Today's Clips (11/21/17)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Trump and LaVar Ball are like two toddlers in their spat over whether Trump gets credit for springing Ball's son from China after shoplifting charge -- but only one of them possesses the potential for his stubbornness to lead to disaster, writes Issac Bailey.

IN OTHER NEWS

Provisions in House bill would raise taxes on graduate students and college endowments.

President Trump’s rhetoric about the decline of the working class blames trade, immigration and the outsourcing of American jobs overseas for the decline of the U.S. manufacturing sector. But the bigger culprit is rarely acknowledged by politicians or the media: automation.

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the use of race in Harvard University’s admissions practices and has accused the university of failing to cooperate with the probe, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.

Dartmouth College students say three psychology professors facing sexual misconduct allegations created a "hostile academic environment" marked by excessive drinking, favoritism and at times inappropriate behavior.

For the cost of cutting corporate income taxes, the U.S. could provide universal pre-K and make tuition free at public colleges for nonaffluent students.

Harvard University’s endowment is in talks to move the management of a portion of its real estate investments to Bain Capital, according to people familiar with the matter.

TRADES

West Texas A&M University has announced its largest gift ever, and it is coming in an unusual way. Paul Engler and the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation have pledged to donate at least $1 million a year for at least 80 years. The funds will support the university's agriculture and business colleges.

Full-time jobs in English and languages continue to decline, reaching a new low, says preliminary annual jobs report from the Modern Language Association.

A Harvard alum’s privacy-breaching email to applicants underscores the potential hazards of bringing outsiders into the process.

More than 3,000 pages of documents show how administrators slowly came to grips with a menacing mob, which might not have turned violent if warnings had been heeded.

Despite horrifying new incidents and a scathing new book on Greek life, college presidents find change elusive

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