Today's Clips (11/7/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Dan Chiasson on the work of Charles Wright, whose poems have taken many audacious forms and sound little like one another.

Chile's intensifying protest movement reveals the deep discontent with deteriorating social and political circumstances. While President Piñera’s recent conciliatoriness suggests that he appreciates the pain of the majority of Chileans, his approval ratings have plummeted, writes Russell Crandall.

IN OTHER NEWS

In the latest effort to undo the N.C.A.A. business model, a former Villanova football player filed a class-action suit arguing that the organization and its member schools had violated minimum wage laws.

As an industry begins to sprout, Kiwi Campus and Nuro, two start-ups, are dreaming up new ways to deliver groceries and lunch.

Some question whether an American University program, inspired by a Russian ambassador, presents too favorable a view of that country.

Arya Toufanian, the chief executive of I’m Shmacked, promised students Instagram fame, then silenced them with threats.

The labor of enslaved people paid for the founding of Harvard Law School, Antigua’s prime minister reminded the college’s president.

For 47 cents, the College Board will sell an individual’s information, allowing schools to market themselves more broadly. This encourages an increase in applications, which can lead to higher rejection rates.

A generation of kids who grew up amid the boom in climbing gyms is transforming the college scene from ragtag recreational clubs into a competitive league.

As applications to American business schools decline, the percentage of women enrolled in full-time M.B.A. programs continues to rise.

Occidental College, a small, private liberal-arts school in Los Angeles, decided to opt out of the chase for wealthy students and put its money into scholarships for less well-off minorities. That decision made decades ago has come at a cost.

The case is likely to go to court, which would be the first such lawsuit of its kind.

Students are rallying to demand that the university do more to keep people safe, while the university invites students for a discussion with administrators.

The Baltimore-based apparel maker “remains as committed as ever” to the Terps, who have benefited from their ties with CEO and Maryland graduate Kevin Plank.

With thousands of prospective students to sort through and only so many hours in a day, the applications that students can spend days, weeks and months agonizing over often receive only a few minutes of inspection.

The Student Government Association at the University of Alabama is warning groups that protesting President Trump during Saturday’s LSU game could result in loss of reserved seating for the remainder of the season.

TRADES

Move comes after the tiny Vermont college failed to merge with University of Bridgeport.

Recovery programs that help students with alcohol and drug problems are more welcome as campus leaders try to help students overcome social barriers that prevent them from earning degrees.

The university's handling of the physical removal of an African American student from her apartment prompted student protests and public criticism after a disturbing video of the event went viral.

University of North Carolina system's top lawyer issues cease-and-desist letter to outside lawyer said to be representing some of its board members.

Faculty critics said they object to having what they consider abstract ideas dictated to them. That practice might be appropriate in a corporate office, they say, but not on a college campus.

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