Today's Clips (6/20/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
On most Saturdays over the last six years, Carlton Carter has attended afternoon meetings at the Eastport Library in Annapolis. The meetings usually run a couple of hours and Carter, who was about 17 when he first started going, would meet with older community members to discuss anything from current events to achieving personal goals. The program, Brandon's Coalition for Success, was founded in 2016 by Brandon Reid, a good friend and classmate of Carter's. 
IN OTHER NEWS

The dearth of Black economists has many causes, but mentorship is clearly part of the solution.

Across North American schools, South Asian students are holding elaborately planned pretend weddings with the pomp and circumstance of real ones.

The university is firing me for organizing an event featuring Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager.

Many schools, businesses and recruiters are launching programs to address gaps in recent college grads’ face-to-face social skills to help them succeed in the workplace. WSJ’s Lindsay Ellis joins host J.R. Whalen to explain why.

Rather than try to keep my UNC students from using ChatGP to cheat, I’m taking another route | Opinion

The Supreme Court will soon decide on cases challenging the elite colleges' use of affirmative action. Enrollment trends complicate the picture.

It's a bold and broad financial aid commitment - any undergraduate student from NC or SC admitted to Duke whose household income is $150,000 or less will not have to pay tuition. Those whose family income is $65,000 or less will receive a full ride, including tuition, housing and meals – all without student loans.

TRADES

Could percentage plans work? What about admitting more transfer students from community colleges? Colleges are still waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on affirmative action in their admissions programs. A final decision is expected in the next two weeks.

The Chronicle compiled the peer institutions for nearly 1,500 institutions from the 2021-22 year.

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