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Massachusetts Institute of Technology announces a reopening plan in which seniors will be on campus. University of Texas at Austin announces the death of a custodian. Positive tests delay Louisville basketball workouts.

As colleges renewed insurance policies this month, many faced steep price increases due to the pandemic, natural disasters, sexual misconduct and athletics scandals.

Rutgers, Harvard, Princeton and Georgetown announce mostly online fall terms while ICE says international students cannot study fully online and remain in U.S. Georgia system reverses course on masks.

Contact tracing will go beyond our institutional control, warns Michael Corn, as its practical requirements will assuredly draw our data out and, in the process, erode confidentiality protections.

University of Southern California and Hampton reverse course on in-person fall plans, citing rise in coronavirus cases. Florida State says employees can care for children while working from home.

City University of New York laid off 2,800 adjunct professors and part-time staff members last week. The union representing the employees responded by suing the university system.

College athletes are leading boycotts and prompting conversations about racial injustice. They're also embracing their power to initiate change at their institutions and beyond.

Dartmouth reverses course on letting freshmen postpone enrollment. Spelman offers discount for remote instruction. Mount Holyoke won't play varsity sports. Some college football coaches discuss intentional, teamwide immunity.