Today's Clips (5/15/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

President Biden announced his plan to nominate Adriana Kugler, an official at the World Bank, for a Fed governor job, while elevating Philip Jefferson to the role of vice chair.

President Biden’s pick for the Federal Reserve’s No. 2 position has focused on monetary policy and poverty issues.
IN OTHER NEWS

My generation has wrecked so much that is precious. How could I dare to offer you advice?

The changing terminology reflects new thinking among some consultants, who say traditional D.E.I. strategies haven’t worked out as planned.

A centuries-old aphorism updated in the form of advice to the class of 2023.

“It’s like 800 bucks a month, and you get your whole own space,” said Damien Stoffel, a senior at UCSC who has lived in a trailer park for two years

As affirmative action and diversity come under attack, inequity is widening and set to get worse.

Dartmouth College says it has found the partial skeletal remains of 15 Native Americans housed in its anthropology department. The discovery in November set in motion efforts to repatriate the remains to the appropriate tribes. It is also sparking a larger conversation between the college and Native American students and alumni about why the remains sat for so long, how the college acquired them and who is to blame for the oversight. The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act requires federally funded institutions, such as universities, to return remains and cultural items to the appropriate tribes.

TRADES

They are divided about what to do about ChatGPT, but that doesn’t prevent some of them from embracing AI. This story is not about ChatGPT. Most admissions offices are terrified that some (many?) students will find ways to use the new technology to submit essays that are not their own. But that doesn’t mean that AI hasn’t entered admissions offices—by their invitation. Some admissions offices are starting to use AI, for instance, to review transcripts, which are a key part of a college application.

No professor or software could ever pick up on it.

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