Today's Clips (11/18/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

As former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified during the second day of the public impeachment hearings, President Donald Trump bashed her career record on Twitter. "Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," Trump tweeted during the Nov. 15 hearing. "She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him. It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors." House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff read the tweet aloud and asked Yovanovitch to respond. "I don’t think I ...

IN OTHER NEWS

The number of foreign students coming to U.S. colleges and universities continued to fall last year, according to a new report, but the Trump administration says the drop should be blamed on high tuition costs and not students’ concerns over the nation’s political atmosphere.

The form opens the door to student aid. But it’s “a terrible measure of what people can actually afford,” one expert said. And many families will be asked to pay more, anyway.

On Saturday, a group of students accosted an African-American student, using a racial slur. It was the latest in a rash of racist and anti-Semitic incidents on campus.

“Coming to Howard for the first time was seeing the beauty of blackness,” one alumnus said.

I had no right to speak at Seton Hall, but letting me speak would’ve been right.

University-based retirement communities allow residents to become immersed in campus life—for a pretty high price.

Your child’s future does not depend on an elite education. Especially if it leaves them drowning in debt.

Recent college grad Brooke Nelson told her local newspaper Sarah Dessen's young adult romance novels were "fine for teenage girls," but recommended her college's freshman read Bryan Stevenson's "Just Mercy" instead.

One polarizing YouTube personality likened the Holocaust to a Cookie Monster baking operation.

Two associate chemistry professors were arrested Friday for allegedly manufacturing meth at an Arkansas university chemistry lab.

Too many people believe their dream college is worth endless effort, stress and debt.

TRADES

The number of Americans studying abroad increased by 2.7 percent in 2017-18 compared to the previous academic year, according to annual "Open Doors" report.

The University of Minnesota has decided to cancel a lecture to be given by Michael Bloomberg, reported The Star Tribune. Bloomberg's speech was scheduled in October, but the university said that due to rumors of his presidential run they could no longer host it, citing federal law and university rules that prohibit public entities from actions that may support presidential

A professor’s behavior was inappropriate enough to warrant punishment but not dismissal. Some students are now protesting vehemently as he returns to teaching.

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