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Dec 20 2017

Today's Clips (12/20/17)

Today's Clips (12/20/17)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

The Davidson College Commission on Race and Slavery is charged with investigating how the college’s own history is intertwined with the institution of slavery, the lives and work of enslaved …
It’s been a rip-roaring year in politics in Washington, Raleigh and Charlotte. A panel of political experts joins Mike Collins for a look back.
IN OTHER NEWS

The university announced Dr. William V. Harris’s retirement, three months after a graduate student sued him for allegedly kissing and groping her.

Five lawsuits against the Trump administration's decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation face a key federal court hearing in San Francisco that could put an early end to the legal challenges or give them a big boost.

Leaders of top institutions acknowledge that perceptions of elitism have hurt their brand.

A provision meant to protect Berea College in McConnell's home state was scratched.
Some students of the McNally Smith College of Music graduated Saturday; others who were left short are rushing to find a new school — and learn whether their credits will transfer.
TRADES
A departmental committee told a professor he had to teach Judith Butler in his class in the name of gender balance. He refused. As for Butler, she doesn’t want her work forced on him.
College enrollments in the U.S. decline for a sixth straight year -- although at a slower rate -- while the bachelor's degree got more popular.
Kentucky’s Berea College, which charges no tuition and serves primarily low-income students, will probably have to pay a 1.4-percent tax on its endowment earnings after a revote on tax legislation.
The Republican legislation is headed for votes in Congress without a tax on graduate-student tuition waivers but with a tax on big college endowment earnings.

In 2015, private nonprofit colleges minted 158 millionaires. Their institutions would have to pay a 21-percent tax.
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