Today's Clips (6/29/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

"Davidson College issued a groundbreaking commitment to defer all tuition payments for up to one year in support of its students and their families."

We can only have a real discussion about monuments if we can first agree on the same premise.

CORONAVIRUS

The historically black college in Atlanta is one of the first universities to cancel football in 2020 amid the pandemic.

Opening bars and bringing back football teams have led to new outbreaks. Communities that evolved around campuses face potentially existential losses in population, jobs and revenue.

“Kind of a scary feeling,” one said. “Not knowing where I’m going to be in two months.”

With rules varying from school to school, the NCAA’s hands-off approach draws concerns and complaints.

As the pandemic threatens colleges dependent on enrollment, Sweet Briar College is betting its location and size will be an asset this year.

IN OTHER NEWS

University trustees concluded that Wilson’s “racist thinking and policies make him an inappropriate namesake for a school or college,” Princeton’s president said on Saturday.

For many young athletes, senior night is the last act of the last season of their high school careers, and their days as competitive athletes. But how do you celebrate after the coronavirus rewrites the story?

Time and again, debate over the state’s flag and its Confederate battle imagery faded away. Then college sports leaders threatened to take away some of the biggest games.

Among U.S. workers over 25, only 26% of blacks, and 40% of whites, have a bachelor’s or higher.

Princeton honored Wilson without regard to, and perhaps even in ignorance of, his racism. And that was the problem.

Jaden McNeil, the president of a conservative campus organization, tweeted: “Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month!”

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ramogi Huma, executive director of the National College Players Association, about the recent student athlete protests across the country.

As the nation wrestles with racial equality, Liberty University — a school whose leadership has said it doesn’t have a problem — is facing its own tough questions.

TRADES

Rising high-school seniors are optimistic about colleges returning to normal. But many are worried about how disruptions affect their ability to compile a strong application.

Survey finds campus leaders remain most concerned about COVID-19's impact on institutional finances and on students, particularly disadvantaged ones. Confidence about the fall is mixed. And they're divided on whether to expect racial protests this fall.

Ursinus spent a little more but credits its faculty with making the difference.

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