Today's Clips (3/29/19)
IN OTHER NEWS

“The whole country has been rocked by the news that hundreds of parents have been accused of bribing their kids’ way into elite colleges — and also U.S.C.,” Noah said.

Federal authorities and at least some parents accused in the college-admissions cheating case are negotiating possible guilty pleas, according to people familiar with the matter.

A Virginia student who worked with the nation's first elected African-American governor is accusing him of sexually harassing her by kissing her without consent.

More than a dozen parents charged in a nationwide college admissions cheating scheme are due in court.

State lawmakers have introduced bills to close loopholes used by parents to get kids into elite universities. One bill would regulate private college consultants. Another would prohibit preferential admissions to applicants related to the institution’s donors or alumni.

Beloit College President Scott Bierman condemned “excessive disruptions unequivocally” in an email to students Thursday morning after the college canceled a lecture by Erik Prince on Wednesday night amid protests.

When Paul LeBlanc took over Southern New Hampshire University, it was going under. Now he’s building the nation’s largest university by treating its non-traditional students like valued customers

TRADES

Tufts University recently expelled a student for allegedly hacking grades, but did the university make the right call?

Beloit calls off talk by conservative speaker after students bang drums and pile chairs on stage to prevent him from starting.

Having students use higher-order thinking skills to devise test questions is associated with higher scores and, the faculty member thinks, more learning.

For professors at Morehouse College, the three-day workshop represents a chance to extend their teachings beyond the traditional classroom, to people who are in a position to be widely heard.

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