Today's Clips (7/1/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

White evangelicals' approval of Trump has slipped slightly, but ultimately, they are sticking with their man, a Pew Research Center survey has found.

There is, indeed, life after playing basketball.

CORONAVIRUS

Some colleges are calling off fall sports entirely as leagues around the world grapple with how to return to play safely.

Students will return to Ithaca in any case. On campus, we can track and isolate Covid cases.

As colleges around the country grapple with how to reopen in the fall, Cornell University's president on Tuesday announced that it will welcome students back to campus — an option she said is best not only for their education, but also public health.

Attorneys have filed a motion alleging that Brown University violated a 22-year-old agreement to provide gender equity in varsity sports in order to comply with federal Title IX law by recently eliminating several women's athletic teams.

The $10 million opening plan includes input from medical professionals, 50 faculty members and 10 task forces, and involves administering 85,000 tests for the coronavirus to students, faculty and staff in the fall semester.

IN OTHER NEWS

Students often have little help finding and applying for financial assistance, and miss out on opportunities for affordable higher eduction.

The board of trustees at Western Carolina University has voted unanimously to approve a resolution removing the name of a former North Carolina governor from a campus auditorium.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will pay a $1.5 million fine and implement a list of other steps to settle claims from the U.S. Department of Education that it violated federal laws governing the disclosure of crime on campus.

Authorities said Tuesday that the University of Virginia has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims that it did not properly account for some rebates and credits it received

Purpose and pay are among the main reasons graduates characterize their first good job as "good." Less than a third of recent graduates say they had a good job waiting for them upon graduation.

TRADES

A century ago, Thorstein Veblen explained why.

As public colleges struggle for independence, the state’s mask-optional policy reads like a line in the sand.

How safe is safe? Bill Burger explores Bowdoin and Middlebury’s dueling reopening plans.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused more colleges and families to consider taking out tuition insurance, but it would not have helped the students who are seeking tuition refunds for the spring's forced transition to remote learning.

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