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Jan 12 2018

Today's Clips (1/12/18)

Today's Clips (1/12/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
New Davidson football coach Paul Abell will inherit a Wildcats team that hasn’t had a winning season since 2007.
An economics professor in the US with steel city roots, Shyam Gouri Suresh, 38, delivered a lecture in XLRI on Wednesday on how social pressures, including social media, compel individuals to toe one ideological line, making society increasingly polarised, though people may not agree with every facet of the ideology in their private lives.
IN OTHER NEWS
The former director of financial aid at Columbia University’s Teachers College has been accused of taking $375,000 from three graduate students.
New York offered the tests for free and on a school day to help close the racial gap in who sits for the college exams.
The United Negro College Fund has been among the most vocal critics of Obama-era student borrower protections, saying they threaten the viability of its 37 member institutions.
Joel Seligman will resign as president of the University of Rochester as the school continues to grapple with fallout from complaints that the school bungled its response to allegations of sexual harassment by a professor.
Performant Financial Corp. was one of two firms selected Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education to help the agency collect overdue student loans. The deal with could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Predominantly white "nonrevenue" athletes like me are the real beneficiaries of college athletics.
Higher education must change to fit this new global economy. Moreover, since higher education is huge business in America more students are walking away with higher debt. Is a college education worth its price anymore?
A new levy on university endowments will hit schools primarily in Democratic jurisdictions.
The Greensboro apparel company will have a presence on the Centennial Campus in Raleigh.
TRADES
President resigns; report says accused professor was unprofessional and inappropriate but didn't break the law or university rules; many students and faculty members remain angry. UPDATE: Accused professor responds.
A new national higher ed news website wants to fill a niche.
The letter comes as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program nears the date at which it will be rescinded, absent action from the U.S. Congress.

The practice brings a host of benefits, like helping students reflect on their learning and giving professors fresh ideas.
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