Today's Clips (7/1/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

"Students at Davidson College in North Carolina are also advocating for an Asian American studies department, starting from the bottom up."

The day after a congressional hearing to discuss legislation that would create a commission to study reparations for African Americans, an old claim about white, Irish slaves gained steam.

Many of Beau Baker’s brightest students in Louisville, Ky., entered high school thinking college was not for a first-generation kid like them. Baker is working to change that.

IN OTHER NEWS

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos formally repealed an Obama-era regulation that would have forced for-profit colleges to prove their debt-laden graduates could find gainful employment.

"... while I admire campus activism for its commitment to social justice, I also worry that it sometimes becomes infused with a prickly intolerance, embracing every kind of diversity except one: ideological diversity."

For nearly 200 years, historically black colleges and universities have educated thousands of students, but they continue to face an uncertain future.

It’s not just about tuition. It’s a way to reassert the power of public goods in America.

For over a dozen years the Michigan city has offered to pay tuition for local students. The result is lots more begin higher education but graduation rates are mixed, as some remain hobbled by academic or economic ills.

An Ohio judge cut practically in half a $44 million award won by small-business owners who accused Oberlin College of ruining their business by encouraging protests against them and branding them racists.

The ringleader of the nationwide college admissions cheating scheme, William “Rick” Singer, built a foundation for his operation at IMG Academy by connecting with a crucial partner at the Florida sports boarding school.

A review by the regional commission comes after a football player’s death in 2018.

A typical first-year class at this private liberal arts college is 300.

TRADES

New IRS guidelines further define which institutions are subject to the tax and what should be included as taxable "investment income" (surprise: dorm rental income).

Communal, inclusive, democratic. That may be the future of college leadership.

Archive available here: davidson-clips.ongoodbits.com
*|LIST:ADDRESS|*
Unsubscribe | View in browser