Today's Clips (4/3/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Davidson College unveils plans for a monument honoring enslaved people who helped build the campus. It's part of a racial reckoning going on across America — along with the college's inauguration events for President Doug Hicks.

Davidson College will create a memorial recognizing the enslaved workers who helped build the campus. Why it matters: Davidson is one of many institutions nationwide grappling with its ties to slavery. The school said it “can never fully atone for that past,” but certain public efforts like building this memorial is a step toward reconciling […]

There is officially a new president at Davidson College.

History professors are wary of political influence over the content of their courses, worry heightened by proposed new legislation in North Carolina, according to interviews with five professors at Charlotte area colleges.
IN OTHER NEWS

Both Miami’s men’s and women’s teams made deep runs in March. Their athletes also had significant backing in the form of name, image and likeness deals.

Elected officials have pushed vocational programs at the expense of the liberal arts. That’s hurting America.

An overreaction to false sexual assault accusations hints at the danger of Biden’s Title IX reforms.

Positions on abortion medication, diversity initiatives and test scores in admissions show the divide.

Acceptance rates at the nation’s top universities are plunging, and parents are doing whatever it takes to get their kids in.

TRADES

The plagiarism detector will introduce its AI detection tool tomorrow, hoping to protect academic integrity in a post-ChatGPT world. The speedy launch and lack of an opt-out have academics worried.

Lafayette, a liberal arts college, is adding deans to lead its four academic divisions July 1. But a lack of details about their roles, plus other alleged issues, have elicited concerns from department heads and program chairs.

Sixty-two percent of college leaders say that staff and administrative hiring in the first three months of the year has been harder than it was in 2022, according to a new survey from The Chronicle.

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