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In contrast to the students who flouted the coronavirus on spring break beaches, America's med students are graduating early and joining other medical professionals in the fight against COVID-19, Terry Hartle writes.

Past generations have confronted their own crises with grit, resilience and a commitment to the greater good, and we're confident Gen Z will do the same, write Glenn C. Altschuler and David Wippman.

The coronavirus pandemic and associated recession could threaten many colleges financially. Aden Hayes lays out the data points to be watching for signs of trouble in the months to come.

As more colleges worry about financially surviving the pandemic, David P. Haney considers what kinds of financial data would predict closure, what data colleges are actually using and who should know what when.

If we do this right, we can guard the health of students, faculty and staff, as well as the broader community, Claire Laporte and Leonard Cassuto write.

Any short-term fixes to address the current crisis must not obscure the continuing need for longer-term changes in how states finance public higher education, argues Arthur M. Hauptman.

Rather than pursue an educational approach that will most likely fail, we should let students enroll in the fall with no tuition or living expenses charged, argues Amihai Glazer.

When humanity is under threat, humans crave the humanities, write Emily Levine and Matthew Rascoff, and that ethos should guide higher education as it emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.