Today's Clips (5/22/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

College Advising Corps gets $20 million from former Microsoft executive, Steve Ballmer, in quest to point 1 million low-income students to college.

Davidson coach Bob McKillop remains close to Steph Curry, his former star, and believes Curry is being unfairly criticized for his defense. McKillop also said he believes Curry's ankle looks healthy.

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are starting a new joint education initiative and have sought advice from different sectors. Bertis Downs gives them his.

IN OTHER NEWS

Conservatives are pushing reforms that only exacerbate the problem with college culture they are trying to solve.

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on inequality in college admissions, inequality in parents’ wills and more.

In Newark, N.J., a branch of the Rutgers University system uses its honors college to seek out students who have survived the hard knocks of life.

When antifa issued threats to my student group, Cal State Fullerton did nothing.

The student, Dylan Pietrs, was found unresponsive Saturday in his tent at Shasta Lake near Redding, Calif.

Survivors say settlement doesn't end their advocacy, they want to know more about who covered for Larry Nassar and for MSU to change its culture

At some colleges, admissions officers look at whether prospective students have shown enthusiasm and curiosity about their school during the application process. Visiting campus is one way for prospective students to do this, but it's not the only option. Here are seven other ways students can demonstrate interest in a college or university.

TRADES

Most institutions say they value teaching. But how they assess it tells a different story. University of Southern California has stopped using student evaluations of teaching in promotion decisions in favor of peer-review model. Oregon seeks to end quantitative evaluations of teaching for holistic model.

Overall college enrollments continue to slide, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit that tracks 97 percent of students who attend degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive federal financial aid.

The three finalists to lead the University of Massachusetts at Boston dropped out following faculty criticism of both them and the search process.

Texas State University has been a hotbed of racial unrest over the past few years. The administration is increasing its efforts to make sure that everyone there feels safe.

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