Today's Clips (4/21/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Despite what you may have heard from politicians trying to scare up votes, here’s what DEI is really about.

This understanding of DEI has been manipulated. Instead of viewing people as complex individuals, we have degraded them to immaterial labels | Opinion

“Disabled people deserve to be more than space and time.” That phrase runs through my mine, and my work seeks to make us more than space and time. | Opinion

In teaching Asian American history at Davidson College, my hope is students will contextualize the present to pursue a more equitable future. | Opinion

A research team supporting the LGBTQ+ community is facing uncertainty after funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health was revoked.

IN OTHER NEWS

“Nice university you got there. Shame if something happened to it.”

Students could bypass the United States for friendlier countries as the Trump administration attacks universities and revokes visas. Their loss could hurt schools and the economy.

An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.

Harvard on Saturday balked at claims that the letter was sent in error, pointing out that the Trump administration had “doubled down” on its threats.

The university publicized a government demand letter that asked for federal oversight of the campus.

Far beyond Harvard Yard, the university is a major economic engine for the region.

Courts and universities are trying to preserve guardrails on presidential authority in the face of the administration’s unprecedented assertions of power.

It answers money threats with alacrity but took months to address antisemitism.

America’s most prestigious university shows us there are other options than capitulating to Trump.

The speed and scope of the federal government’s efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges and universities across the country.

As U.S. colleges are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose campus mentors, move-in events, scholarships and diversity offices where they always have felt welcome on predominately white campuses.

UNC leaders face pressure from both sides as Trump demands changes at universities | Opinion

Whether it be their race, the school they chose to attend, their age or their sexuality​, ​impostor syndrome weighs heavy on my students. | Opinion

The beauty of a college campus is that it’s a space where we intentionally bring together people from around the world to learn from one another.

Limestone students ask Mr. Beast to save help university

TRADES

More than 1,500 students from nearly 250 colleges have had their visas revoked, but who they are—and why they’ve been targeted—is still largely unknown. On April 7, amid reports that the federal government was detaining international students and revoking their visas, Inside Higher Ed began collecting and cross-checking data in an effort to track exactly how many students were affected—and at which institutions.

The Internal Revenue Service is considering whether Harvard University violated bans on engaging in political activity. Experts weigh in on the implications.

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