Chancellor says it's "my authority" to impose mandate.

Free books are also included.

States and colleges are pressing to get more adults to complete degrees, but many programs are not structured to serve them

Families face a hard goodbye as their children and siblings leave for college during a pandemic.

In Vermont, Middlebury College is dangling incentives like ski passes to find takers for a satellite locale 11 miles away.

"There is no analogous financial reward for participation in or performance at the Division I Women's Basketball Championship," the study says. "This sends a very clear and loud message to student-athletes, conferences, and schools about which sports matter and which sports do not."

A Utah college with online degrees closed abruptly over the weekend, disrupting the lives of thousands of students. But it's the university's efforts to push students to new colleges that has the federal government asking questions.

Think Netflix, but for textbooks.