Today's Clips (3/12/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

In the wake of a growing number of cases of the coronavirus, Charlotte-area universities are reevaluating their class schedules, and hospital systems are

Local colleges and universities are beginning to announce plans concerning on-campus classes as the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a global pandemic.

CORONAVIRUS

One after the other, like dominoes, colleges announced that because of coronavirus fears, they were suspending classes and asking students to pack up and go.

Faced with an epidemic, college sports leaders spent weeks debating whether or how to move forward with one of the country’s biggest athletic events.

Max Schulman felt lousy on the flight home. Now diagnosed with Covid-19, he is self-quarantined at home in Plainview, N.Y.: “I just gotta ride this thing through.”

Many colleges are simply choosing to opt out during this crisis, leaving students to fend for themselves,

UNC System schools will move to online classes after Spring Break as the coronavirus spreads.

A top U.S. university, Johns Hopkins, has backed down on how it refers to Taiwan on a map detailing the spread of the new coronavirus after the island's government protested at the institution's inclusion of the island as part of China.

In-person classes were canceled at almost 100 universities by midafternoon Wednesday. Dorms emptied, and graduation plans were up in the air.

A growing number of colleges and universities close or cancel in-person classes while others keep running as usual. Why are institutions responding differently?

As fears of Covid-19 lead colleges across the country to send students home, they risk leaving many low-income students in the lurch.

IN OTHER NEWS

Several scenarios are in the works to let students make money off their sports, spelling big changes for schools, players and fans.

‘The Department of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in queer migrations.’

A year after dozens of prominent parents and athletic coaches at top universities were arrested in a college admissions cheating scheme, some are heading to prison while others are gearing up to fight the charges at trial in Boston. More than 50 people have been charged in the case, which has put a spotlight on the cut-throat admissions process and the lengths some wealthy parents will go to get their kids into the nation's most prestigious schools.

The plaintiffs argue that SAT and ACT exams are discriminatory against some applicants because they have created a lucrative test-prep industry that is out of reach for many low-income families.

TRADES

The University of Michigan removed Martin A. Philbert as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs Wednesday. The university's president said he had lost confidence in Philbert's ability to serve in the wake of multiple sexual misconduct allegations against him. Philbert had been placed on administrative leave in January.

The Senate on Wednesday gave final congressional approval to a measure that would overturn rules issued by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in 2019 that made it harder for students to get loans erased after being misled by for-profit colleges.

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