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Some health experts push back against an undercurrent of pessimism about college reopenings.

Or as Cool Hand Luke put it, “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate,” writes Michael J. Socolow about campus reopening plans.

Colleges temporarily suspend in-person classes, San Francisco State lays off staff, colleges begin to announce spring plans, some students party on and a college suspends its wrestling program.

The president of Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., moved into a neighborhood near campus to make sure students follow pandemic rules. So far, it seems to be working.

Professors say faculty burnout is always a real threat, but especially now, and that institutions should act before it’s too late.

A mountain of troubling data about rising mental health problems has health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling students and the ability of colleges to provide it.

At Georgia College and State University, one in 10 on-campus students has had COVID-19.

Top federal health experts worry colleges will spread coronavirus if they send students home, but keeping residence halls open poses its own dangers.