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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.

American higher education institutions have an opportunity to reconceive it in ways that continue to make it a high-impact practice, writes Brian Whalen.

While fears about traveling abroad may continue for months, international learning experiences are still vitally important, writes Mohamed Abdel-Kader, and institutions should develop more virtual exchange programs.