Today's Clips (12/10/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

That Elon University poll number is “low and disappointing,” a UNC Charlotte public health sciences professor said.

ALS bill aims to ease access to disability benefits

Seven-minute video looks at Covid testing program at Univ of Illinois. 

While most institutions are staying the course with what they did in the fall, some that played this semester safe are planning to expand in-person options for students in the spring.

While other colleges hurriedly ordered hand sanitizer and sheets of plexiglass in an attempt to salvage some semblance of campus life, Cal State homed in on its goal: a robust virtual experience. 

CORONAVIRUS

Viral testing, contact tracing, quarantine housing are the go-to tools for colleges to operate.

After a fall of COVID outbreaks, college students are expected back on campus in 2021. Will they be required to have the vaccine once it's available?

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski has given voice to the shared queasiness so many in college basketball are quietly feeling.

The pandemic has upended the college admissions process. And with many schools going virtual, students say they have less access to guidance counselors who could help them navigate the changes.

IN OTHER NEWS

JHU History prof: As Johns Hopkins discovers ties to slavery, many of us who work there are rattled by the shattered myth of our university founder, long admired as a Quaker and abolitionist.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has unloaded on U.S. universities for allegedly caving to Chinese pressure to blunt or bar criticism of the Chinese Communist Party

TRADES

William Gaudelli, dean of Lehigh University’s College of Education, apologized for a recent college memo that included sections from a course description from another university, without attribution. The plagiarized memo, which reaffirmed the college’s commitment to antiracist education, was “unacceptable and inexcusable,” Gaudelli wrote in a message to faculty and staff

Public flagship universities are bracing for a grim 2021.

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