Today's Clips (4/29/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Researchers at Davidson College put together a report tracking colleges' response to COVID-19. Maps show where institutions responded to the pandemic in its earlier stages.

Zoom calls can feel like a low-key treasure hunt of subtle clues about who our professional peers and colleagues really are, when viewed from a perspective we may not normally have access to: the coworker in their natural habitat, surrounded by the quotidian stuff of domestic life.

Florida's public universities want ACT and SAT scores to be optional for students applying for 2021 admission, if the two national exams do not resume a regular testing schedule in August, according to a letter from admissions directors to the state.

CORONAVIRUS

I've got a bad feeling about this.

How will coronavirus affect NC college campuses this fall?

The students say they enrolled at their universities expecting the “true college experience.”

The cost of the upcoming fall semester, however, is another story.

Student groups from University of Chicago, Parsons School of Design, and Columbia University are pressuring administrators with a strike.

College students are finishing the semester from home — getting used to living again with siblings, parents and the slow pace of isolation. UMass-Amherst students sent us scenes from lockdown.

Young people think of college as an investment in their future. Now that future is changing in ways they can’t apprehend.

"The degree of anxiety and uncertainty right now in higher education is unparalleled,” said one college president.

IN OTHER NEWS

She will be the fifth chancellor of UNC Charlotte.

TRADES

Several colleges announce intent to reopen campuses this fall, including Radford University, which said it will be "completely open," including student housing and dining.

Synchronous instruction is trending, but experts say a more intentional mix of live and asynchronous classwork is necessary for future remote terms.

This is not the semester for a timed, closed-book test of content recall.

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