Rather than the sport being a distraction, a new study from the University of Missouri reveals that the chance to compete in the postseason can actually motivate student-athletes to remain academically eligible to play.

Responding to the immediate threat of an on-campus shooting was a moment they had prepared for since their first years of elementary school. But dealing with the emotional trauma of an attack that killed three members of the school’s football team late Sunday left students shaken and grasping to understand.

A decision from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to block President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program and another from a U.S. District Court in Texas last week could mean millions of Americans will not see their student loans forgiven.

An abrupt campus closure—one that comes without warning and with little planning—can do lasting academic damage, an analysis finds.