Colleen Hanycz recognizes that there will be an adjustment period as she becomes the university's first lay and women president. She's done this before, as both firsts at La Salle University.

National Student Clearinghouse report: Black and Hispanic transfer students show notable drop-offs, especially at community colleges.

Public and private four-year institutions hold steady in Clearinghouse report, sustaining setbacks among freshmen but making gains in graduate students. Two-year colleges don't fare as well.

An analysis of 51 course titles including the words COVID, pandemic or coronavirus shows that the big topic from 2020 is being taught in a variety of disciplines, from medicine, public health and biology to international affairs, sociology and economics.