Today's Clips (3/22/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A majority of U.S. colleges have canceled spring break, in an attempt to curb student travel. But the rise of online classes means students can now attend college from anywhere, including beachside.

State health officials said college students who live on campus or in other congregate settings will be able to receive starting on April 7.

Joe Rowland, farm manager for Davidson College, turned one problem into a solution that helped so many.

The benefits of parental leave are abundant for parents and children. But for most Americans, parental leave comes at the discretion of their employers, and few are as generous as companies in tech and financial services.

Michael Alexander speaks to the organisers of By the Seaside: Heritage, Healing and New Horizons - a new exhibition opening at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther which is a collaboration with postgraduate students from St Andrews University.

CORONAVIRUS

This year’s admissions essays became a platform for high school seniors to reflect on the pandemic, race and loss.

The Covid-19 pandemic brought unexpected relief for millions of borrowers. Here is how some of them were affected.

The pandemic and a flurry of immigration-related directives from the Trump administration devastated international-student enrollments at U.S. schools in 2020, student-visa records show.

Duke University has lifted a stay-in-place order it issued last week for all undergraduate students following a spike in COVID-19 cases that officials blamed largely on students attending fraternity rush events. The lifting of the order Sunday morning means all in-person courses will resume their standard delivery method, whether in-person or hybrid.

According to a confidential letter sent to the conservative groups, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), the Network of Enlightened Women (NEW) and the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) were all suspended from the University of Florida’s campus after a "Conservative Coalition Cookout" event on Norman Field.

As college students adapted to online education during Covid-19, they learned new methods to cheat on exams, and experts worry the trend is rising.

IN OTHER NEWS

Education Dept. documents filed in federal court describe a process that denied 130,000 claims from borrowers who say schools misled them.

The community denounces racism after some students from the University of the South shouted the n-word during a recent lacrosse match.

“There is a secret handshake between institutions and alums: You be faithful to us, and we will be faithful to you.”

Brandeis University President Ron Liebowitz has accused the institution’s trustees of trying to force him out of the presidency over his fundraising record, according to a heated letter he sent the board Monday evening.

A Q&A with National Education Equity Lab founder Leslie Cornfeld on how giving high schoolers access to elite college courses can boost low-income high achievers.

But even a $50 million gift can’t reverse generations of state discrimination.

My sister and I were raised on food stamps by a single mom who worked three jobs to make ends meet. Our family had no college tradition and no money for tuition…

TRADES

Institutions are set to get a lot of money from the latest stimulus. What are they going to spend it on?

Annual Inside Higher Ed survey finds campus leaders surprisingly upbeat about their institutions' financial stability, hopeful about Biden administration and slightly clearer-eyed about race relations on their campuses.

Boise State officials are mum on the details. Meanwhile, Republican legislators wage a against programming on racism and social justice.

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