Today's Clips (6/2/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Chris Marsicano, an educational studies professor at Davidson College, Thursday wrote on Twitter that with college rankings systems “in disarray, the company a school keeps will increasingly become an indicator of prestige.”

One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.

Davidson College has unveiled its plans for a new memorial to the enslaved and exploited people whose hands built the 186-year-old liberal arts institution. The design effort of the sculpture titled “With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited” will be led by Perkins&Will.
IN OTHER NEWS

If affirmative action goes, bigger changes are necessary.

The Virginia Press Association is investigating whether the Cadet’s award-winning work was tainted by the involvement of an alumnus who has sued the college.

Students at the University of Texas in Austin have found a safe haven at the Texas Wesley, a Methodist group whose doors are open to all.

Majorities in both houses of Congress reject his write-off.

Six universities, half public and half private, are joining the Association of American Universities, an invitation-only club of top research institutions.

Far beyond cheating, artificial intelligence is changing the way some students learn and live.

Love was the highest-ranking Black woman at the nation’s oldest state-supported military college, and faced backlash from alumni and cadets as soon as she was hired.

Online courses provide huge profits to colleges — while saddling students with mediocre classes and massive debt.

TRADES

Biden administration wants to add a host of new conditions to the agreements that allow colleges and universities to receive financial aid. Critics say those proposals need more work. A provision nestled within a sweeping set of regulations released last month could change which laws certain colleges and universities must comply with.

The contenders for the Republican presidential nomination say they plan to harness the wonky process to set higher ed straight. Experts are skeptical.

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