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For many of today's students, life circumstances prevented them from initially completing a post-high school degree. But that doesn’t mean they won’t strive to finish. Matt Bergman, a faculty member at the University of Louisville, highlights the stories of those who successfully returned to college to complete what they started last year or long ago in his book, "Unfinished Business."

In this interview, Bergman discusses why it's time for colleges and universities to reimagine and embrace new ways of serving adult learners.

As part of it reopening plans, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is developing something that was hard to achieve during this spring’s remote instruction: social connection.

Called “Carolina Away,” the initiative will target up to 1,000 students who are unable to return to campus. The plan is to allow them to learn together in high-quality, digital sections of key courses in the general education curriculum, participate in small group experiences, and engage in learning communities that focus on the impact of COVID-19.