Today's Clips (2/13/20)
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A professor at the University of Oklahoma provoked outrage by saying the phrase “OK, boomer” was like a racial slur for black people. He later apologized to students.

If lower-income students had a boost like those for children of alumni, selective colleges would be far less economically stratified, a study suggests.

The fate of a Confederate statue that stood for a century on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus became uncertain, as a state court judge voided an agreement that transferred the monument to a Sons of Confederate Veterans group.

Harvard and Yale universities are under investigation by the U.S. Education Department for potentially failing to report gifts and contributions they received from countries including China and Saudi Arabia.

If we want to have a revival within the liberal arts, universities need to be transparent and upfront with students about their earnings and career prospects under different degree paths.

Students need more than tuition to make it through to graduation. Listen to this episode of The Impact to learn more.

Anyone on Winthrop University's campus last week could have been exposed to the mumps, per a letter from the SC Dept. of Health and Environmental Control.

Ari Goldstein, 22, is charged with assaulting two women on separate occasions inside his room at the fraternity house. His attorney described the criminal allegations as “sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll gone wild.”

TRADES

Accepted applicants who submit an enrollment deposit to Albion College by March 6 will be entered in a drawing. Prizes include a free meal plan.

Amid heightened financial pressure, the institutions are increasingly offering aid based not on students’ financial need but on merit.

U.S. colleges could see a major enrollment pipeline cut off this fall if the coronavirus epidemic persists. Meanwhile, Australian universities are missing more than half their Chinese students weeks before their fall semester begins.

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