The new law will shift the response to student overdoses toward support services. Supporters say the change could make students more likely to seek lifesaving help without fearing academic consequences.

Transfer students now represent roughly 13% of all non-first-year undergraduates, showing how common it has become for students to change institutions mid-degree. Across the country, students are reconsidering where and sometimes whether they finish their degrees.

10 practices presidents and governing boards can use to align institutional strategy, financial stewardship and long-term resilience.