Today's Clips (6/29/22)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Numerous incubators, accelerators, and funds were built off of people finally seeing and temporarily understanding Black pain, and yet too few of them actually offered funding and money to Black founders to solve these issues.

Eastern North Carolina was once home to thousands of acres of Carolina Gold rice. And then, about a century ago, those rice fields disappeared. In Pamlico County, this heirloom crop is back — and coming to menus across the state.

IN OTHER NEWS

School prayer. Teaching evolution. Affirmative action. Discrimination in admissions and hiring.

A group of students launched a petition signed by nearly 7,000 people urging his removal after Supreme Court abortion ruling.

A former assistant soccer coach at USC who created fake athletic profiles for the children of wealthy parents in the college admissions bribery scheme avoids prison time after helping convict others in the case.

With a rising national profile and donor base and relatively little state funding, Boise State University should be able to resist pressure by the Idaho Legislature. Instead the university, led by a liberal transplant, has repeatedly capitulated.

TRADES

The Biden administration’s new proposal would strengthen protections for college students who are pregnant or seeking abortions.

Study finds having hard-to-pronounce names—from the perspective of native English speakers—results in poorer job placements for economics Ph.D.s.

When elected officials impose their political views, how should a public college respond?

An innovation meant to help college transfer students has stymied the ambitions of a staggering number of students.

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