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Jan 31 2018

Today's Clips (1/31/18)

Today's Clips (1/31/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
The #MeToo movement has forced industries to confront their pervasive cultures of sexual harassment and assault — and higher education is no exception. 
IN OTHER NEWS

A college student says he lost his seasonal job with the city in Minnesota over his online video that pokes fun at his hometown.

As application numbers surge, admissions officers at some top colleges say they don’t have time to read an entire file. Now committees of two divvy up the file to shave time from the process.
Financial aid remains a lifeline for the vast majority of undergraduates, as the percentage of those relying on loans and grants to cover college costs continues to rise.
The median debt of a new graduate of a medical school is $190,000, a burden that can keep doctors from choosing much-needed primary care jobs. The authors suggest an alternative which they argue can help both students and the country as a whole.
Harnessing the resource could help them achieve the graduate’s dream: finding a job.
Amazon has hired Candace Thille, a leader in learning science, cognitive science, and open education at Stanford University, to be “director of learning science and engineering.” A spokesperson told Inside Higher Ed that Thille will work “with our Global Learning Development Team to scale and innovate workplace learning at Amazon”; Thille herself said she is “not really at liberty to discuss” her new project.
TRADES

Florida State has allowed fraternities and sororities to operate on campus again under strict new measures, but experts say many will be hard to enforce.

Skills boot camps continue to grow and diversify despite wave of consolidation, while traditional higher education increasingly absorbs aspects of the short-term training model.

Three-quarters of respondents to a new poll think artificial intelligence will have a positive impact on their lives and work. Only 23 percent think it will endanger their jobs.

The quest to quantify everything undermines higher education.
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