Today's Clips (9/28/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Schools finding success are deploying methods health experts have recommended for months for the whole country to keep the virus under control.

Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester amid skyrocketing coronavirus cases, entire dorm complexes and frat houses under quarantine, and flaring tensions with local community leaders over the spread of the disease.

A new study links college reopenings to spikes in COVID-19 cases across the country. The study is co-authored by UNC Greensboro economics professor Martin Andersen, Davidson College education professor Chris Marsicano and others. Marsicano is also the Director of the College Crisis Initiative.

CORONAVIRUS

California has been considering how to adjust with a $55 million budget shortfall. An influx of TV money by staging a football season will help.

I have visited this charming college town too many times to count over the years, sometimes to cover campaigns and more often for fun. But I’ve never seen Chapel Hill as quiet as I found it last weekend.

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The coronavirus presents a daunting new test for SAT takers, including our reporter, whose Princeton Review guides haven’t been cracked in years.

The new FAFSA form, which is out on Thursday, requires last year’s tax data. But families that have lost income this year may need to take extra steps to qualify for help.

IN OTHER NEWS

Virginia Commonwealth University is considering whether to make courses on racism a requirement for its students

Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke is the first Black woman to have a campus building named for her.

The presidents of Amherst College and Wesleyan University issued a statement decrying the Education Department's inquiry into whether Princeton University is in compliance with federal anti-discrimination law, after the school's president wrote about efforts to end "systemic racism" on campus.

TRADES

New revelations emerge about attempts to get students into Berkeley.

Amy Coney Barrett, if confirmed to the Supreme Court, could have a sweeping impact on colleges and universities.

How the nation’s partisan divisions consumed public-college boards and warped higher education.

Public-health officials say they have not yet seen evidence of the surge in community spread that they feared.

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