Today's Clips (10/18/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
The World Golf Hall of Fame announced today that NBA star Stephen "Steph" Curry will receive The Charlie Sifford Award presented by Southern Company, which honors recipients for their spirit in advancing diversity in golf.
IN OTHER NEWS

A truck with a billboard displayed their names and photos, and critics put out do-not-hire lists. The students say it’s a campaign to shut them up.

Davis Polk said the potential hires were leaders of student groups that had issued statements condemning Israel. But it also said it was reconsidering because some of the students had said they didn’t authorize the letters.

The demonstrations at university campuses have echoed across the country.

Some students celebrate and many presidents equivocate. No wonder trust in higher ed is down.

In a wide-ranging hearing on the future of college sports, a representative of NIL collectives testified for the first time.

The Tez Walker saga at North Carolina is a symbol of the dying days of college sports’ “student-athlete” infrastructure.

A volleyball shoe startup is bringing attention to colleges’ multi-million-dollar contracts with athletic apparel companies and terms that prevent athletes from wearing other brands

TRADES

Statements on the Israel attacks draw criticism from both sides. Should commenting on complicated geopolitical events be part of a college leader’s mandate? Reverberations from the war between Israel and Hamas are shaking U.S. higher education as the conflict spills out onto campuses across the nation, pitting protesting students against one another and forcing college presidents to take a stand on a conflict thousands of miles away. Presidential responses have elicited criticism from supporters on both sides. Students and faculty members have blasted college and university leaders for not releasing statements at all, for speaking up too late or for speaking too forcefully—or not forcefully enough.

We need to remove the barriers to entry so that all students can gain practical career experience.

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