The coronavirus pandemic has turned vibrant college towns like Blacksburg, Va., home to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, into vacant ones.
Elite schools such as GWU refuse to refund tuition even though online-only education is an inferior product. They've left families like mine with no choice but to sue.
Tyler Lyson watched his parents’ financial collapse in the Great Recession, a decade ago. He vowed he’d find the security they never had: He would get a college degree.
U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse's attempt at humor during a speech at a Nebraska high school's online commencement — which included jokes about students' fitness and psychologists and also blamed China for the coronavirus outbreak — drew strong criticism.
Some Reddit users are convinced the College Board, the organization that administers AP Tests, posed as a student, Dinosaucec313, to set up a honey trap to catch cheaters. Students are taking the AP tests at home this year due to coronavirus.
Middle-class college-goers may consider a “gap year,” where they defer college for a year, usually finding something educationally enriching to do for a year. But that’s not what’s happening with low-income students.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ariadne Quintero, a high school senior in Orlando, Fla., who's chosen to attend community college rather than a four-year university due to the coronavirus pandemic.
UofSC President Bob Caslen noted the risks "could be significant for the campus and Columbia communities and could jeopardize the continuation of the semester."