Today's Clips (1/4/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

We asked scholars, faith leaders, activists and other experts to reflect on some of the issues they’ve seen on the religious landscape and what they anticipate for 2021.

Ever since March, there’s been the wait for COVID to be done. With 2021, there’s a sense of a light at the end of the tunnel. It’s coming, but it’s going to be a trek.

College students have been among the most frequently tested in Massachusetts for COVID-19, but they may be among the last to get vaccinated against the virus.

Both women participated in the trial this summer and say to this day they don't know if they received the vaccine or a placebo.

Kashmir-born Aisha Shah has been named Partnerships Manager in Biden’s Digital Strategy team.

Krystyna McKinnis '25 made what may be the most important list of her life well before Christmas.

CORONAVIRUS

The coronavirus has hurt Indiana University of Pennsylvania, but its financial problems were planted years ago.

College athletics can teach the right lesson by insisting that public health is more important than sports.

A new study suggests ways of structuring payments to persuade even impulsive students to behave more cautiously.

Students reflect on their experience of the pandemic as 2020 comes to a close.

The pandemic blocked the actual pool time for the school’s graduation requirement, so MIT created a conceptual class to take virtually.

Some district administrators and parents, armed with new data and fearing more disruptions caused by keeping students out of class and extracurriculars, are pushing to reconsider policies.

Even on campuses where most classes are virtual this fall, a few students live in dorms because they don't have another place to go.

College Voices: Covid has forced many college students to rethink their "dream job" and plans for after graduation.

IN OTHER NEWS

The dollar figure that the federal financial aid form spits out has long left families confused and despondent. And then there are those great expectations.

The NCAA now knows it is going to have to concede something, but is trying desperately to limit how much it concedes in every possible way.

TRADES

Some colleges opt for a month of online courses before shifting to face-to-face learning. Other colleges move back the start of the spring semester.

A look at what happened in 2020 and what’s to come in 2021 with Inside Higher Ed’s ninth annual in-and-out list.

Unexpected emails and phone calls brought word of seven- and eight-figure donations to community colleges, tribal institutions, and minority-serving campuses — a rarity in higher education.

The Connecticut education commissioner is the first in his family to attend college, a former adjunct, and a longtime advocate of public education.

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