Nonprofit Hope Center has released a set of best practices for awarding emergency aid

For students of all ages the school year in a traditional sense is over. Schools and universities have now moved to online learning to finish out the year, which means graduation will also look a little different.

As COVID-19 spreads across the U.S., the West’s institutions of higher education are racing to adapt, from moving classes online to closing dorms and reimbursing students for housing and dining.

Colleges and universities are refunding housing and dining fees but not tuition

At the University of Southern California, students can apply for up to $3,000 in federal stimulus cash.

For more than 10 years, Concordia University Portland and California technology firm HotChalk worked lockstep in a partnership so close it was difficult to tell where Concordia ended and HotChalk began.

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, solution providers are offering colleges and universities resources, services and teaching materials at no charge

With the demand for virtual campus tours surging as coronavirus closures eliminate in-person visit options, admissions administrators are seeing the importance of offering prospective students a robust online visit experience.

The coronavirus-forced cancellation of face-to-face classes at Nebraska’s small private colleges and universities in mid-March either kept students on spring break at the time away for good or sent others home weeks earlier than expected.

Institutions already following the model have made smoother transitions online, one expert says.