout the country and on college campuses.

Shaylen Hardy offers strategies for colleges to help those students cope with trauma and the other burgeoning mental health challenges on their campuses.

By Shaylen Hardy

Several concerning enrollment trends are holding strong as the latest, and more comprehensive, data show. Experts and advocates are particularly worried about community colleges.

A new survey about student experiences during the fall semester and the coronavirus pandemic found that stress, anxiety and loneliness were their overriding concern. The data are representative of the real-life challenges and uncertainty that students say they face.

Survey finds gains among underrepresented minority students as well as international students. The biggest enrollment increases by field were in mathematics and computer sciences and engineering.

Saying the coronavirus accelerated an ongoing need to rightsize its faculty, college plans to eliminate 130 full-time teaching jobs.