Today's Clips (11/22/17)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
The Warriors placed a friendly wager on the matchup between their alma maters.
IN OTHER NEWS

The Trump administration, in a letter last week, threatened to sue the university to force it to turn over student and applicant records.

Veterans make great startup leaders. At least, that’s the premise behind a free entrepreneurship training program for U.S. military veterans created by New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering.

How to teach teenagers to juggle competing classes and extracurricular activities.

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.

The deaths of at least four fraternity pledges this year have helped fuel a re-examination of Greek life at U.S. colleges, which have long struggled with how to crack down on hazing, alcohol abuse and other unwelcome aspects without disbanding organizations that have loyal members and alumni.

Lenny Bruce was hard to listen to, but the ruling class at Brandeis (its students) decided it was unseemly for their campus to hear challenging ideas.

Universities are not benevolent institutions that exist only to nurture and enlighten young minds. They're also cash-hungry corporations eager to eke money out of the students they graduate—a mission made clearer by recent revelations about Oxford and Cambridge.

Tuition rises faster than minimum wage, early-career salaries

TRADES

Colleges and universities aren’t eager to punish students who shout down speakers, but they must follow their own policies and foster an environment conducive to free speech, experts say.

Wilfred Laurier University president apologizes after recording reveals how a graduate student was questioned over use of a video, which offended at least one student, of debate on nontraditional pronouns.

Some institutions play into the engagement frenzy with couples’ retreats and other programs promoting marriage.

How Stephen F. Cohen became the most controversial Russia expert in America.

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