Today's Clips (6/1/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Some schools are starting the semester early. Some are ending early. Some will have online exams.
There are more variables than ever when it comes to making a decision about college for fall due to COVID-19. But it helps to know your options.
CORONAVIRUS

Schools must build cultures of physical distancing to protect campuses.

Born in the wake of 9/11, they entered adulthood in the middle of a global pandemic. Meet a generation bookended by tragedy.

Video lectures leave students cold. Better to have personalized, interactive courses.

Some colleges are pushing aggressive plans to bring students back. Others are taking it more slowly.

The speech was delivered virtually by Marty Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, and speaks to the dangers of the times we live in.

Delaying enrollment, slowing to part time both lower the odds of ever getting a degree.

The CEO of ACT is out of his job.

Four-year colleges facing budget shortfalls stemming from the pandemic are approaching an unwelcome milestone: In coming days, the number of eliminated sports programs will almost surely pass 100.

A week after the NCAA voted to lift a moratorium on athletic activities and allow for teams to open facilities as early as this coming Monday, the organization on Friday released its guidelines for helping schools allow athletes back on campus during a pandemic.

In 2019, Dante Lucchesi and his Champs Sports Grill in State College, Pennsylvania, were on a roll.

NYU officials ushered thousands of students into a virtual space dubbed "VR Grad Alley," a blocky, low-res re-creation of places associated with the school. But students describe the sendoff as a surreal and even sad way to end their time at college during the coronavirus pandemic.

TRADES

This spring many colleges announced tuition deals for students in response to the pandemic, and they’re seeing it pay off with growing application numbers.

College presidents and officials responded this weekend to nationwide protests and unrest after a white Minneapolis police officer allegedly murdered George Floyd, a black man, using a choke hold while Floyd was facedown and handcuffed.

Colleges face lawsuits at every turn, and waivers won’t protect them.

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