The fall is weeks away, and Covid-19 is surging. We’re tracking developments across higher ed. Today: a “mean-spirited” policy on student visas, and congressional testimony on how reopening will affect people of color.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's announcement Monday that international students must leave the country if their schools are online-only this fall could prompt some colleges to change their fall plans. 

Despite technical and accessibility challenges, many educational technology leaders said the coronavirus pandemic afforded them a chance to rethink models that’ve needed refreshing for decades.

No one wants to pay $30,000 per semester for what they’ve been getting.

International students will be required to take at least one in-person class to keep their visas, at a time when many universities are prioritizing online instruction.

President Trump spearheaded an administration-wide push to pry open the nation’s elementary and secondary schools, the next phase of his effort to get the economy on its feet.

When the phone rang Tuesday morning, Raul Romero had barely slept.

Safety protocols turn an emotional ritual into a constantly changing gantlet of decisions.

Lockdown mania continues on campus.

Students discuss how police misconduct, the disruptions of Covid-19 and the chance to stay home have changed their plans for the future.

Many U.S. colleges were scrambling on Tuesday to modify plans for the fall semester in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic a day after the Trump administration issued an order that could force tens of thousands of foreign students to leave the country if their schools hold all classes online.

No, international students can't just take online classes from their home countries.

As the Ivy League gets set to unveil its plan, many college football power brokers dismiss its impact on their decision. But the Ivies were first -- and right -- when it came to basketball in March, so are they about to set another trend?

The pandemic could mean financial disaster for colleges and universities and, ultimately, a shift in the quality of education provided to students, write Charles A. Goldman and Rita T. Karam of RAND Corporation.

An alumnus has filed a suit to save a fresco at the University of Kentucky that depicts enslaved people; a Black artist whose work is shown with it also wants the mural to stay.

I personally benefited from his ideals. It’s reductive to judge him solely as a racist.

The faculty vote follows a similar resolution from student government leaders amid a national debate over race.

Dr. Michael Drake was chosen Tuesday to be president of the University of California, the first Black leader in the system's 150-year history.

College counselor Lisa Micele discusses some of the challenges — from whether or not to take the SAT to how colleges are adjusting financial aid and other offerings.

President Donald Trump paid a proxy to take a standardized college entrance exam for him when he was a high school student, his niece writes in a tell-all book scheduled to be published next week.

Layoffs, declarations of financial exigency, and closures are imminent. Here’s who’s most at risk.

As colleges renewed insurance policies this month, many faced steep price increases due to the pandemic, natural disasters, sexual misconduct and athletics scandals.

As the Trump administration pushes for colleges and schools to reopen, Congress heard a call to do so without worsening the pandemic's racial impacts.