Today's Clips (5/4/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A television series aired by a Saudi broadcaster during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has sparked controversy by offering a positive depiction of a Jewish community in the Gulf at the time of Israel’s creation.

Colleges cannot resort to business as usual during this crisis, writes Nick Ducoff, who describes six practices they should instead consider.

College technology support teams are helping their institutions prepare for a range of instructional and operational scenarios.

The coronavirus has upended college students’ lives. But compared to fleeing Syria, Hani Zaitoun finds this relatively easy.

Graduating from college in the year 2020 felt auspicious.

Issac Bailey writes that he's willing to give up meat during the pandemic, if it means protecting those who work in factories (like his own brother), especially given Trump's recent executive order to keep plants open. Normally, Bailey eats meat every day and considers it a staple in his diet. But, given the global pandemic he's willing to make sacrifices to protect others.

CORONAVIRUS

Like other utopian dreams, the fiction of equality has its value.

Educators at schools from Brown to Northern Arizona know the experience is lacking. So why won’t they give some money back?

Laurie Garrett, the prophet of this pandemic, expects years of death and “collective rage.”

When Greta Huber’s university told the student last month to come home because of the pandemic, she didn’t deliberate. She said no.

The NCAA’s chief medical officer says widespread testing for coronavirus will be crucial to having college sports in the fall, especially contact sports such as football and basketball

Here is the major statement from the National Association for College Admissions Counseling — and what it means.

They wanted the campus experience, but their colleges sent them home to learn online during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, students at more than 25 U.S. universities are filing lawsuits against their schools demanding partial refunds on tuition and campus fees, saying they’re not getting the caliber of education they were promised.

IN OTHER NEWS

A university review found that the disgraced financier, who killed himself last year, visited Harvard more than 40 times after he was convicted of sex charges involving a minor in Florida.

A prominent George Mason University professor who studies the link between happiness and human sexuality is suing the school, saying he was wrongly punished for frank sexual discussions with students that prompted complaints.

TRADES

Faculty members concerned about health and safety want a say in the conditions under which they'll be working if they are expected to teach in person next fall.

As more students ask about deferring admission, admissions officers try to determine what it might mean for their institutions -- and for students.

Current spending is unsustainable. It's time to address that fact, even if it's uncomfortable.

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