Today's Clips (7/17/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Many colleges, even the elite schools, rely on summer camps for additional revenue during the summer. This year the cancellation of those camps because of the pandemic is costing them millions.

Other reasons UT-Austin would close include “significant actions” by the governor or other public officials, sharply diminished hospital capacity, testing shortages on campus and unmanageable, widespread clusters of cases.

As the pandemic worsens, more colleges are ditching plans for in-person instruction this fall in favor of a mostly virtual term. 

During the coronvirus pandemic, few topics are generating as much debate as the reopening of schools. But what does science tell us about the risks?

2000 BBL cup winner Fraport Skyliners have hauled in rookie Jon Axel Gudmundsson (196-G-96, college: Davidson) who spent the last 4 years at the well known NCAA school Davidson that produced NBA superstar Steph Curry.

CORONAVIRUS

The University of Akron this week became one of the first schools in the country to make profound cuts in the number of full-time professors on its staff. Others might have to follow.

The coronavirus needs to be better contained for fall sports to happen, Mark Emmert, the association’s president, said. “Today, sadly,” he said, “the data point in the wrong direction.”

The covid-19 outbreak at a Missouri camp should serve as a dire warning for schools.

IN OTHER NEWS

The National Association of Basketball Coaches has called the SAT and ACT “longstanding forces of institutional racism” and wants them eliminated from use in determining athletes’ eligibility.

European students, along with some au pairs and family members of visa holders in the U.S., are exempt from the Trump administration’s various coronavirus travel bans, according to a State Department memo.

When a Qatari sheikh came to live in L.A., an entire economy sprouted to meet his wishes. "His highness doesn't like to hear no," one associate told a professor.

PDF here. (Great weekend read)

Apple Inc said on Thursday it was working with 10 additional historically Black universities and colleges to become "hubs" that will teach computer programming and app design skills in their regions.

Students and faculty have identified about 30 places on the Chapel Hill campus dedicated to people involved in slavery or white supremacy.

A small Wisconsin liberal arts college hosting a campaign visit by Vice President Mike Pence has told Pence that he and everyone attending his speech inside a campus building must wear a mask and maintain a 6-foot distance between one another

TRADES

College leaders are making good on commitments to address racial inequities at their institutions with more diverse staffing, socially relevant curricula and targeted fundraising to help students of color.

Some public-college leaders take home millions, with perks.

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