Today's Clips (12/9/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Graduating without college debt is an attractive prospect. But students need to understand the basics of no-loan financial aid and how it might apply to them before making any decisions.

Tim Ritchie will join the nonprofit museum in February 2020 with over 15 years at the helm of metropolitan science centers.

IN OTHER NEWS

Enrollment of women at the University of Tokyo has remained about 20 percent for years, an imbalance that extends across many top Japanese colleges.

Kneeling during the national anthem is a “completely appropriate protest” that should have been protected by Kennesaw State University, a lawyer for the student said.

In 1970 New York’s City College had the best of intentions. It tried ‘open admissions.’ It was a bust.

Students from Harvard and Yale universities, along with others who staged a climate change protest on the field during last month's football game between the Ivy League schools, were sentenced Friday to perform community service.

Jamie Beaton, 24, has made a name and millions by selling himself as an expert in U.S. college admissions. It's unclear his guidance is helpful.

 There are a few key milestones in the first semester of a college freshman's life: the first few days away, especially if they're on a far-off campus; the first big paper to write; the first big exam.

Authorities have identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle during a weekend crash in southeast Raleigh.

Removing the unquestioned and unlimited supply of federal funding devoid of underwriting would set off the most dramatic price competition in history, as universities would be forced to define value, secure customers, differentiate, and compete.

TRADES

Study attempts to debunk criticisms of student evaluations of teaching as reliable measures of teaching effectiveness, but critics remain.

As the Sons of Confederate Veterans celebrate gaining ownership of the monument, many faculty and students are puzzling over why the university system’s governing board was so willing to make a deal.

ProPublica has assembled the first state-by-state database of professors’ outside income and employment. But it’s far from complete.

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