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Jul 3 2019

Today's Clips (7/3/19)

Today's Clips (7/3/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Charlie Slagle, whose impact on the game of soccer stretched far beyond his days as a player and coach at Davidson, died Tuesday in Richmond, Va. He was 67. The Richmond Kickers, the United Soccer League team for which Slagle had worked since January, announced Slagle’s death on their website.
IN OTHER NEWS
One spring afternoon last year, protesters gathered on a sidewalk alongside a busy street in Cambridge, Mass. City buses rolled past. Car horns sounded. A few pedestrians paused briefly before continuing on their way.
Women in the U.S. have earned more degrees for decades, but it wasn’t until this year that they edged out college-educated men in the work force. Though they still make a lot less money. You’re reading In Her Words, where women rule the headlines.
KENT, Ohio — Talk show host, comedian and game show host Steve Harvey has committed to covering the college costs for eight incoming freshmen at his alma mater in Ohio.
The student was identified as Thomas H. Few, a 20-year-old from Greenville, Clemson University said in a news release. 
Queens University of Charlotte has a new president. Daniel Lugo officially took the reins at the Myers Park-based private university Monday. He was previously vice president for college advancement at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Dispelling myths is the biggest challenge Anna Karabelas faces each year as the college counselor at Queens Technical High School. The career and technical education school — where last school year 76% of students came from low-income families — serves many first-generation Americans, she said.
TRADES
As states across the country have responded to a 2015 Supreme Court decision by passing laws to allow same-sex marriage, colleges and universities have increasingly reined in their health-care benefits for domestic partners, be they of the same or different sexes.
Two professors at Miami University are suddenly at risk of losing their jobs over a plant that has been in their collection for over a decade.
I’m Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, covering innovation in and around academe. Here’s what I’m thinking about this week. What keeps colleges from doing more with emergency aid? Money, attitudes, and more.
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