Today's Clips (6/21/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Among those dropping AP are Sidwell Friends, Georgetown Day and St. Albans schools. PDF: http://bit.ly/2MblsP4
While direct mail and phone remain strong methods of courting donors, advancement offices face the reality that younger alumni may not even have a landline or use a checkbook.

At these schools, an average of 51.5 percent of alumni gave back in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, U.S. News data show. Read on to see which colleges and universities had the highest percentages of alumni who donated.

IN OTHER NEWS
Personal ratings brought down Asian-American applicants’ chances of being admitted, according to an analysis filed by a group suing the school for bias.
A lawsuit may eventually give the Supreme Court a chance to clarify its view of racial preferences.
PDF:  http://bit.ly/2M8z4uo

The company expects AI technologies to eliminate existing jobs. It wants its employees to be ready.

Heterodox Academy, now more than 2,000 strong, stands against censorship and for free inquiry.

Dozens of universities are banding together with a new reporting system to keep tabs on Greek organizations in hopes of curbing hazing, sexual assault and alcohol abuse. PDF: http://bit.ly/2IaiKqB

The White House plans to propose merging the Departments of Labor and Education as part of a broader reorganization of the federal government, according to a person with knowledge of the proposal.

"It's better to let them come, have their moment, let the protest proceed but without disrupting their speech, and then they don't get the validation."

In college, establishing credit felt about as pressing as an optional homework assignment. But now that you've graduated, it's suddenly at the top of your summer to-do list, with a deadline of ASAP. And for good reason.
TRADES

The University of Colorado Board of Regents may drop the word "liberal" from the phrase "liberal education" in the university system's statement of purpose, The Daily Camera reported.

After a review by Michigan State University interim president John Engler, an upcoming edition of the university’s alumni magazine will not include planned long-form essays exploring how the Larry Nassar sexual abuse case has tainted the university, multiple anonymous administration sources told the Detroit Free Press.

In Tennessee and elsewhere, professors worry that their arguments to legislators and the public are falling on deaf ears.

With bipartisan opposition to the immigration policy growing daily, people in academe are citing professional expertise and core values in their protests.

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