Today's Clips (9/29/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A high GPA isn't the deciding factor in college admissions, but rather their coursework and individual grades, say admissions officers from UVA, UPenn and more.

CORONAVIRUS

Despite a high vaccination rate, the graduate school said dozens of breakthrough Covid-19 infections required a temporary return to remote learning.

At San José State University, students are back. But virtual classes are not going away. The trend toward online teaching, fueled by covid concerns, appears to be making deeper headway in higher education.

IN OTHER NEWS

A new study financed by the Mellon Foundation will help ensure that America’s future monuments honor a broader and more diverse range of stories.

Some schools, including Washington University in St. Louis and Duke University, gained more than 50%.

Three former members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, have entered guilty pleas for providing alcohol at an initiation event where a pledge died.

Amazon, Target, Walmart and McDonald's all now offer lower-wage workers 100% tuition payment, but some education experts worry there is too much focus on money.

TRADES

The Schuler Education Foundation plans to give $500 million to up to 25 liberal arts colleges -- including Bates, Carleton and Union -- to expand access for underserved students.

Anxious students are confiding in them more than ever.

Kutztown University didn’t grant any remote teaching requests this term, not even to an immunosuppressed professor with a new heart. The case raises more questions about “blanket” accommodation bans.

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