Today's Clips (2/27/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

On college campuses, students express diminished expectations and little faith in big institutions, yet they aren’t hopeless.

Wake Forest University is among a growing list of schools to support high school student protests against gun violence, sending prospective students a message that their peaceful actions won’t affect their chances of getting into those schools. Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch released a statement saying he applauded those high schoolers with the courage to protest in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida. Taking part in civil dialogue about the issue would not adversely affect their applications.

Kellan Grady's fast start at Davidson gets some hometown coverage.

IN OTHER NEWS

Dozens of U.S. colleges and universities, including at least three Ivy League schools, have said their application processes will not consider disciplinary action taken against high school students who protest last week's massacre at a Florida school.

When he came to Stanford this week, the chants outside were unoriginal, the audience inside polite.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Monday announced a broad investigation into Michigan State University’s handling of reports of sexual violence by Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor and an athletic trainer at the school.

New revelations from the FBI’s college basketball case underline the hidden economy that’s long been there, Jason Gay writes.

Campus leaders contemplating the University of Pittsburgh's future have begun to engage reluctantly in an exercise that the school's chancellor Patrick ...

The Daily Tar Heel at UNC-Chapel Hill is one of the most decorated college newspapers in the country. As it celebrates its 125th birthday in 2018, it looks for ways to keep up the fight for student journalism.

TRADES

Centralizing a range of academic services has boosted their use at Hampshire College.

Right after U of Tennessee faculty members agreed on plan to toughen oversight of tenured professors, system proposed rules many say endanger academic freedom.

Many states face a drop in the number of high-school graduates, but Maine’s will be especially steep. University leaders there have had to get creative.

Data released from the statistics division of the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility.

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