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The long-term survival of colleges and universities will hinge on their ability to deliver what matters most to students, employers and society, write Jamie Merisotis and Carrie Besnette Hauser.

By Jamie Merisotis and Carrie Besnette Hauser

Wells College relies heavily on student fee revenue in its operating budget. Without students on campus, the college will be forced to shut its doors, its president said.

College presidents tell Vice President Pence that being shielded from lawsuits if students get sick would make them likelier to physically reopen their campuses.

As academics continue to die from COVID-19, leaving behind shocked and heartbroken colleagues, the deaths are prompting introspection and discussions about what it means to be an educator.

Some publishers are moving toward an open model, prompted by COVID-19.

Everything you need to know for Friday and the weekend about higher ed and the coronavirus in one easy-to-read package (with some distractions to help your sanity).

Thirty years after passage of the landmark law, it has become a bureaucratic mess that can do little to improve campus safety, even during a pandemic, argues Edward Davis, former police commissioner of Boston.

By Edward Davis

If physical campuses cannot open, here's how colleges can replicate what makes their in-person experience so valuable, according to the research firm Eduventures.