Today's Clips (2/16/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
On Wednesday, Feb. 17, local emcee Jeremiah Dew will host a conversation with the producers of “Remembering Willie Earle."
CORONAVIRUS

Billionaire Joe Tsai’s rebuffed offer to fund a lacrosse “bubble” is one sign of how pressure is mounting on the conference that never returned to the field.

'Gatherings like these have proven to be a source of Covid-19 super-spreader events.'

IN OTHER NEWS

The decision by the University of St. Andrews not to renew the contract of a female philosopher points to broader underrepresentation of women in academia, critics say.

A conventional letter grade for each course is recorded for every student at Reed College.

As Harvard, Stanford and other schools skip some rankings this year, European universities top lists, and lesser-known M.B.A. programs get a boost.

U leaders lay out five-year diversity goals.

Robert Morris University wants to help students save money while earning two degrees through its new Gateway Plan.

A video looking at race and poverty that was posted by Lehigh University brought swift criticism and spurred a debate over the contents of the video itself as well as academic freedom.

TRADES

Stanford's faculty votes for new policies designed to de-emphasize wealth, which isn't an official criteria for admission. Will the approach work?

The field as is doesn’t deserve to persist. But scholars are hard at work improving things.

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