Today's Clips (6/4/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

The class of 2021 is missing spring grades, ACT and SAT scores and the chance to take campus tours. Here’s expert advice on what to do.

A fleet of drones could be a groundbreaking solution to sanitize large venues such as stadiums and arenas in a short amount of time.

The pandemic has highlighted the disparate access students have to standardized testing and preparation materials. Many prominent colleges are no longer requiring SAT and ACT scores for admission.

North Carolina's first generation immigrant college grads have missed out on rite-of-passage graduation ceremonies, and many now are reflecting on their college experience and future job prospects.

Charlotte's business community isn't bucking plans to block the Republican National Convention.

CORONAVIRUS
Restaurants get eulogies. Airlines get bailouts. Shakespeare gets kicked when he’s down.

Government intervention is rarely good for sports, but the competence of the people ostensibly in charge can't be trusted.

Stanford University plans to hold most of its classes online for the next year and will create a four-quarter school year to limit crowding on campus.

Dartmouth College is suspending its undergraduate standardized test requirements for one year as Ivy League schools abandon the SAT and ACT exams during the coronavirus pandemic.

Division 1 college athletes were allowed to return to campuses for voluntary training Monday. A former football player is worried the NCAA and schools might not provide adequate COVID-19 protections.

Topics on the table: The issue of liability waivers, an at-risk faculty, the costs of implementing social distancing measures, and the necessity and economic pressure to have in-person classes.

Questions families to consider amid the coronavirus pandemic cover students’ financial, physical and mental health.

About 20% of classes at the University of Texas at Austin will be taught remotely this fall. Students who choose not to return to campus can take all their courses online but will pay the same tuition rate as they would for in-person classes.

IN OTHER NEWS

Michael W. McConnell said he quoted the n-word to illustrate the role of racism in the creation of the Constitution. He said he would not do it again.

Recent protests have highlighted unequal treatment of and the lack of opportunities for people of color in America. The 2019 colleges race and gender report card is a reflection of that in sports.

Michigan State University spokesperson Dan Olsen said the ransomware attack happened over Memorial Day weekend and was limited to just the Department of Physics and Astronomy.

Clemson University says they're investigating pictures circulating that people claim include Clemson students making racially-charged statements on social media recently.

About a third of recent college graduates report they are confident their institution would have fully investigated a reported sexual assault claim. Female and LGBT graduates are less confident than their peers.

TRADES

Routine testing, temperature checks and social distancing measures are a heavy lift for small colleges without their own hospitals or clinics, so several are turning to nearby health systems for help.

Professor resigns after criticizing protesters, and another faces calls for his termination. What's a better way to respond to national protests and students' concerns about them?

The things that make learning effective in person need to be reimagined.

Some universities have taken strict action against students, and in one case, a faculty member, for their racist and offensive comments and videos about George

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