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Apr 30 2018

Today's Clips (4/30/18)

Today's Clips (4/30/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Davidson, led by individual champion Mike Blasey, captured its first conference golf tournament since 1968 by winning the Atlantic 10 title on Sunday in Orlando, Fla. The Wildcats earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
IN OTHER NEWS

Some hate the jungle, but most find hidden strength and unanticipated freedom.

It didn’t make sense to sign up for debt. I did it anyway.
Private colleges have been aggressively discounting tuition in an effort to boost enrollment, a risky strategy that now may be backfiring as students aren’t signing up in droves, even at sale prices. PDF here: http://bit.ly/2r9PLxC

A historic North Carolina women’s college has apologized for having once owned slaves.

NCCU Chancellor Johnson Akinleye responds to anger from alumni about the university's new logo, which has been called generic, corporate and boring.
“I consider work sacred,” Clayton Spencer, president of Bates College, said over coffee in London a few weeks ago. She wasn't talking about her own job, though she clearly loves what she does. She was explaining her conviction that helping students find meaningful work should be an integral part of a liberal-arts education. 
TRADES

Private college discount rates continue to increase in efforts to attract students. Burden on budgets also continues to grow.

If officials award more scholarships than budgeted for, should students lose funds? Is it fair to take away funds only from international students?

I've received hundreds of racist emails, phone messages, and letters. This is what it's like to be hated.

How a tiny protest at the U. of Nebraska turned into a proxy war for the future of campus politics.
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