Today's Clips (3/13/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Operation Varsity Blues felt like an earthquake when it struck higher education one year ago. But did anything change?

Dr. Dave Wessner, biology professor from Davidson college, talks about the spread of coronavirus.

Cowboy churches? Heavy metal houses of worship? Don’t call them ‘religion lite.’

In Davidson, North Carolina—a liberal town in a conservative area of a battleground state—a group is changing the way older and younger activists work together on issues that both constituencies care about.

CORONAVIRUS

One consequence of coronavirus: It will become more apparent that good online education is easier said than done.

Why this group is vulnerable.

The fallacy of amateurism is exposed when pros shut down and colleges play on.

Colleges across the U.S. have begun canceling and curtailing graduation amid fears that the coronavirus pandemic will stretch into spring. Some are exploring “virtual"alternatives, while others are considering inviting seniors back for commencement at a later date or just mailing out diplomas.

The Cougars were almost to Fort Worth when the plug was pulled on the AAC men’s basketball tournament. The cancellation of the NCAA Tournament soon followed.

Some of the richest U.S. universities are scrambling to come up with a new and once inconceivable calculus: how much money to refund students.

Many coaches and players expressed their emotions over the NCAA's decision to cancel remaining winter and spring championships amid COVID-19 concerns.

College officials decried the hoax and urged students, faculty and staff to ignore the flyers, which carried a forged signature of Bates' president.

For colleges that are already financially strapped, issuing room and board refunds “could be disastrous.”

The short-term costs of Covid-19 might be manageable. But if the effects last too long, some colleges that are perched on the edge may go right over it.

IN OTHER NEWS

Opaque language cannot, however, disguise that this isn’t about teaching students.

Scholarship search websites promise students access to millions of awards totaling billions in free money for college.

TRADES

Most college leaders seem surer of economic futures -- but worries grow for sizable segment, annual Inside Higher Ed study reveals. Survey also finds worsening assessment of campus race relations and overwhelming opposition to free college and debt forgiveness.

The National Association for College Admission Counseling’s Board of Directors approved at its March meeting last week a motion to change its Code of Ethics and Professional Practices from a mandatory code to a statement of best practices. NACAC moved to make the change after a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust investigation, said its president, Jayne Caflin Fonash, in a

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