Today's Clips (8/3/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

As universities plan to reopen, they continue to overlook the concerns of campus staff.

Johnson C. Smith University and Queens University of Charlotte announce they will take the fall semester entirely virtual. Other Charlotte-area colleges are planning for hybrid methods of teaching.

Out-of-state and international students typically pay premium tuition and fees that help support many colleges' overall budgets.

The shift to remote learning has been a boon to Chegg and 2U, two publicly traded education technology companies that provide everything from tutoring services to online curriculums.

Experts who consult with colleges and study campus reopening proposals say officials face an unenviable balancing act.

Cornell University is telling students who plan to live on campus and will be arriving from coronavirus hotspots to quarantine elsewhere in New York or another safe state for two weeks.

CORONAVIRUS

Colleges are racing to reconfigure dorms, expand testing programs and establish detailed social distancing rules. And then, what to do about sex?

The camp took precautions but did not require campers to wear masks, the C.D.C. reported. Singing and cheering may have helped spread the virus.

Students at Minerva spend four years entirely online. Is this the future of higher education?

Coronavirus shut down schools this spring, and students left in a rush. Now they’re trying to get back clothes, pictures, books and at least one French horn; ‘an insane logistical challenge.’

The study came as many universities have opted to go online-only in the fall.

The public health and economic crises are intensifying tensions over pricing between students and universities.

The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren't finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states.

Duke University President Vincent E. Price on Saturday said in an announcement on the school's website it will freeze undergraduate tuition and rescind the planned 3.9 percent tuition increase scheduled for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Zeta Beta Tau's suspension related to actions in the spring semester.

“It’s a scary feeling, needing this job, but not feeling like it’s safe.”

IN OTHER NEWS

Groups of fraternity brothers and sorority sisters are working to kick their organizations off campus.

Former University of Lynchburg students are calling on the school to cut ties with Liberty University and to rename part of a campus facility dedicated to the late Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., the religious institution’s founder.

TRADES

COVID-19 spread prompts many colleges to reverse plans to bring students back to their physical campuses.

Reopening plans in many new coronavirus hot spots were drafted before cases surged. Faculty members in those states want a do-over, in the form of an all-online fall or at least a delayed opening.

Larry Braskamp offers his perspective on being infected with the coronavirus and offers suggestions for how to help others in academe who are struggling through it.

As fall semester approaches, students are increasingly opposing liability waivers and "informed consent" agreements required by colleges as a condition of returning to campus.

With Covid-19 cases surging in North Carolina, the suit will argue that the university is statutorily obligated to keep its employees safe.

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, facing a system mandate, financial necessity, and concern for students’ well-being, will reopen even as public-health experts underline extensive risks.

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