Today's Clips (4/6/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Failure helps cities and individuals get smarter and better. Charlotte needs a culture of failing well in order to help its residents.
As a recent graduate who is new to the field of academic innovation I asked, “How can students engage meaningfully with institutional change?”

Recently, a panel of scientists was asked the “Larry Summers question” – why are there fewer women in science?

IN OTHER NEWS

Project-centered approaches to education could eventually make traditional methods as outdated as chalk and blackboards.

With college prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, more middle-class families are looking for ways to spend less for quality education.

At Howard, student activists are bringing back a protest tactic from the 1960s.

More than a dozen small colleges have joined to yank the management of their retirement accounts from TIAA after it raised the fees on some of its most popular funds.

The New Hampshire school says in a news release it was "an offer they couldn't refuse," echoing one of the movie's famous lines.

College waitlists are growing. For many students, they offer hope of admission. That's not always the case.

A new survey of more than 250 college admissions officers shows how valuable it is for an applicant to demonstrate community service. And, for the first time, we get a sense of why it matters.
TRADES

Two professors resign from MassArt following harassment allegations. Are art schools taking a harder line against professors in era of Me Too? Are academic and artistic freedom at risk?

The editor of the Spokane Falls Community College student newspaper and a journalism instructor believe someone stole more than 400 copies of an edition of the paper that featured an article about the college's former president, according to The Spokesman-Review.

Understanding how the brain behaves in an assault is crucial, psychologists say. But critics see the trend as more evidence that the system is stacked against the accused.

They’re somewhat common, they often have transparency issues, and their quasi-public status means that courts and legislatures must wrestle with the regulations and protections covering officers.

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