Today's Clips (7/11/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A new Catawba College poll shows North Carolinians are split on President Trump’s policies, with 45% expressing confidence in areas like immigration, executive orders, and DEI — but a majority doubting his ability to unite the nation.

IN OTHER NEWS

The Ivy League university has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors and says the initiative ‘will not be partisan.’

Teaching literature is an exercise in freedom. Now ideological demands from the right are putting it in danger.

George Mason University is facing a second civil rights probe in two weeks by the Trump administration, this time over its DEI policy.

Architects of pressure campaigns targeting U-Va. and Harvard were shaped by experiences as ideological minorities in liberal campus communities.

If the bill passes, it would override current state NIL laws, which vary from border to border.

The goal is to prevent schools from utilizing booster-driven entities to funnel payments to recruits and transfers.

Websites for Harvard College centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students and women vanished on Wednesday, according to reporting by The Harvard Crimson, marking the continued unraveling of diversity initiatives at the nation’s most prestigious university as it faces continued pressure from the Trump administration.

Transgender students are now required to provide additional documentation in order to live in a room corresponding to their gender identity.

TRADES

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, the share of college applicants who are Black or Hispanic has risen, while the percentage admitted has declined. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision to ban affirmative action in college admissions, no one knew exactly what the impact on Black and Hispanic enrollment might be going forward.

Similarities to recent events at another public university in Virginia are hard to ignore.

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