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As college campuses across the country struggle to carry on amid illnesses and outbreaks, a determined minority are beating the pandemic—at least for the moment—by holding infections to a minimum and allowing students to continue living in dorms and attend face-to-face classes.

After a lackluster inauguration, Maryland’s community college scholarship rebounded with an influx of applicants this year. But funding for the tuition-free program fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic as the state scrambled to cover the cost of combating the coronavirus.
Now, a program that barely registered with residents in its first year has nearly 3,000 people on a waitlist in its second—and $3.5 million less to spend.

A leading expert on higher education policy discusses why qualified students do not apply to or enroll in selective institutions that match their academic ability—and how state policymakers can change this trajectory.

When the coronavirus arrived, Lorain County Community College was challenged—like all institutions of higher education—to quickly transition to a virtual campus. In a matter of 10 days, the entire college moved more than 1,000 in-person courses on-line.
But how would this pivot affect the school's comprehensive student success program, which is so dependent on the close relationships built between advisers and students?