Today's Clips (6/25/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

CNN Opinion contributors share their experiences venturing out in this new "normal."

CORONAVIRUS

College applications poured in for fall 2022, including at HBCUs, as students took advantage of optional test scores and the Common App.

IN OTHER NEWS

Some digital opportunities didn’t exist even a few years ago, but now are part of what young athletes will be evaluating as they consider where, or whether, to go to college.

Colleges seem reluctant to condemn anti-Semitic speech and assaults.

I created a special seminar to discuss controversial issues freely, and the results were eye-opening.

With a new era of compensation for college athletes about to begin, universities like Nebraska are touting their ability to help students monetize their image under new laws.

Spending two years at a community college and transferring to a four-year public college or university has long been considered the most affordable way to earn a bachelor’s degree. But the tide is starting to shift, as private colleges open their doors wider to nontraditional students.

A group of professors and employees from the University of Oklahoma held a workshop this week in which they discussed – among other things – ways to promote "anti-racism" in the classroom and root out, what they deemed, "problematic" ideas.

At least five states will allow college athletes to earn money off the use of their name, image and likeness. The NCAA and Congress are racing to enact legislation prevent unfairness in recruiting.

TRADES

The value of the Pell Grant hasn’t kept up with the cost of college, making a substantial increase in the maximum award amount worthy of support from both sides of the aisle.

Campus safety and sexual assault prevention advocates are pushing U.S. Department of Education officials to put more focus on enforcement of the Clery Act.

Your first-year students aren’t the only ones finding their way around campus.

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