Michigan State and Wisconsin are among the many that haven't installed mandates or will require masks.

Simple but effective, the university has launched several initiatives over the past year to help meet student.

There are nearly 1,300 colleges that owe money to the Department of Education as of February, according to the National Student Legal Defense Network's review of a series of documents it obtained over two years through Freedom of Information Act requests.

Traditional remedial education fails most students. Institutions must embrace a proven solution to close performance gaps.