How safe is your campus? Here's how technology can help tighten its security

Protecting students requires evaluating all potential safety risks and taking proactive steps to mitigate them. Increasingly, those security measures have included a high-tech component.

April 21, 2020

2U: Coronavirus pandemic could 'severely impact' business

The public company's latest diclosure offers a look at how the situation is affecting the firms that provide educational technology services to colleges.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 20, 2020

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Emerging Technology

As higher ed deals with enrollment declines and other challenges, colleges need to consider how increased and changing use of technology affects students and campus finances. 

By Higher Ed Dive staff

What's the best way to get federal coronavirus aid to college students?

Congress gave institutions latitude to distribute money from the CARES Act. Experts suggest eliminating red tape for students so they get the funds quickly.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 20, 2020

Colleges must be flexible with credit acceptance, higher ed groups say

Institutions should clarify their policies as soon as possible and look to a set of eight principles for guidance, according to six associations.

By Hallie Busta • April 17, 2020

Report: Undocumented students are a larger share of college enrollment than previously thought

The coronavirus may be exacerbating financial hurdles for this population, which is ineligible for federal aid.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 17, 2020

Colleges use empty dorms to house first responders, healthcare workers

After clearing campuses, institutions are making space available, mostly free of charge, for people on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.

By Hallie Busta • April 16, 2020

SAT, ACT could be delivered online if coronavirus persists

Students could take the high-stakes admissions exams at home if K-12 schools remain closed this fall because of the pandemic, test providers say.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 16, 2020

Gen Z Takeover: How the newest generation is changing higher ed

Our ongoing series examines how colleges are adapting to attract and retain their youngest students.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 15, 2020

Community college students struggle for clinical hours as classes go online

Flexibility from accreditors is helping some healthcare students graduate and join the fight against coronavirus. But others will have to wait.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 15, 2020

Students sue colleges for coronavirus-related tuition refunds

Most institutions have resisted returning the money because they continued instruction online, but some students aren't satisfied.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 14, 2020

As higher ed groups ask for more coroanvirus aid, $47B is 'the floor'

After the American Council on Education called Congress's initial allocation "woefully inadequate," it and other organizations are pressing for more funding.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 14, 2020

Report: More students are earning undergraduate credentials

Traditional-age students and those with a credential drove a 6% uptick in the number of degrees and certificates earned between 2012-13 and 2018-19.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 13, 2020

For colleges, insurance against sexual misconduct is becoming harder to get

Even institutions that haven't experienced massive scandals may find they are paying more for less coverage.

By Lorelei Laird • April 13, 2020

What's Next: How the coronavirus pandemic could change higher ed

This series examines how changes made to instruction and operations at this critical moment could impact the sector going forward.

By Education Dive staff • Updated Sept. 23, 2020

Support builds for test-optional college admissions amid coronavirus

Advocates pushed hard last year for more flexible policies, but the pandemic has accelerated campaigns and attracted enrollment professionals.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 13, 2020

Coronavirus has some students' college decisions in flux, report finds

A survey of how the pandemic is influencing students' plans suggests a small but significant share may change where they enroll — or opt out altogether.

By Hallie Busta • April 9, 2020

What's Next: Will coronavirus fuel big changes to college admissions?

Institutions are being extraordinarily fluid for applicants. Some of that flexibility could continue after the virus passes.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 9, 2020

Ed Dept to distribute $6B in coronavirus stimulus funding to colleges

Institutions must use the money for emergency aid to students, but higher ed groups have said what Congress approved isn't enough.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 9, 2020

What's Next: Could coronavirus change the credit hour as we know it?

Some observers say the quick move to online education could fuel the gradual shift toward newer ways of evaluating what students are learning.

By Hallie Busta • April 8, 2020

Moody's: Higher ed's recovery from coronavirus impact partly depends on government response

How well the U.S. stems the virus will affect when colleges reopen and whether international students come here for their education, analysts say.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 8, 2020

How 3 colleges are helping vulnerable students during the coronavirus crisis

We checked in with institutions that serve a higher than average share of Pell Grant recipients to ask how they are ensuring learners stay on track.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 8, 2020

Colleges flock to online proctors, but equity concerns remain

Institutions should be mindful that virtually monitored assessments require access to technology and the internet that some learners lack.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 7, 2020

College presidents anticipate cost cutting, layoffs from coronavirus, survey finds

Executives are bracing for revenue decreases that will result in reductions across the board, according to new data.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 7, 2020

Ed Dept issues guidance on Clery Act reporting amid coronavirus

Institutions should notify students about the pandemic, but they don't have to give ongoing updates, the department said.

By Natalie Schwartz • April 6, 2020

Title IX resolutions climb as DeVos pushes to clear backlog

The Office for Civil Rights closed thousands more complaints than it received in the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years, the agency's annual report reveals.

By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf • April 6, 2020