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Billions in Aid Head to Colleges
The Education Department releases a new round of COVID-19 funds to colleges and universities, and Biden proposes $35 billion in additional money.
‘A Hero and a Role Model’
A professor of advanced manufacturing volunteered seven days a week to produce face shields for health-care workers. He died Tuesday of complications with COVID-19.
Great Recession Graduates: Where Are They Now?
One in five of those receiving bachelor's degrees in 2007-08 had negative net worth in 2018, and 14 percent couldn't pay essential expenses.
Are Colleges Superspreaders?
New peer-reviewed analysis suggests that colleges opening in the fall may have led to increased COVID-19 cases in their home counties.
Pandemic's Fall Financial Toll Adds Up
Three-quarters of institutions in one association survey spent more than they expected to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. The spring will also be expensive, experts say.
Admissions Have and Have-Nots
Institutions with money and prestige are doing very well this year; those known for serving low-income students, not so much.
Greater Need for Food at Community Colleges
Many advocates argue that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit community colleges, and their students, the hardest. Colleges are struggling to meet greater demands for basic needs.
Paying a Price for Being Wealthy
Little-noticed provision in new COVID-19 relief bill would slash aid for colleges and universities with large endowments in half.