The questions institutions should be asking.

As this strange, upended school year ends for colleges and universities across the region, students are starting to take online finals and say virtual

Davidson College, in North Carolina, is letting students defer tuition for up to a year.

Technology and social media have helped Davidson basketball coach Bob McKillop keep his program running.

It’s an uncertain time for starting college. Experts have suggestions for alternatives.

The university said it did not request $8.6 million in federal aid and would not apply for it.

Cornell University is the first Ivy League institution to make such a move, in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the coronavirus pandemic has caused for high-school students.

A growing cohort of college students say their summer-internship plans have been quashed or shortened amid the spread of the new coronavirus, which has sent millions of employees home to work remotely.

The coronavirus pandemic is threatening fall enrollment at U.S. colleges and universities. So, in their desperation, schools are turning creative to get students to sign up.

Facing public backlash and Trump administration pressure, some wealthy universities are declining millions of dollars of federal relief — despite the financial turmoil the pandemic has wrought.

Equity issues are paramount in the document.

As colleges adjust to online learning amid the coronavirus, they're increasingly considering canceling in-person classes for the fall 2020 semester.

The private Greensboro women's college will hold an online commencement May 9 for its class of 2020. It plans to hold an in-person ceremony at a later date.

"There will be no effect on our pandemic efforts," Jill Rosen, a university spokeswoman told the Associated Press.

Teaching Zoom classes depletes our energy, argues Susan D. Blum, because videoconferencing is nearly a replication of face-to-face interaction but not quite.