Today's Clips (11/15/17)
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There has been a backlash to students’ talking more openly about misconduct.

Matthew Ellis, a Phi Kappa Psi pledge, died after a fraternity event on Sunday, the latest in a string of similar episodes on campuses across the country.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said the higher-education system needed to move away from the traditional four-year college degree model in order to help fill jobs.

These fellowships often support students in fields that are engines of economic growth—computer science, biotechnology, mathematics—taxing tuition waivers will serve only to diminish the lives of individuals and the growth society at large.

In the past 13 years, 11 faculty members have been terminated for sexual harassment or assault, according to a statement from the school's president.

In the wake of inflammatory speakers on campuses and a debate over free speech that he finds oversimplified, Adam Falk asks, "If the World Wrestling Federation demanded to hold a cage match on the Berkeley campus, would the university be obligated to host it at public expense?"

Florida International Univ says it is investigating reports that the school's Republican student chapter used a text-messaging group to offend immigrant classmates and mock victims of the Charlottesville rally attack.

Experts and college administrators blame a number of factors, including President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric during the 2016 campaign and in office, as well as the global economy.

Did you know that a football booster can deduct the cost of a 50-yard-line seat? Please, Congress, end that abuse.

It's unprincipled. It's counterproductive. Republicans, come to your senses!

TRADES

Professors from around the world say they won’t advise students to study or work at Rochester in light of institution’s alleged attempts to downplay serious harassment case. Is this next tactic in battle against discrimination?

In building up to speech by anti-Muslim activist at Stanford, some have questioned the appropriateness of hosting someone who has attacked students by name on his blog. Students stage walkout at event.

A Boston University professor is being criticized over a Yelp post that he has since deleted, The Boston Globe reported.

How Craig Steven Wilder became a one-man truth-and-reconciliation commission on colleges and slavery.

They are propelling a reckoning with slavery’s legacy on campuses, in cities, at companies. What Hilary Beckles is doing represents the next step. It’s the marshaling of scholarship for a political aim: payback.

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