Today's Clips (8/25/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A look at how U.S. colleges and universities are starting the semester, and the challenges for students with special needs.

Plans for face-to-face classes at many schools are also in deep jeopardy.

Dr. Dave Wessner, Professor of Biology at Davidson College, explains the pros and cons of convalescent plasma as a treatment for the coronavirus.

President Donald Trump told delegates the 2020 election is the most important election in American history on the first day of the Republican National Convention.

CORONAVIRUS

When traditional college jobs suddenly went away, these students used their ingenuity to find new ways to pay the bills.

As college students return to campus, administrators face a tug of war between providing information about Covid-19 cases and protecting the identities of those infected, leading to a patchwork of reporting.

Providing services in the midst of a pandemic is “unchartered territory,” said one center director, but these facilities “learn to lean into the need.”

Ways to combat the accompanying stress as parents send their children to college campuses.

Colleges should anticipate students will gather because they are affected by loneliness and social isolation, made worse by COVID-19 restrictions.

As Covid-19 cases continue to increase nationwide, colleges and universities have had to make difficult decisions about the fall semester.

It's easy to blame the clusters of Covid-19 cases at colleges on students. But their risky decisions have more to do with their development and mental resilience than conscious rule-breaking, three developmental psychologists told CNN.

UNC students tested last week showed a 31.3% positivity rate for coronavirus.

A cluster is considered five or more cases.

For campuses to stay open this fall, everything had to come together. It hasn’t.

The pay cuts affect Athletics employees and Pres. James Clements, while employee furloughs will be in effect until Dec. 31, 2020.

A video that appears to show how some things looked on Coastal Carolina University's campus the first week back is making its rounds on the internet. The video, posted to Twitter, shows a group gathered to watch a boxing match but that's not the only problem some have with the video-- it's the lack of social distancing and masks during the pandemic. RELATED: CCU students test positive for Coronavirus.

The University of Alabama released COVID-19 test numbers Monday evening.

IN OTHER NEWS

A series of personal scandals came to an abrupt head Monday.

Google's new 'career certificate' program is just the right thing, at just the right time.

University leadership said it condemns in the strongest possible terms the bigoted and racially insensitive sentiments expressed in the videos.

Danielle Morgan, a Black assistant professor at Santa Clara University, was dancing in her room on Saturday morning when she said she was interrupted by a knock on her door.

TRADES

A five-hour disruption raises hackles and questions about contingency planning for technical problems in the age of social distancing. Said one university administrator, "2020 is a year of whatever can go wrong, has."

Institutions have always profited off risky social behavior. Complaints now ring hollow.

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