Today's Clips (9/14/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Survey finds big differences in colleges’ mask and vaccination policies across regions, and a majority of faculty and staff say they’re prepared to pivot to remote learning if needed.

IN OTHER NEWS

The first parents to face trial in the Operation Varsity Blues scandal are casting blame both on Rick Singer, the admissions consultant, and the overall process.

As long as schools brag about their low admission rates, campus diversity initiatives will always be about tweaking around the edges.

Students at George Washington University are growing frustrated over what appears to be mold growing in their dorm rooms.

D.C. attorney general says Terrence J. Boyle gained control of the Delta Phi Epsilon fraternity and a related foundation and used their assets as he saw fit. His alleged maneuvers included using charitable assets to subsidize the purchase of his Georgetown home, which is now worth more than $1 million. He also divested the fraternity of its only significant asset -- its 80-year-old chapter house -- that was later sold for $2.6 million under circumstances that caused the attorney general to intercede.

A recent viral news story reported that a generation of young men are abandoning college. The pattern has deep roots.

Higher education should be more than just an upward mobility track for the country's youth; it needs to be a support system for key industries and the working class.

TRADES

Professors in the University System of Georgia are protesting their colleges’ handling of Covid. Some have openly defied campus policies.

While it didn’t remove test scores from its methodology, the publication made a subtle change that reflects how the landscape of college admissions is shifting.

Syracuse University offers full-throated defense for a professor targeted for her views about Sept. 11, prompting other academics to wonder why more institutions don’t defend even divisive scholars in this way.

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