Today's Clips (5/20/20)
CORONAVIRUS

As universities announce plans to bring back students, a pattern is emerging: shorter semesters to avoid late-fall infections.

Colleges and universities around the world, confronting the coronavirus pandemic, are studying whether and how to move forward with classes next year.

Demand for off-campus housing typically remains stable even during a recession. But with the coronavirus pandemic, many student housing facilities are trailing their year-ago rates for locking in new tenants as families await confirmation of campus reopenings.

University presidents are scrambling for answers on everything from on-campus housing to revenue-generating sports.

Taking a year off might seem like a good idea. But really, what the hell else are you going to do with your time, Junior? Watch Friends with your parents?

FINANCIAL AID OFFICES at colleges across the country are starting to experience a flood of financial aid appeals from students whose families have recently been laid off, furloughed or suffered a reduction in pay or hours as the coronavirus death toll continues to rise.

IN OTHER NEWS

Amid a pandemic, schools are set to grapple with Betsy DeVos’s new procedures.

An Australian university is threatening to expel a student and take legal action against him for his criticism of Beijing, in a case that has renewed tensions over Chinese influence in higher education.

The University of California announced Tuesday that it has divested from all fossil fuels, removing them from its $126-billion investment portfolio.

TRADES

Rather than hoping for a return to normal, colleges and universities should use this moment to do three difficult things: fix transfer, increase need-based aid and advance teaching quality, Joshua Wyner writes.

Niche surveyed students on the "15 Fall Scenarios" blog post that attracted massive traffic. Here are the results.

Several universities have said they will open for in-person instruction this fall but will end on-campus instruction by Thanksgiving. Can that plan work?

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