The pandemic's economic impact has threatened small, private, liberal arts, tuition and discount-dependent colleges. But it may also provide an opportunity to reinvent and transform institutions into more sustainable higher learning enterprises.
MIT and two other traditional education powerhouses lead the top three in Money's annual study, while several state universities and smaller colleges fare well.
As students violate policies put in place, college and universities are having to turn to more strict measures to get messages through to combat partying.
Student loan debt swelled to $1.67 trillion while continuing campus COVID disruptions have students growing leerier of the costs of earning a degree, according to a survey released Wednesday.
In the wake of COVID-19, college and university leaders can learn a lot from their fully online peers—which have been iterating for years on how best to deliver online education.
Unity College will shift permanently to a hybrid online learning model that will offer students lower tuition and could also lead to a sale of the school's campus in Maine.
Accessibility and equity in online learning will get a major boost from Bowdoin College's iPad and Wi-Fi as first-year students and transfers are invited back to campus.