Today's Clips (5/15/24)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Using DEI as a tool, Davidson College found the best way to honor a former football coach

Among NPA's 2024 graduates are Jack Flugstad, who has excelled in track and field, cross country and band
IN OTHER NEWS

Republicans have pressed educators to fire employees who they say crossed lines. But school leaders say that legal, political and union considerations complicate matters.

A new program, backed by Cornell Tech, M.I.T. and U.C.L.A., helps prepare lower-income, Latina and Black female computing majors for artificial intelligence careers.

President Alan Garber said the university would begin reinstatement proceedings for students “placed on involuntary leaves of absence” and evaluate the disciplinary cases of those who participated in the encampment.

Respect free speech and don’t take sides—a simple approach to avoid campus strife.

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill redirects DEI funding to campus safety.

Wiley will announce that it will shutter 19 more journals, some tainted by fraud.

The commencement for Columbia University’s undergraduates comes after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests prompted the school to cancel its university-wide ceremony.

Augusta, Georgia State, Kennesaw State and Georgia Southern universities will start require admissions testing with incoming freshmen in the fall of 2

TRADES

New University of Nevada online courses aim to teach future educators about AI limitations through competition. Amid the swirl of concern about generative artificial intelligence in the classroom, a Nevada university is trying a different tactic by having students compete against ChatGPT in writing assignments. Students in two courses at the University of Nevada, Reno, are going head-to-head with ChatGPT by answering the same prompts as the AI and aiming to get a higher grade.

The National Labor Relations Board will soon determine if students at Berea College have the right to hold a union election. It’s the latest chapter in an ongoing wave of undergraduate organizing.

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