Today's Clips (10/8/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A lively online debate has ignited over the town of Davidson’s call to remove a state historic marker noting the nearby grave of Confederate Lt. Gen. D.H. Hill.

When COVID-19 hit in March the College Crisis Initiative or C2I was started.

Many colleges created dashboards showing their COVID-19 infection and testing data. But a lack of standards for testing and reporting has made for varying levels of transparency.

CORONAVIRUS

Students and faculty are furious that the Rev. John I. Jenkins failed to wear a mask at a White House ceremony and then later tested positive for the virus.

University quarantines are even tougher across the pond.

At historically Black colleges and universities, homecoming is part family reunion and part revival. It’s canceled this year, so let’s celebrate here.

The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa had hundreds of cases in its first month back on campus. In Birmingham, there were just 109 infections.

East Carolina University plans to have students back on campus this spring to take in-person classes and live in dorms. But rooms will have only one occupant.

Mike Hill, athletic director at UNC Charlotte, said he is grateful for his predecessors leaving behind a solid financial foundation — helping the school cope with revenue dips cause by Covid-19.

IN OTHER NEWS

‘Anticolonial’ ideologues bully another publisher into nixing one of my research projects.

The average full-time professor at Princeton earns about $250,000 a year.

The donor, who not named, designated $40 million for student financial aid.

TRADES

Princeton settles with federal government in pay gap case and will pay more than $1 million to female faculty.

It can be a struggle to create a vibrant online classroom where all students feel connected. Here’s how some professors are making it happen.

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