Today's Clips (2/11/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Tapia led a program that helped hundreds of black students attend college.

The Jackson State University community was upset when the state college board selected William Bynum president in 2017.

IN OTHER NEWS

Congress is examining the issue. State legislatures are considering their own plans. And the N.C.A.A. has promised changes, but has long stopped athletes from making any money from their play.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s contentious regulations on sexual misconduct at schools will cement domestic and dating violence and stalking as forms of gender discrimination.

There’s nothing morally wrong with not wanting to work hard at school.

A conglomerate majority-owned by prestigious Peking University used its research prowess, elite connections and implicit state backing to expand in industries from electronics to health care, with funding by big global names. Now some of its bonds trade for less than 50 cents on the dollar.

The largest gift in Howard University's history — a $10 million investment in its STEM program — has sparked a larger conversation: which institutions get private donor money, and why.

Trade tensions between Beijing and Washington have been building for years, leading the Trump administration to label the Asian nation “a threat to the world.” Yet the tally of gifts and contracts from China to U.S. universities since the start of 2013 is approaching $1 billion.

A college resume that lied about the achievements of one of TV star Lori Loughlin's daughters has surfaced in the shameful national college-admissions scandal.

Nine students were in the tram when it was hit.

Former Ohio State wrestlers turned up the pressure on their alma mater by asking the state inspector general to interview the university's ties to Jeffrey Epstein

It hasn’t made Billboard’s Top Hip Hop Charts, but his video got more than 31,000 views on YouTube in just four days.

Georgia authorities have arrested 14 Lowndes County men, accused of communicating with children online and then traveling to meet them for sex.

TRADES

The University of Wisconsin at Madison has announced a $70 million gift from John and Tashia Morgridge, two alumni, to support faculty recruitment and retention. The funds will match gifts from others to support the endowing of chairs for faculty members.

Forty percent of institutions are destined to struggle. What to do? Here’s what works — and what doesn’t.

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