Today's Clips (1/5/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

When Colorado, North Carolina and Virginia flipped to the Democratic side in the 2008 presidential election, it seemed like the start of a long-lasting shift. A…

CORONAVIRUS

The Boston University men’s and women’s basketball teams opened their seasons wearing masks — not just on the sidelines, but during their games

Six sites in the Indianapolis area will hold 2021 NCAA tournament games, with coronavirus tests administered on site and most of the teams staying on dedicated floors at hotels that are connected to the Indianapolis convention center via skywalks.

IN OTHER NEWS

The U.S. probably doesn't need more humanities doctorates, but the opposite is true for STEM graduates. We just need to create the jobs to justify them.

The University of Texas parted ways with its head football coach, Tom Herman, on Jan. 2 after four mostly unremarkable seasons. What is remarkable is the $15 million buyout -- with an additional $9 million to be paid to his assistants -- the school will have to fork over to get out of the final three years of the coach’s contract.

TRADES

As she prepares to leave office, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos urged Congress not to enact President-elect Joe Biden’s proposals to eliminate tuition at public colleges or cancel student debt. “I hope you also reject misguided calls to make college ‘free’ and require the two-thirds of Americans who didn’t take on student debt or who responsibly paid off their student loans

Yale's arts and sciences faculty wants the institution to seize the day on faculty hiring, but wealthy institutions continue to practice restraint -- maybe even for the long term.

Pitzer College students and incarcerated men at the California Rehabilitation Center will now earn bachelor's degrees side by side.

How can they encourage skeptics to get the shots?

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