Today's Clips (4/24/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Approval committee says Burt Folsom of Hillsdale College is not 'academic' enough to speak on campus, forces renowned history professor to speak at smaller venue; Spencer Brown; spokesman for Young Americans for Freedom, weighs in on 'The Ingraham Angle.'

The lecture, scheduled for April 23 and hosted by the Davidson Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter, is being targeted for what administrators have ridiculously determined to be a lack of academic rigor, and therefore moved to an unsupported venue at the edge of campus.

IN OTHER NEWS

Lucy Thurber’s compassionate but clunky play follows the bids of two young men from the Bronx to win scholarships at a New England college.

Why is American medicine so expensive? One reason is that doctors are forced to get bachelor’s degrees.

Here are details of the 'social-psychological' experiment.

A liberal arts college president says schools must talk more about the depth of their community involvement.

A near-century-old outdoor recreation club will now refrain from going outside because it is too dangerous out in the wilderness, according to officials at Penn State University.

The John William Pope Foundation has pledged $10 million to UNC-Chapel Hill for cancer research; for a program on philosophy, politics and economics; for athletic scholarships and for a substance abuse treatment program aimed at mothers and pregnant women.

Bowdoin College announced Thursday it is carbon neutral, two years ahead of schedule. 
The William & Mary Board of Visitors passed a resolution Friday that apologizes for the college’s use of slave labor and its past discrimination. 
TRADES

At meeting of trustees, presidents and other campus leaders discuss the continuing turmoil colleges face in mediating tension over free speech.

Randa Jarrar's case at Cal State Fresno has attracted national attention, much of it arguably undue. Will she be punished? It's hard to say, given academe's unpredictable track record on discipline for faculty social media snafus.

“There’s this assumption that everyone here is wealthy,” says one of the online guide’s creators.

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