Today's Clips (3/31/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

"I participated in a national program organized by Davidson College in North Carolina. And I spent one year there. But I never went back since that experience. So, I very much look forward to the opportunity to visit that campus. It's my personal ambition."

When he was Transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx says knew he was heading into a disadvantaged neighborhood. The highway was the tell.

Volvo today announced more than 40,000 employees around the world now are eligible to take paid parental leave of up to 24 weeks part of it new "Family Bond" program. It's available to legally registered parents, including adoptive, foster care and surrogate parents, as well as non-birth parents for same-sex couples. Get the story at TheDetroitBureau.com.

School districts in counties where a majority of voters cast their ballots for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election are more likely to have students back in classrooms, according to a website that tracks reopenings.

States have not yet made enough progress on more-vulnerable populations to open vaccine eligibility widely, experts say.

UNC Charlotte is set to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for students as they become eligible for a dose on Wednesday.

CORONAVIRUS

The disruptions on college campuses in the past year are increasing students’ social isolation, heightening feelings of inadequacy and putting a strain on families and friendships.

Students who received emergency financial aid grants related to the coronavirus pandemic won’t owe taxes on that money, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

IN OTHER NEWS

A hotbed of experimental sound for nearly a century, this school in Oakland, Calif., is preparing to close its doors.

Under Betsy DeVos, the Education Department sold out to predatory for-profit colleges. It’s welcome news that Washington is taking steps to protect students.

A Christian teacher, a transgender student, and two years in court.

The Harvard freshman who found the KKK photo also learned of a 1955 cross burning on campus that was waved off as a prank.

TRADES

Propelled by the racial justice movement and the pandemic, student activists are pressuring colleges to implement dining services free from corporate influences.

It's not just about gender or caregiving, it's both: new analyses suggest colleges need COVID-19 faculty relief policies that target female caregivers in particular.

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