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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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

Amid concerns the recession has made it harder for students to save for college, advocacy groups are calling for doubling the size of Pell Grants.

For recruiting and judging students, colleges face the reality that they may not be able to visit high schools or rely on their rubrics. The outcomes are expected to be particularly bad for disadvantaged students.