With schools bracing for extended closures due to novel coronavirus, students, like many adults, face canceled trips, postponed routines, and more time confined at home.

A shooting in the stairwell of a Memphis school Thursday morning left a 13-year-old boy hospitalized in critical condition, a fellow student in custody, and a community grasping to process a violent outburst in a school year already beset by challenges.

Like community colleges nationally, more than half (56%) of Nashville State Community College’s student body enroll part-time. Part-time students face different financial, social and academic challenges than traditional students. Colleges face unique challenges engaging part-time students to help them persist and succeed to degree completion.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced last month a proposal to create a trust fund for mental health support for K-12 students.