The colleges and universities will lend support to a massive effort to reinvigorate small businesses and entrepreneurship in seven cities.

Morehouse College's move to launch the 21st-century technology platform will help those who already may have credits but did not earn degrees.

The hub for innovation and technology, which will operate virtually and at a campus in Atlanta, will serve students from all of their locations.

Not surprisingly, travel restrictions and other impacts of COVID reduced international student enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities by 16% in the fall 2020 semester.