Physical & Mental Health

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.

Years of budget cuts and failure to address basic student needs make higher education potentially unequipped to deal with a crisis like this, Mark Huelsman warns.

Colleges and universities across the country are scrambling to prepare for the new coronavirus. Updates from Wed., March 11.

A roundup of how the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on higher education.

Matthew Loveless describes life as a professor in Italy during the coronavirus outbreak.

As universities across the country move instruction online to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, they're also trying to curtail student activities and interactions outside of classrooms that can contribute to community spread.

As elite institutions close campuses or switch to online courses, regional and community colleges are planning for the worst. How will they fare?

With COVID-19 cases growing abroad and at home, some U.S. colleges are urging students, faculty and staff to ditch personal travel plans, while other institutions are requiring those that do travel to report possible exposure to the coronavirus.