M. Gabriela Torres, Claire Buck and Cary Gouldin of Wheaton College explain how the Massachusetts liberal arts college is combining the latest learning technologies with its 186-year history of forging relationships between faculty and students to reach students with remote learning in the age of COVID-19.

As many colleges respond to coronavirus outbreaks by closing campus buildings, shifting classes to online, nixing events and encouraging lots of handwashing, few focus on the psychological impacts of the pandemic, writes author and former Southern Vermont College President Karen Gross . Gross offers some strategies for campus personnel to deal with the emotional price we'll pay for COVID-19.

Last November, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the Trump administration could rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), with the fate of over 650,000 DACA recipients in the balance. While a decision is expected by June 2020, colleges and universities can begin preparing now. Miriam Feldblum and Jose Magaña-Salgado of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration offer five ways universities and states can help their DACA and undocumented students, before and after the Supreme Court decision.

Deborah Hedeen named president of University of Maine at Fort Kent