Today's Clips (6/1/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Ron DeSantis said that not ‘a single book’ was banned in Florida. Districts have removed dozens.
IN OTHER NEWS

Graduate school applicants will take the new version of the standardized test beginning in September, a tacit acknowledgment of its declining relevance in admissions.

Colleges will seek sneaky ways of filling quotas. But they’ll have trouble defending them in court.

Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from foundations decline in recent decades, have seen an increase in gifts particularly from corporations and corporate foundations over the last several years

In "Shortchanged," Annie Abrams looks into the history of education to help understand how Advanced Placement fails students — and undermines the humanities.
Back in 2013, as a senior in high school, Michael Wang sent a series of emails to admissions offices at the colleges that had rejected him.
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and Wingate University are teaming up to help future higher education students.
TRADES

Two Jewish math professors say they asked for Zionist programming after seeing Palestinian programming on campus. Now, they suggest someone at the college “leaked” their request, leading to retaliation. Negative Rate My Professors reviews are common. But two highly rated Jewish professors say they received some uncommonly negative reviews: ones calling them racist. They said they found the timing curious. The day before, as reflected in emails provided to Inside Higher Ed, they had asked their college’s president and several of its Social Justice and Equity Centers employees to “sponsor a program on Jewish indigeneity and Zionism,” they wrote.

Legal experts are divided. A new lawsuit may provide clarity.

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