Today's Clips (2/27/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Colleges are failing students and masquerading a quality education with indoctrinating courses that promote a leftist agenda.

A recap of what's happened in the last week and what it all means.
IN OTHER NEWS

President Riggs has reassured the Gettysburg College community that we remain committed to an inclusive learning environment that provides students with the tools for critical reflection on complex matters.

The potentially missed deadline raises doubts about whether thousands of young adults could be blocked from the ballot box.

Enrollment growth is contributing to an acute housing shortage at Prairie View A&M University, a recurring problem that’s prompting disputes over which students deserve priority for on-campus accommodation. After protests from students and parents, administrators this week suspended recently announced plans to house first-year students in a portion of a residence hall now occupied primarily by juniors and seniors. But the broader housing problem, on a campus with only enough beds for about half of its students, continues to be a challenge.

All together, the field seems to have converged on a consensus: A free-college proposal—or an answer about why they don’t have one—is something of a prerequisite for Democratic candidates hoping to challenge Donald Trump in the 2020 election.

U.S. Military Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams ordered a full-day “stand-down” at the academy on Monday. The order comes weeks after a Pentagon survey reported assaults at West Point increased from 43 in 2016 to 48 last year.

The answer is to give more help to the poor while shifting more of the burden to the well-off.

Tinder’s Spring Break Mode is a new feature for college-student users launching this week, which will let Tinder U users check off where they’re going for spring break, then swipe on other college students who are traveling to the same destination.

TRADES

Minority students at the University of Iowa started a digital campaign to show how they feel their needs have been overlooked by administrators there.

Facing flat enrollment and strained annual budgets, DePauw University will tap endowment to finance layoffs for dozens of staff members and hefty voluntary retirement packages for a graying faculty.

In the face of a student mental-health crisis, a few colleges are putting wellness into the curriculum.

Close-knit academic networks form strong bonds among students. A mix of intensive advising and mentoring helps them stay focused, too.

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