Today's Clips (7/23/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

As several more colleges announce plans to educate students mostly virtually this fall, a new database shows that's the way the decisions are trending nationally.

With cases up and approval ratings down, Trump changes course on the pandemic. Meanwhile, many universities are revising their pandemic opening plans as well. And finally, are federal agents in Portland, Oregon and elsewhere acting legally?

CORONAVIRUS

Under new guidelines from the C.D.C., recovering coronavirus patients should be free to resume normal activity after 10 days, if they have no fever or other symptoms.

The NCAA football oversight committee is asking the association’s Board of Governors to avoid making a decision soon on whether to conduct fall championships as college sports tries to find a path to play through the pandemic.

Playing college football in the spring is doable but complicated by hurdles related to player health and safety, recruiting and scheduling.

College coaches and fans are growing confident they can hold a football season this fall, even as scientists and health professionals urge caution.

The union representing professors at Rutgers University in New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against the school seeking an explanation of the transfer of $100 million to the athletics program.

As campuses reopen without adequate testing, universities fault young people for a lack of personal responsibility.

The university has altered its plan to start classes in-person. Here are the new details.

The UNC Board of Governors will vote Thursday on a one-year waiver from the requirement that prospective first-year students submit SAT or ACT scores when they apply.

TRADES

Two universities tell new international students not to come to U.S. to take classes remotely, as higher ed groups lobby for greater clarity -- and flexibility -- on federal policy for new students from abroad.

Kappa Alpha Order Fraternity chapter at Southwestern University suspended for releasing a statement denouncing the organization's historical ties to the Confederacy.

Three presidents reflect on risk, burnout, and what to do when each day presents a series of decisions with no good answers.

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