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What motivates people to wear masks, the effects of social isolation on children and the elderly, infection rates among the incarcerated. These are just some of the COVID-19 research topics social scientists are investigating right now.

Colleges prepare for big declines in new international student enrollments due to the coronavirus pandemic. But survey data show that about 90 percent of current students remain in the U.S.

That's what the University of California has created in admissions, writes David Benjamin Gruenbaum.

Students can learn content and skills but shouldn't fool themselves that they are taking college courses, writes Nicholas Tampio.

Virtual graduations during the pandemic may feel unreal, but reaching that milestone meant everything for a community college student who overcame addiction and got his degree.

Surveys show students want a fall semester as close as possible to last fall's. They may transfer if they don't get it.

But organization is sued over rules that were in place for students unable to submit their answers.