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Laith Mekouar was a freshman at James Madison University when the coronavirus pandemic closed his campus back in March. Mekouar discusses how his college experience will change in the fall and how he feels about returning to school with coronavirus cases rising.

Texas’s Tarleton State University and other small schools are getting a boost in enrollment as the coronavirus pandemic makes traveling to large, distant schools less appealing to students. The university’s president James Hurley joins LX News to discuss the trend.

As coronavirus cases start to surge in more than 30 states across the U.S., some professors are pushing back when it comes to returning to campus for in-person teaching, NBC News reports. More than 50% of colleges and universities have announced they will be hosting professors or students back on campus in the next few months, per data tracked by the Chronicle of...

President Donald Trump is determined to reopen the country

Current and former college students dealing with crushing student debt have received some relief during the coronavirus crisis, but Congressman Joe Courtney said the federal government can do more. Courtney has proposed a bill that would allow people to refinance their debt at historically low rates. University of Connecticut rising junior Colleen Keller said she supports it.  “Given the...

Congressman Joe Courtney says the federal government should be doing more to help students and former students feel relief from their loan debt.

With a growing number of colleges planning to offer fall classes online, many international students will not be able to stay in U.S., according to new rules issued Monday. That could mean a significant hit to school budgets — and student aid. Under the guidelines issued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, “students attending schools operating entirely online may not take a full...

Minkyung Kim, the founder of RK College Consulting, says she expects college applications to the Ivy League to go up this year as more students try to get into top schools that have dropped the SAT requirement. She offers some tips for how to stand out.

Amid the uncertainty of what college will look like this fall, one thing is for sure — it won’t be the typical experience for students. There may be in-person classes, online learning only or a hybrid model that combines the two. That is just the academic end. There is also life on campus: when and where to don a mask,…

University of Minnesota student Jael Kerandi convinced her school to terminate its contractual relationship with the Minneapolis police department following the death of George Floyd.

Colleges mulling whether to cut sports amid the coronavirus pandemic must ensure they remain compliant with the federal civil-rights law known as Title IX

From moving lecture classes online to limiting roommates per dorm room, colleges and universities across the country are proposing changes to student life that will allow them to reopen campuses safely in the fall.

This year, students may need extra help to make college a reality. Because of the coronavirus crisis and sky-high unemployment rates, fewer than half of families feel confident in their ability to meet the costs of higher education, according to education lender Sallie Mae. About 69% of parents and 55% of students entering college in the fall said Covid-19 has impacted their ability to pay...

A counselor at Berlin High School discusses some of the challenges students face now while looking to choose a college.

There’s another check many are getting in the mail besides stimulus payments, and if you’re not careful, it could end up costing you money. Colleges and universities have sent out refunds for at least part of a spring semester cut short by the coronavirus.  Some families are getting college refund checks, often in the thousands of dollars. If that...

Colleges and universities have sent out refunds for at least part of a spring semester cut short by the coronavirus, but depending on where that money originally came from, you could be on the hook for taxes.

More than ever, the nation’s colleges want you to enroll — even if you can’t set foot on campus. That means accepting more students for the Class of 2024 than in recent years.

It’s been a college semester where group study sessions have been done in chat rooms. Lectures delivered through Zoom. Campus life, gone. So, as students and families contemplate the possibility of returning to On-Line life this fall, they may be considering other options. “We’ve seen a lot of families who are probably thinking about community college for the first...

For undergraduates studying at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, college isn’t what it used to be.