Today's Clips (6/23/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Curry has invested in Syndio, whose software can compare employee salaries among demographics such as gender and race.

CORONAVIRUS

The pandemic affected mental health and college plans for U.S. high schoolers. - The New York Times

More than 500 colleges and universities plan to require vaccination for at least some students and employees. There is a stark red-blue divide: Most of the mandates are in states President Biden carried in 2020.

A potential showdown is looming between eight students who want to come to the Indiana University campus in August but think the school's Covid-19 vaccine mandate is unconstitutional.

IN OTHER NEWS

Police officers at the University of Washington in Seattle, regarded as one of the nation’s most progressive cities, said they were the target of racist insults and harassment.

It lifts all boats, but not by equal amounts.

A letter from Ms. Hannah-Jones’s lawyers said an unnamed “powerful donor” had contributed to the University of North Carolina Board of Trustees’ failure to grant her tenure.

The nation’s highest court takes on the warped economy—and flimsy defenses—of big-time college sports.

Not for the first time, a decision delivered by the highest judicial authority in the land may catalyze sweeping, overdue change in public education and beyond.

The Supreme Court opens the way for a reckoning with the NCAA.

MacKenzie Scott’s generous aid to schools that help low-income students would benefit from more strings attached.

TRADES

The Yale Board of Trustees scrapped the petition process for open board seats after several candidates campaigned on single issues and received outside funding and support. Some alumni are worried about becoming disenfranchised and want the original process reinstated.

The Nikole Hannah-Jones case has Black scholars asking if they’re welcome. It’s not the first time.

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