Today's Clips (1/6/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

The pandemic has created a sharp divide between who wins and loses in this economy — small businesses versus growing corporations, white collar versus blue collar, men versus women. Health impacts are universal, but financial impacts depend on one's position.

Several more colleges announced they're delaying bringing students back to campus for the spring term to avoid coronavirus outbreaks and heed public health advice.

CORONAVIRUS

Colleges and universities continue to scramble their spring-term plans as coronavirus cases remain high, seeking to avoid a postholiday surge and increase opportunities for staff to get vaccinated.

Many college students have lost jobs because of the pandemic. Disappointment abounded when they realized that, because their parents claimed them as dependents, they couldn't get much-needed stimulus funds. Well, that could change with the new tax season.

IN OTHER NEWS

The University of California is aiding the San Francisco Art Institute, but S.F.A.I. officials say selling a $50 million Rivera could save the school. Former students are outraged.

How much MacKenzie Scott gave to HBCUs, other colleges serving minority students - The Washington Post

Grayson High School senior Skylar Hughes found out she had been accepted into Duke University at her mom's grave, four years after she died

The High Point University president is the subject of a second documentary that's now airing on Amazon Prime.

TRADES

Little-noticed provision in new COVID-19 relief bill would slash aid for colleges and universities with large endowments in half.

Entering the spring of 2021, institutions have more experience with the coronavirus but must deal with record-high community rates and a new viral variant.

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