Institutions

A public health crisis and a global recession have hit higher education at the same time. What could the future look like for open-access colleges, which serve the most vulnerable?

Leaders and advocates of these institutions say they badly need more federal funds to manage costs associated with coronavirus.

Pomona College students who have been denied emergency housing during the coronavirus outbreak are asking administrators to expand criteria for who gets to stay.

Disruptions spread across higher education on Thurs., March 12. A roundup of the day's news.

What will happen to college food service and custodial workers when campuses are empty? The answer is unclear for most, and layoffs aren't off the table.

Student advocates say coronavirus-related directives to move off campus threaten to reinforce existing inequalities and put disproportionate burdens on low-income and international students, among others.

Ten Senate Republicans joined Democrats in backing a resolution opposing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's borrower-defense rule, following a similar measure passed by the House.

A growing number of colleges and universities close or cancel in-person classes while others keep running as usual. Why are institutions responding differently?