Today's Clips (4/22/24)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Davidson College receives commitments totaling $85 million. 
Davidson College has announced that it has received a historic combined donation of $85 million, which will help transform the college’s library and the way Davidson students learn. 
IN OTHER NEWS

Humility can be a bulwark against arrogance, absolutism, purity and zeal, and an antidote in our age of grievance.

If Columbia can’t protect free speech, what hope is there for America’s institutions?

Students who camped in tents to protest the war in Gaza, including the daughter of Representative Ilhan Omar, may be barred from finishing the semester.

After reports of harassment by demonstrators, some Jewish students said they felt unsafe. Others rejected that view, while condemning antisemitism.

National Labor Relations Board testimony, now in the hands of a judge, could have wide-ranging consequences — positive and negative — for athletes and their institutions.

The students taking Harvard University’s class on the singer are studying up. Their final papers are due at the end of the month.

The children’s book series helps explain the dangers of indulging unreasonable requests around the world.

Administrators sit on their hands as a Jewish student is poked in the eye with a flagpole and hospitalized.

The president’s statement came after a rabbi encouraged Jewish students to leave campus amid safety concerns. Columbia’s Monday classes will be held virtually.

Total cost figures are misleading, with few students actually paying the headline amount

Americans' trust in higher education keeps dropping.

TRADES

Many highly selective colleges are pumping up their financial aid offerings. With race-conscious admissions out of the picture, it may be their best bet for diversity. The sticker price of a college degree is higher than ever, with several private institutions nearing a total cost of $100,000 a year. But at some of those same institutions, the country’s wealthiest and most selective, the past year has also been one of pronounced growth in financial aid programs—thanks in part to the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action last June.

Researchers found almost no long-term benefits for three dozen colleges that added the sport in the last few decades.

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