Today's Clips (2/15/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Quit hanging out in small indoor groups with no masks on, college officials tell students.

On Wednesday, Davidson College sent an email to students about the confirmed cases of the UK variant.

The variant of COVID-19 that was first identified in Britain has been found at Davidson College and the University of Virginia. Previously, the variant has been found in students at Tulane University; the University of California, Berkeley; the University of Michigan; the University of Miami; the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Washington.

CORONAVIRUS

After learning she had myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart that has been linked to some Covid cases, Vanderbilt basketball player Demi Washington spent months hoping she could play again someday.

Declining enrollment in education could hold back the economy even after the pandemic ends.

Campus housing staff say they should be vaccinated alongside other essential workers.

The university has reported 711 new cases since Jan. 1 — more than during the entire four-month fall semester.

The university has 82 active cases — the most since late November — and 231 students who are in isolation or quarantine.

IN OTHER NEWS

A scholar’s address about racism and music theory was met with a vituperative, personal response by a small journal. It faced calls to cease publishing.

Forgiving student debt puts money in the pockets of people who least need it, those college graduates and others who pursued their dreams with other peoples’ cash.

Five-star recruits like Makur Maker are trying to change the game, but the system is still rigged against them.

Michael Crow reveals power of accessibility, depth and innovation

NAIA school Bluefield College's president David Olive wanted to send a message. His school's basketball players have one of their own.

The College Board recently announced that it was ending the optional essay-writing portion and subject tests of the SAT exams.

But is what appears to be a significant change to an exam that for decades has been a rite of passage as part of the college application process really so consequential?

Email affected, and the campus has canceled all classes Thursday. CPCC will be closed Friday too, although some classes will meet on campus.

Some faculty say UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz was “inexcusably ignorant or deliberately dishonest” about Silent Sam deals. He insists he did not negotiate them.

The animal welfare group wants the university to investigate. Wake Forest said the experiment wasn't conducted at the medical school or by medical school researchers.

TRADES

English departments rethink what to call themselves in light of how diverse they've become.

North Dakota State University’s Faculty Senate voted 21 to 13, with four abstentions, to censure campus president Dean Bresciani for bypassing the typical hiring process for provost. Faculty members say that Bresciani simply appointed Margaret Fitzgerald to be the university's provost in October even though 100 other candidates had applied for the job. The search, which led to

Cuts alone will not be enough to turn colleges’ fortunes around.

Several colleges that kept transmission to a trickle in the fall are facing alarming surges. Pandemic fatigue could be partly to blame.

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