Access and Affordability

Colleges and universities are increasingly under pressure to help students pay for their education as complications related to the coronavirus continue to create financial burdens for families.

Stay-at-home orders that have sidetracked students' plans for travel, study abroad and jobs helped Cal Lutheran's a set summer enrollment record, leaders there say.

While most college students say their institution has responded well to the coronavirus, a majority don't want to pay full tuition if all of their classes will be online in the 2020-21 school year.

Colleges and universities may be leaving money on the table with under-utilized patent portfolios. The time is right, as the law has shifted in favor of patent owners, both in inter partes review litigation before the Patent Office and in federal courts.

Colleges that have investments in the lodging space can take steps to mitigate COVID-19-related cash flow challenges, explore temporary alternative uses and position the investments for future growth.

Universities public and private are offering substantial new scholarship programs to diversify their campuses in the wake of nationwide anti-racist protests and the financial impacts of coronavirus.