Today's Clips (6/26/20)
CORONAVIRUS

A survey shows that parents feel increasing pressure to make up for children’s lost educational and enrichment time.

Athletes are returning to their sports uncertain about what happens if they contract the virus—or what happens next.

Problem is not tests, but our pecking order pride

Campus life will look a lot different at the historically black university in D.C.

Northam administration questions scope and price, says other approaches are in the works.

Hackers used racist language and anti-Semitic images to disrupt an online meeting of Wake Forest University employees, the school’s president said.

When campuses reopen for the fall semester, there will be a lot of rules such as: no travel, masking and social distancing. Leaders will be relying on social contracts. But will it work?

There’s no perfect solution or plan for college football returning. But with cases spiking, rosters idling in quarantine and uncertainty shrouding the sport, perhaps college officials should consider the spring option.

Graduate students at Boston University could be forced to take a leave of absence and lose their health insurance if they do not comply with new guidelines requiring them to return to campus in the fall.

The maximum occupancy of classrooms will likely be severely reduced to allow for 30 to 40 percent capacity, with some seats being marked as unusable in order to maintain social distancing.

As colleges and universities face extreme budget shortfalls, some institutions are cutting academic programs that were once central to a well-rounded education.

IN OTHER NEWS

The Graduate Employees Union denounced Stephen Hsu, and the president demanded his resignation.

The Education Department is investigating whether the University of California, Los Angeles stifled the academic freedom of an instructor who used the N-word in two classes this month.

A working group of administrators, alumni, students, faculty and staff will develop principles on the naming and renaming of buildings, spaces and structures at William & Mary.

TRADES

Enough with all the harping on “agility” and “nimbleness.” Faculty are not dogs — we don’t need training.

Professors design courses with a particular student experience in mind — and it matters which students they’re thinking of.

Park University is encouraging students from other institutions to transfer and study online for a year at a discounted tuition rate. Are special offers like this a good idea?

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