Today's Clips (5/27/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Richard Nixon took measures for short-term political gain that harmed the economy for the rest of the 1970s.

As player payouts soar into the millions, college sports teams seeking an edge with top talent are reuniting with star alumni—and sending them out on the recruiting trail.

Looking to pay for new tax cuts, Republicans in the state legislature want to free up more than $100 million a year from higher education through higher tuition and funding cuts.

IN OTHER NEWS

Even against one of the nation’s oldest institutions, the Trump administration holds the levers of power — and it’s using them aggressively.

Harvard and the federal government are locked in a battle that boils down to turning over records on international students. But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.

In a social media post, the president mused about redirecting $3 billion in research grant funding that his administration has frozen or withdrawn, but he gave no details.

College officials fear that President Trump may use international enrollment as leverage to demand changes on campuses elsewhere.

What was once a sign of international renown now looks like a vulnerability.

Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.

International students are at the center of Trump’s latest escalation against Harvard. Experts say they make key contributions to the nation’s economy and research.

We can’t keep postponing the inevitable. Some Republican policy ideas can help smooth the transition.

More than 2 million Americans’ credit scores were dinged suddenly by student loan delinquencies. Now they’re struggling to navigate pricier loans and housing uncertainty.

House Republicans say the tax changes target "woke, elite universities."

Harvard’s 919 athletes may not have much time to decide their next steps, depending on their sport.

TRADES

The head of the American Council on Education said the legislation would make higher ed more elite, while Trump’s cuts to research funding risk the country’s standing as a global superpower. The House GOP proposal to impose risk-sharing responsibilities on colleges and universities is the most concerning element of the budget bill that’s now in the hands of the Senate, according to the head of the leading higher education advocacy body. Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, said the plan would limit access to higher education for low-income students and sow financial instability across the sector.

Professors’ responses to an internal survey were candid and occasionally brutal.

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