Paul Quinn College hopes the new practice will better combat intergenerational poverty and remove the pressure on first-generation college students to financially lift up their entire families.

Paul Quinn College in Dallas. Eddie Gaspar/The Texas TribunePaul Quinn College students will not return to the Dallas school's campus this fall, President Michael Sorrell announced Thursday. The university also plans to provide Wi-Fi hotspots and laptops to every college student in need. Paul Quinn has also joined a historically Black college and university esports network to replace canceled fall sports. Even as colleges continue to move more classes online, tuition rates for many of Texas largest universities, including the University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston, University of North Texas and Texas Tech University, will stay the same.

College students suddenly finding more time on their hands with canceled jobs, internships and trips abroad are flocking to online summer classes at Texas institutions en masse. Summer enrollment on the riseThe University of Texas at Austin, which starts summer school Thursday, slashed the costs of summer classes, and students and parents have responded. The summer classes are usually offered at 85% of the regular cost of fall and spring semester classes. In the past, most institutions have offered both in-person and online summer classes. And while universities are seeing an increase in summer enrollment, some Texas community colleges are reporting drops in summer enrollment that paint an uncertain picture for fall.