Today's Clips (6/4/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Though President Joe Biden and teacher union heads have set expectations for a full reopening in fall, school leaders still face barriers to buy-in.

CORONAVIRUS

Vaccine requirements were designed mostly for American students. That is presenting hurdles for many international students without access to one of the eight vaccines approved by the W.H.O.

Schools have followed a number of different scripts during the Covid-19 pandemic and so do their graduations this year.

IN OTHER NEWS

We look at the differences between men’s and women’s college sports.

Samuel Martinez, 19, died of alcohol poisoning after attending an Alpha Tau Omega fraternity event in 2019. His family said it was disappointed that criminal charges of hazing were not filed.

The university offers little explanation for changing a 90-year-old governance policy.

Can philanthropy help save our democracy? We're about to find out.

The situation underscores tensions buildings on campuses nationally as students, faculty and alumni have increasingly levied demands concerning a range of social and economic issues that often conflict with traditions at a given university. Likewise, schools have been put in the unenviable position of balancing those efforts without alienating donors or losing sight of their founding missions.

A company that has partnered with dozens of college athletic departments on name, image and likeness programming announced a deal with Twitter on Thursday that will allow athletes to monetize video posts on the social media platform.

Smith College knew for two decades that a faculty member had been accused of sexually abusing a minor, but chose not to act on those allegations, allowing him to teach at the college until recently.

University students tend to get lower grades if their classes and lectures begin early in the morning, because they struggle to wake up early enough to attend them

Kylee McLaughin, a former volleyball player at the University of Oklahoma, is suing her coaches and the school after she alleged that she was stigmatized as a racist and eventually forbidden from the rest of the team due to her conservative political views.

TRADES

College Board analysis is latest to find that community colleges suffered more than four-year colleges, but report also suggests that four-year colleges saw a loss of students with higher grades. And some states saw gains in enrollment at four-year colleges.

Hannah-Jones case costs the university a noted chemistry faculty recruit. Professors there worry about even bigger recruitment problems ahead.

The University of Arizona Global Campus’s forecasts for tuition income in a tough enrollment environment point to possible growing pains ahead.

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