Mid-pandemic, the ED weighed in on controversial new requirements for reporting college and university foreign gifts and contracts. UB guest columnists Anne D. Cartwright and Scott Schneider provide background and advice for higher ed institutions.

Higher ed must mobilize students' inquisitiveness, energy and desire to effect change to improve communities—and to help students thrive in a rapidly changing job market and world, says UB guest columnist Eric Skipper, provost for University of South Carolina Beaufort.

In economic downturns, community college enrollment often rises as students of all ages look to save money or learn new skills after they've lost jobs.

Ten New Jersey universities and colleges launch "New Jersey Scholar Corps" to convince students to return home to complete degrees and help the state recover from coronavirus.