Today's Clips (12/4/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

An important bloc for the governing party, the island’s youth are focusing on bread-and-butter issues and have helped propel the rise of an insurgent party.

Instead of putting a bullet in my head or knee on my neck, they treated me with respect and put me into an ambulance.

Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown at Leluia Hall (formerly Bonterra). “Our city is really at a pivotal time,” Brown says. “We are on the cusp of being one of the great cities in this country—and weirdly! Like, we are not even on water!” Photos by Rusty Williams At the end of 2021, restaurateurs Jamie Brown and Jeff Tonidandel bought the...

Working smarter, not harder has delivered the right results for Lucid Bots Inc. and the organizations that use its robotic cleaning devices. The cleaning technology business posted an average annual growth rate of 281% over three years to rank third among CBJ’s Fast 50.

Debate in Davidson over efforts to rename the interchange at I-77 exit 30 after NBA superstar Steph Curry. Despite all the love in the community for the Davidson College alum, the name change might not happen.
IN OTHER NEWS

This seems to be true of a lot of us.

Liberal-leaning professors are leaving coveted jobs with tenure. And there are signs that recruiting scholars has become harder.

‘Hyperchecking’ is robbing students of opportunities to develop autonomy.

Greg Lukianoff fights efforts to silence controversial voices on college campuses: ‘This just makes it worse.’

For those applying to entry-level positions of midtier jobs, the odds of being hired are akin to a lottery. But it’s better than the alternative.

Young activists often see the world as split between the oppressed and their oppressors—and their views are markedly different than those of older Americans.

The longtime Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman paid for buildings at universities and schools. He had ideas about their design.

The Education Department has failed to update critical guidelines used to calculate financial aid, an error that could result in students’ receiving less scholarship and grant money for college.

It will help Duke expand financial aid as it seeks to attract students from a broader range of family backgrounds.

Student development program and collaboration around autism initiatives headline ‘Official Higher Education Partner of the Philadelphia Eagles’ agreement

TRADES

Negotiations next spring will address state authorization and the definition of distance education but won’t consider use of third-party servicers. The Biden administration is moving forward on its ambitious plans to update the regulations governing accreditation and the definition of distance education, among other topics, the U.S.

They’re annoying and sometimes deadly — yet highly useful. Spin and Virginia Tech conducted a $400,000 study to find a middle ground.

In North Carolina, the system president now largely controls the selection of campus chancellors. Sources say they expect a current member of the system’s board to take over the flagship.

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