Today's Clips (4/12/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

"In 2018, an online group revealed that two students at Davidson College in North Carolina had been posting racist content. The campus of the selective, private college erupted in protest. A few days later, the college announced the two students were no longer enrolled at the university, though it wasn’t clear if administrators took action or if the students choose to leave of their volition."

In addition to Jack Lang setting a new program record for career Top-5 finishes, Davidson College in North Carolina came home fifth at the 2019 Irish Creek Collegiate hosted by the Wildcats and Charlotte. The two-day 54-hole event was played on the Par 71, 7,099-yard Club at Irish Creek layout. After matching his personal best with a five-under 66 in round two, Lang (207 | -6) carded a 69 Sunday to finish third out of 96 individual competitors. For Lang, it was his 12th

IN OTHER NEWS

The university’s students voted to pay a bit more tuition each semester to create a fund to benefit the descendants of slaves the school once owned.

College visits can be a chance for parents to start thinking of their kids in a more grown-up light.

The College Board said it would crack down on requests from students to take tests at schools other than their own.

A mother relates an insight about faith in one’s children.

I assign far less reading, demand less writing, and give higher grades than I did two generations ago.

Since federal authorities detailed a sprawling scheme, universities have been scrambling to determine which students may have benefited—and how much they actually knew about their parents’ alleged activity.

Atrium Health, Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wake Forest University said they plan to work together to bring a medical school to Charlotte, North Carolina, a city that lacks a 4 year medical campus.

A former counselor at a Florida private school is expected to plead guilty on Friday to secretly taking college placement tests for the children of wealthy parents as part of the largest admissions fraud scheme uncovered in U.S. history.

After FAFSA replied to a senior's viral prom video, the Department of Education clarified that social media posts aren't monitored.

For most students, figuring out where to go to college is closely linked with, "How am I gonna pay for it?" The answer — sort of — comes in lots of confusing terms and jargon.

Hua Hsu on “Standing for Reason: The University in a Dogmatic Age,” by the former N.Y.U. president John Sexton, and “The Adjunct Underclass: How America’s Colleges Betrayed Their Faculty, Their Students, and Their Mission,” by Herb Childress.

TRADES

A new study confirms that fraternity men and athletes are committing more sexual assaults than are those in the general student population -- and that repeat offenders are a major problem.

Inside Higher Ed survey finds two-year presidents favor -- and four-year presidents oppose -- letting community colleges offer the degrees. Survey also explores free college and barriers to transfer.

New college-affordability efforts have their roots in student activism.

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