Today's Clips (3/6/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Hurt Hub@Davidson news: Flywheel is opening a new 9,700-square-foot co-working space.
IN OTHER NEWS

How two universities raised graduation rates.

A professor who specializes in civil rights has filed suit against the school, saying it has discriminated against her because she has multiple sclerosis.

The University of Mississippi is acknowledging its historical connections to slave labor, slave owners and officials who set policies that stripped African-Americans of voting rights after the Civil War.

The private college in Upstate New York warned people to shelter in place after receiving a “real, credible threat.” No injuries had been reported. Hours later, the campus remains locked down and is being evacuated.

Punches were thrown as white nationalists and protesters clashed before Richard Spencer of the National Policy Institute planned to speak at the public university Monday afternoon

David Swensen, head of Yale’s $27 billion endowment, rarely speaks publicly about the fund’s enviable track record and investments.
We’re expected to believe these elite athletes are just regular students who play sports in their spare time.
TRADES

Law students at Lewis & Clark College interrupt appearance by Christina Hoff Sommers.

Coursera and other purveyors of massive open online courses supposedly signaled the end of traditional credentials and, as some told it, universities. Now the company is betting big on both.

Study finds "strikingly high" rates of depression and anxiety, with many reporting little help or support from supervisors.

Why higher ed has become an easy target.

Career success for humanities majors doesn’t always depend on what those disciplines taught you. Sometimes, where you come from and what college you attended are what counts.

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