Today's Clips (10/30/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Businesses are the most influential force in America for fighting racism, but employers still need to include more women and minorities in their decision making to improve both their own bottom lines and society as a whole, a top United Parcel Service executive said Monday.

IN OTHER NEWS

The decision was a rare rebuke of China’s strict limits on free speech at a time when many American universities are rushing into the China market.

Deepening political divisions in America are spurring acts of extreme violence. What will it take to regain civil discourse that serves common interests? 

Robert Grossman, dean of the school, says students face morally challenging questions when they graduate loaded with debt.

Three weeks into a trial gauging whether Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants, eight current and former students came to the school’s defense, saying they supported the university’s consideration of race in admissions decisions

The family of a Sacred Heart University junior who died last year after participating in a charity pancake-eating contest is suing the university.

A new survey asks Gen Z about capitalism and its flaws.

U.S. colleges and universities have received more than $350 million from the Saudi government this decade, yet some are rethinking their arrangements in the wake of the killing of a journalist that has ignited a global uproar against the oil-rich nation.

Two former Sacred Heart University football players have filed a lawsuit against the school and a fellow student who made false rape claims against them in 2016.

Monday, the Furman Board of Trustees announced today that it has endorsed expanding a scholarship fund that honors the memory of Joseph Vaughn, the university's first African-American student.

Don't neglect this important step in the writing process.

This year’s crop of high school dreamers have an advantage their predecessors did not: an inside understanding of how the College decides who qualifies as Harvard material.

TRADES

Signs saying "Ir's OK to be white" appeared at the University of Vermont and Champlain College this weekend, the Associated Press reported. Similar signs have appeared at other campuses, linked to white nationalist groups that seek to inflame racial tensions on campus. Authorities said that they do not believe any students at the two colleges were involved in putting up the signs.

Investigators concluded that the caller provided "legitimate, non-discriminatory" reason for calling campus police on a black student who was eating her lunch in a residence hall living room. Some question the findings.

Current and former students on Monday described why race matters in admissions.

Most Americans think higher education is headed in the wrong direction, but they love their local college. Why?

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