Roundup of higher ed news
Today's Clips (10/12/17)
Highlight: Delightful profile of Joe Dudley '53. 

We've seen this before: University moves to revoke degree from embarrassing alumni.
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A guest post by James DeVaney, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan.

Colleges and universities across the globe are ranked annually by numerous publications on a variety of methodologies.

More than ever universities today are carving out fresh ways to bypass bureaucracy and drive innovation in higher education—and it’s working.Colleges ...

Joe Dudley has two lifelong loves: biking and reading.

IN OTHER NEWS

Eight suits filed against New York colleges and universities are part of a growing legal movement to make the internet accessible to users with disabilities.

One student was charged with negligent homicide and nine current or former students were charged with hazing after a fraternity pledge died of alcohol poisoning.

The new body, to be headed by Condoleezza Rice, will consider “substantive changes” to the game in the wake of a federal corruption probe

No one would mistake Donald Trump for James Madison, but stay tuned.

The University at Buffalo is moving to have alumnus Harvey Weinstein's honorary degree revoked in response to multiple accusations of harassment and sexual assault against the Hollywood mogul.

University of Wisconsin political science professors involved in the creation of a new publicly funded policy center expressed concern that there wasn't enough balance between Democratic and Republican speakers at its first planned major event, newly released emails show.

In 2016, there were more than two dozen sex-related complaints filed by students against staff and faculty at some of Texas' largest universities. 

Emerson College is crafting a landmark agreement with the Paris College of Art in the French capital and is eyeing expansion to Hong Kong and Austr

Recent hazing deaths have intensified calls for fraternity reform. What will it take to change fraternity culture and keep students safe?

The upper middle class is still overwhelmingly white as it was 25 years ago.

TRADES

Columbia students prevent British anti-Islam activist from talking via video. Michigan students block part of Charles Murray talk.

A new FIRE survey reveals that students broadly support the civil liberty but think there should be limitations.

The chief academic officer can generate crucial faculty commitment to the goal of helping students thrive and graduate.

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