Today's Clips (5/18/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Celebrity Kids Who Virtually Celebrated as Class of 2020 Graduates

As the world meets to tackle the coronavirus crisis, one of the most successful countries is not invited.

Most have bolstered their online presence, but the loss of in-person services has prompted a sharp drop in giving. Some say it’s time to reinvent.

Cornelia Vertenstein, a Holocaust survivor, is still teaching piano lessons over FaceTime from her Denver home.

CORONAVIRUS

The class of 2020, whether in high school or college, has had a senior year like no other. So give them a fitting present.

The coronavirus pandemic has turned vibrant college towns like Blacksburg, Va., home to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, into vacant ones.

Some of the largest consulting firms, including McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group, are pushing back start dates for their newest hires.

Elite schools such as GWU refuse to refund tuition even though online-only education is an inferior product. They've left families like mine with no choice but to sue.

Some students taking exams this week will be allowed to submit answers by email.

Will colleges reopen campuses? Should you still fund a 529 plan? The covid-19 pandemic has made financial planning for higher education even harder.

Tyler Lyson watched his parents’ financial collapse in the Great Recession, a decade ago. He vowed he’d find the security they never had: He would get a college degree.

U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse's attempt at humor during a speech at a Nebraska high school's online commencement — which included jokes about students' fitness and psychologists and also blamed China for the coronavirus outbreak — drew strong criticism.

Low-income and first generation students already face steep challenges graduating college. Coronavirus is likely to make the journey even harder.

Some Reddit users are convinced the College Board, the organization that administers AP Tests, posed as a student, Dinosaucec313, to set up a honey trap to catch cheaters. Students are taking the AP tests at home this year due to coronavirus.

Middle-class college-goers may consider a “gap year,” where they defer college for a year, usually finding something educationally enriching to do for a year. But that’s not what’s happening with low-income students.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ariadne Quintero, a high school senior in Orlando, Fla., who's chosen to attend community college rather than a four-year university due to the coronavirus pandemic.

UofSC President Bob Caslen noted the risks "could be significant for the campus and Columbia communities and could jeopardize the continuation of the semester."

TRADES

Colleges face a host of daunting considerations, beyond testing for coronavirus infection, when it comes to reopening.

We all want to be back on campus. But when it comes to plans for the fall, there’s only one right decision.

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