Today's Clips (9/10/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign flagship has one of the most aggressive COVID-19 testing protocols among institutions of higher education in the country.

WITN’s Teacher of the Week for September 9 is Bethany Kirkpatrick, an eighth grade ELA and french teacher at Rocky Mount Prep School.

CORONAVIRUS

The ACC coaches say that an inclusive NCAA tournament could be a fair solution that doesn’t penalize teams for coronavirus-related cancellations.

Betsy Landin was listed by her parents on the 2020 census as living at her family's home in Phoenix when she really should have been counted in the college town of Tempe, where she studies finance at Arizona State University.

Some universities have closed dorms. Others are trying to stay the course. Some have few coronavirus cases.

University administrators should have seen this coming.

Students need stricter rules and greater surveillance than most groups.

We’ve still got a lot to learn about living with Covid-19.

The chancellor criticized "fraternity leaders communicating to houses how to have parties and avoid being caught" and those who tell members "not to get tested, or how to get tested so the results aren't shared with the university."

While there is no evidence of large scale parties, college officials are closing the athletic fields at night to 'minimize the conditions that might encourage inappropriate gatherings and behavior.'

IN OTHER NEWS

A blog post published under the George Washington University professor’s name, Jessica A. Krug, described her use of Black identities even though she is white.

If you’re pondering a career shift, looking to learn a specific skill or just plain bored, consider a web-based class to broaden your horizons.

The Trump administration is moving forward with a policy that expands protections for religious groups on college campuses and threatens to cut federal education funding to colleges that violate free speech rules

TRADES

Top federal health experts worry colleges will spread coronavirus if they send students home, but keeping residence halls open poses its own dangers.

You think you can’t afford to transform your faculty? The University of Houston begs to differ.

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