Today's Clips (5/10/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

“Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition” is just the latest in “immersive” art experiences that are making their way to Charlotte, across the country and around the world. They are COVID-friendly and they are spectacular in scale and production — but they might be a mixed blessing according to a Davidson College professor.

Though infections are still ever-present, cases of COVID-19 are slowing down at colleges and universities.
CORONAVIRUS

Scores of college campuses around the U.S. are offering their 2020 graduates a chance to experience the in-person commencements they missed out on because of the pandemic

IN OTHER NEWS

Five states are poised to allow college athletes to profit from their fame starting on July 1, and the N.C.A.A.’s leader says the association is preparing to respond.

Does the practice of sharing a list of graduates’ next stops in life celebrate their achievements? Or does it spur competition between students — and between schools?

Yes, I’m a student from the “hood.” But we have more to offer than our adversity. 

The university accused 17 students of cheating on remote exams, raising questions about data mining and sowing mistrust on campus.

It rejects its civilizing mission as ‘obsolete’ and favors the trendy notion of ‘radical inclusion.’

Investment pioneer David Swensen was the face of Yale University’s endowment for more than 35 years before he died last week. Behind the scenes, Yale began confronting a future without him years ago.

This year’s graduating class of college seniors is poised for better prospects than were the 2020 graduates, who had the misfortune to graduate in the depths of the disastrous coronavirus recession

Virginia’s Washington and Lee University is expected to reveal whether or not it will change its name in June, nearly a year after a committee was formed to evaluate the school’s ties to Confederate Gen. Robert E

As a student living through anti-war protests and political assassinations, my generation seemed to be in the center of swift social change.

“It casts a shadow over our university, my alma mater,” says school president about the revelation.

Wingate Hall will become May 7, 1860 Hall to recognize the date when Wake Forest sold 16 enslaved persons to benefit the school.

TRADES

For some historically Black colleges, this is a breakthrough year -- despite the long odds created by the pandemic. Morgan State, North Carolina A&T and Spelman are having notable years.

The enrollment crash expected in 2025 could last for a decade, new data on birth rates suggest.

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