Today's Clips (7/19/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Justine Frerichs and Livaslou Tanjong have been working on a project this summer digitizing about 40 years of history of the “Concerned Citizens of Tillery.”

IN OTHER NEWS

A new private university may be needed, one that reflects the intellectual opinions of a spectrum of educated Americans outside academe. John Leo reviews “The University We Need” by Warren Treadgold.

"Lock doors & stay away from windows,” university police said on Twitter.

For East Palo Alto Academy summer school students, a visit to Santa Clara University was their first time at a college campus.

As a UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees committee was briefed on July 17 about security for the upcoming academic year, about 20 protesters questioned the $390,000 that the university spends on safety around the Silent Sam Confederate monument.

Admissions deans and directors from several colleges told U.S. News they think it's OK if prospective students write about a more common topic, such as an athletic contest, in their application essay. Read on to discover other common essay topics and advice on how best to approach them.

TRADES

A handful of college presidents have decided to make the unusual move from a liberal arts college to a professionally oriented institution. Despite love for the liberal arts, they say the time was right -- for many reasons.

The University of Wisconsin at Madison is viewed by some in the state as elitist, expensive and liberal, so the university's alumni group is holding one-on-one discussions around the state -- offering ideas and ice cream.

College Board backtracks on plan to begin the AP World History exam in the year 1450, saying it will now begin in 1200.

Impartiality bolsters a dangerous status quo.

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