Colleges Roiled by Pandemic Costs Find Federal Loan Aid Elusive

  • Small schools unsure if student workers count as employees
  • Unclear government policies pose financial threat to colleges

Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.

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U.S. colleges, their finances upended by the coronavirus pandemic, are now struggling with how to get help from the government.