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As more colleges threaten punishment for risky student behavior that can spread the coronavirus, experts suggest either providing students alternatives for safe social interactions or keeping campuses closed.

Some institutions are having record years, but many others are starting the year with 10 or 20 percent of students not there. And some have lost more.

Survey suggests colleges can do more to equip students to engage with religious diversity. Students from some religious groups find campus more welcoming and supportive than others.

It belongs as much as other factors, writes David Holmes.

Jim Malatras, president of SUNY Empire State College and longtime advisor to Governor Andrew Cuomo, will take up the chancellorship Aug. 31. His appointment prompted the SUNY Faculty Senate to vote no confidence in the system's board.

Their use should be watched, but they shouldn't be eliminated, writes Matthew Pietrafetta.