Today's Clips (8/19/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Schools face rising demands for tuition rebates, increased aid and leaves of absence as students ask if college is becoming “glorified Skype.”

Fears grow in the United States as some schools and colleges reopen.

The story behind the C2I dashboard.

To safely reopen this fall, faculty and staff must reinforce social norms that capitalize on students' natural tendency to want to do the right thing, argues Brendan Cushing-Daniels.

Here is a look at some of the people from Charlotte who are delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Delegates were chosen in one of several ways.

Higher education institutions in Charlotte are split over whether to hold classes in-person or move everything online after UNC Chapel Hill’s attempt to reopen ended after one week — with 135 new cases and a 13.6 percent test positivity rate, nearly double the state’s.

CORONAVIRUS

The state’s ever-changing travel advisory means more and more families are scrambling to find last-minute accommodations for students.

The state is betting its robust student testing and technology program will be enough to hinder campus outbreaks, even as universities in other states abruptly close.

After 147 people tested positive for the coronavirus, the school said it would shift to remote instruction for two weeks and send students home if cases continue to grow.

The University of North Carolina is a test case for whether the country will tolerate sports at colleges where administrators believe it’s too dangerous to go to class.

Michigan State University is going online for the fall and is encouraging students to stay home, the school's president announced Tuesday, as schools across the nation struggled to control coronavirus outbreaks.

Notre Dame and Michigan State universities became the latest colleges to move classes online because of the coronavirus on Tuesday as colleges struggle to contain outbreaks and students continue to congregate in large groups without masks or social distancing.

Many colleges are welcoming students back for in-person learning and dormitory living this fall semester. Looming over everything: Campuses could shut back down at any time.

Jim Ryan explains how the university is trying to adapt during the ever-changing crisis.

Three students contend with the prospect of debt and disease ahead of their first semester.

UNC’s chancellor said they were prepared for coronavirus cases, but were surprised by “the magnitude and velocity” of the spread.

Students are rushing to sublet their off-campus apartment rooms to get out of leases they signed before UNC went virtual due to the coronavirus.

NC State has reported a cluster of coronavirus cases in off-campus housing.

Duke is reviewing seven cases of “flagrant misconduct” of COVID-19 safety rules, according to an email sent to undergraduates.

Notre Dame is suspending in-person classes and instead moving to virtual learning for undergraduate students until Sept. 2, but the school said the decision will not affect the current status of varsity athletics, including football.

American colleges stand to lose hundreds of thousands of international students — and the billions of dollars they spend — because of COVID-19.

The fall semester at the University of Michigan begins Aug. 31.

Campus COVID-19 cases more than doubled in the week leading up to the start of classes Wednesday.

IN OTHER NEWS

A new report says the original reason for using the tests in admissions has changed.

The vote wasn't unanimous, but it reflects long-standing tensions between the faculty and Chancellor Sheri Everts.

The U.S. State Department is asking colleges and universities to divest from Chinese holdings in their endowments, warning schools in a letter Tuesday to get ahead of potentially more onerous measures on holding the shares.

A new book shows how our higher ed system favors the rich. Will COVID-19 make the problem even worse?

TRADES

The incidents at UNC Chapel Hill and Notre Dame are unlikely to dissuade some college leaders from holding classes on campus.

Too many universities have no maternity leave.

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