Today's Clips (9/15/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

U.S. News ranks universities across the country based on factors like student debt, teaching quality, graduation rates and academic reputation.

Duke, Wake Forest and UNC-Chapel Hill continue to rank among the top 30 of U.S. colleges and universities nationally.

China has been using its prospects for developing a vaccine as a diplomatic carrot. The pandemic has exacerbated the worldwide threat of hunger and malnutrition.

He is Davidson’s career rushing leader.

CORONAVIRUS

Colleges and universities have become hot spots for coronavirus transmission. Bring on the gallows humor.

Outrageous Covid policies join speech restraints as causes of collegiate litigation.

Expanding campus police forces’ power threatens to increase surveillance.

George Washington University’s enrollment is down about 17% from last year, an early indication of the impact of Covid-19 on U.S. higher education.

At first, Cameron Lynch thought she would need prepared questions for the group to discuss in their first Zoom call.

New state data shows bulk of COVID-19 outbreaks occurring on college campuses.

An outbreak of COVID-19 cases on campus has students and local elected officials calling for more transparency from the university.

IN OTHER NEWS

“Who Gets In and Why” and “Unacceptable” detail how admissions is rigged in favor of the privileged and how it was gamed even further.

'Incorporating a measure of student indebtedness into the rankings is a step to holding institutions accountable for both the cost of college and the sources...

TRADES

The college admission test was supposed to be given Saturday, but many testing centers were closed.

Some health experts push back against an undercurrent of pessimism about college reopenings.

How the U.S. News rankings helped reshape one state’s public colleges.

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