Today's Clips (5/30/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

We owe them the courage and the wisdom to prevent the next war.

Issac J. Bailey's oldest brother murdered a man and spent 32 years in prison. It changed the family forever. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Bailey about his new book, My Brother Moochie.

Bill Ferris, the most important folklorist in Southern history, is retiring after a half-century teaching us how to listen.

Can the experience of world-renowned musician and North Carolina native Joseph Robinson contribute to North Carolina’s ongoing dialogue about the purpose and value of higher education?

IN OTHER NEWS

A growing college program tells women how to recognize a date rapist early and resist him, secure in knowing it’s always his fault, not hers.

Doing work that feels beneath you always pays off in the end.

Wesleyan Univ president argues that education can counter a warped politics that disregards facts and incites hatred.

The University of Memphis is the first university in the nation to join a scholarship program offering free tuition to kids and spouses of those killed of severely wounded in the military.

Colleges and universities, whose athletes work unpaid, need to pay attention to the Supreme Court decision striking down federal restrictions on sports betting.

Many college-bound students assume that their SAT or ACT test scores are the biggest factor in being admitted to a good college.

TRADES

It persistently threatens and impacts women’s well-being in a multitude of ways, argue George Veletsianos and Jaigris Hodson.

New findings tweak "traditional" label for presidents, asking whether U.S. public colleges and universities these days are being led by more nonacademics than we think.

A professor at San Diego State University was taken aback when a message from the provost warned him that he might be “showered with unending curse” and “visited by evil a million fold.”

Lehigh University’s Morgan Volkart focused on new countries in Latin America and Africa this year, and the resulting group of international freshmen will be more diverse than ever.

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