Today's Clips (2/9/24)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

The campus chapter acknowledged it hazed new members during the spring 2023 semester, according to a Davidson spokesperson.

A campus chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon at Davidson College has been suspended for five years after acknowledging it engaged in hazing.

Davidson College has suspended its chapter of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity due to hazing that occurred during the spring 2023 semester, The Charlotte Observer reported Thursday. Sigma Phi Epsilon’s national organization has also revoked the chapter’s charter.

More than half of students involved in fraternities and sororities experience hazing, data shows.
IN OTHER NEWS

The state schools in California and many other colleges are extending their May 1 commitment deadlines. Some are also creating new aid forms.

TRADES

Mixed performance by AI-detector tools leaves academics with no clear answers. As AI-driven fakery spreads—from election-related robocalls and celebrity deepfake videos to doctored images and students abusing the powers of ChatGPT—a tech arms race is ramping up to detect these falsehoods. But in higher ed, many are choosing to stand back and wait, worried that new tools for detecting AI-generated plagiarism may do more harm than good.

Yes, the sector has a lot that it needs to fix. But criticisms that seem to dismiss the value of college altogether often miss key details.

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