Today's Clips (5/3/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Two friends grew up in Annapolis, but by high school, their paths diverged. One received a scholarship to a prestigious school. The other did not finish high school.

This is the first evidence of terracing in the Puuc region.

Cristina Wilson knows a thing or two about feeling stressed. The Davidson College graduate spent nine years working in local media, including five as president of Charlotte Agenda (now Axios Charlotte).

CORONAVIRUS

The Ivy League, unlike most Division I conferences, decided against spring sports. That has led some athletes, like baseball players at Brown, to find outside ways to train.

Social media is surging with college-decision posts, often from parents, while many teens post rejection videos to show the reality of college admissions.

New grads will have to vie with their unlucky 2020 predecessors as the U.S. economy pulls out of a pandemic-led slump.

Hiring is rebounding, but not every position is posted widely. Career advisers suggest that young people spend less time on job sites and more time networking with others in their chosen field.

Among the five largest universities in the District, GWU is the only to host online-only commencement programs.

IN OTHER NEWS

A Rutgers Law student repeated an epithet from a legal case, and now Black students at the New Jersey school are calling for a policy on slurs — and apologies.

Our students will still be studying Plato and Aristotle, but we can't afford a whole department.

Allegations of anti-Semitism, sexual misconduct and racial discrimination have led to turmoil on the small Oregon campus. Some have called for the university’s president to resign.

Unfairness and complexity are part of the foundation of how we fund college.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings about President Biden's plan for tuition-free community college.

Some professors and staff are calling for school to settle lawsuit and address ‘culture of silence’ on sexual assault.

The final tally announced Friday is well above anything the university had imagined. A&T believes it's also a fundraising record for historically Black public universities.

St. Mary’s University gets uninvited guest during Zoom classroom discussion about Rwandan genocide.

TRADES

A few experts on admissions and education professors say it's time. And a few colleges are growing.

Multiple Black academics have resigned, citing concerns about institutional racism, this academic year -- most recently at the University of Memphis.

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