The impact of COVID-19 has led to increased mental health issues for college students, with many reporting additional stress, anxiety, and uncertainty about their futures. 

Two years into the pandemic, students nationwide reflect on their mental health and how colleges and universities have (and have not) supported them. 

Behind a fortress wall and razor wire and a few feet away from California’s death row, students at one of the country’s most unique colleges discuss the 9/11 attacks and issues of morality, identity, and nationalism.

They are students at Mount Tamalpais College at San Quentin State Prison, the first independent liberal arts institution in the country based behind bars. The college was accredited in January after more than two decades of providing high-quality education to incarcerated students.

Community colleges are best positioned to meet the needs of the American workforce—but intervention at historic levels is necessary, says the president of Community College of Aurora in this essay.

This intervention includes more federal support to help people obtain industry-recognized credentials that align with in-demand, high-wage occupations.