Today's Clips (8/7/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

As the pandemic continues to surge across the country, colleges and universities are making multiple changes to try to keep students and staffers safe.

Workers who scrub classrooms, staff dining halls, and operate other campus facilities say colleges planning to resume in-person instruction haven’t done enough to ensure the health and safety of those on the job.

They need to rethink how and what they teach

It’s time to write that big check, but college back-to-school plans are in flux. Families are making tough decisions on whether it’s worth it this year.

CORONAVIRUS

Rational measures to combat the pandemic don’t restrict our autonomy—they make it possible, just like the rules that let us enjoy the pleasures of the open road.

School officials urged students not to return to Baltimore, announced a reduction in tuition and increased financial aid for the fall. The university had planned to resume in-person classes in the fall, but a higher rate of covid-19 infections prompted the reversal.

Three University of Louisville men's soccer players have been dismissed from the team after organizing a party amid the coronavirus pandemic, the school's athletics department said Thursday. The party may have contributed to the spread Covid-19 among student-athletes.

America’s public colleges and universities are facing one of their toughest financial challenges ever as the economic collapse hammers state tax collections and tens of thousands of students opt to wait out the pandemic or study online.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to sports journalist and professor at the University of Maryland, Kevin Blackistone, about college football leagues starting their season amid a global pandemic.

A viral video showed young women in Chapel Hill without masks and not practicing social distancing at a sorority event. “We want to send a clear message that what happened is not acceptable.”

After the NCAA canceled fall championships in Division II and III, schools in those divisions are figuring out what to do next.

Beloit College announced they will offer tuition-free ninth and tenth semesters to students who enroll full-time during the 2020-21 academic year.

IN OTHER NEWS

A 2019 decision to punt on adding esports to its offerings cost the organization a way to recoup some revenue.

TRADES

Counselors have long done the grunt work that allows students to take the ACT and SAT. Is that sustainable during a crisis?

A 20-minute plenary talk boils over into music theory's biggest imbroglio in years. Allegations of anti-Black bias and anti-Semitism fly.

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