Today's Clips (6/19/20)
CORONAVIRUS

We have seen our share of crisis, and we are ready to make things better.

The list of selective colleges that won’t require applicants to submit standardized test scores next year grew, with Princeton and Northwestern universities joining the ranks.

A recent change has led to some colleges hesitating to help students affected by the economic downturn.

The latest positive cases follow two players who tested positive last week. Voluntary workouts began Monday.

One in five students said they were willing to defer going to university in the event that, come September, uni isn’t back to normal, according to a recent poll by the University and College Union. That leaves a whole lot of school-leavers – 120,000 to be precise – potentially twiddling their thumbs.

IN OTHER NEWS

Better education is not leading to equality.

The league’s statement will place new pressure on Mississippi lawmakers. But it may not make much difference.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, are donating $120 million, with the funds being split among Morehouse and Spelman Colleges and the United Negro College Fund.

Their lives are still in flux, depending on where they live and what the courts decide next.

North Carolina's community college system president will become the next head of the University of North Carolina's 17-campus system, a UNC governing board member said on Thursday.

TRADES

Professors, administrators, students, and staff on the most consequential question facing the sector. 

College presidents and higher education groups speak out to praise Supreme Court decision keeping DACA in place. Some now call on Congress to act.

The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning approved the University of Mississippi’s request to relocate the Confederate Monument, from its current prominent campus location to the University Cemetery, at its meeting held Thursday in Jackson. Students, faculty members and alumni have been pushing for decades for the monument to be moved, although

The U.S. Department of Education encouraged colleges to release emergency aid to students quickly after a federal stimulus package passed in late March. But confusion over student eligibility requirements and logistical oversights have stalled the process in many cases.

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