Today's Clips (7/19/22)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

The lack of on-campus housing has left some students and parents fuming ahead of the new semester next month.

A Davidson College grad co-founded the company, which aims to reduce costs and improve safety of the work.

Three decades ago, soccer coach Charlie Slagle had an idea: Make a charming college town north of Charlotte the permanent home of the NCAA men’s soccer championship. He didn’t fully realize that dream—but he did enough to alter the course of college soccer

The MLB draft resumes Monday with the Astros making their third- through 10th-round picks and some Houston-area players expected to be selected.

Raise your hand if you’ve read a storyline like this before:

The Common Thread Collective aims to bring stories of underrepresented communities to the stage.

Olympic paddler Evy Leibfarth of Bryson City earned gold and silver at ICF World Championships and World Cup races this summer.

Faith-based companies can help you get a loan for a home. But what’s their agenda?

IN OTHER NEWS

Colleges like Yale and Harvard give a boost to legacy applicants. But with affirmative action under attack, that tradition may become harder to defend.

North Carolina holds an illuminating — and alarming — political mirror up to the country.

White anxiety about student performance may be driving educational changes.

Everyone but me knew it was doomed from the start.

Vacancies in the job market are attracting students and leading them to postpone finishing their undergraduate education.

Even in states that protect abortion rights, colleges are proceeding with caution.

With abortion access changing in many states, college health centers are trying to understand their rights and responsibilities when counseling students who become pregnant.

The University of Central Florida removed statements condemning racism from department websites, prompting worries of self-censorship under a new state law.

Mack Charles Parker was lynched by a gang of White men in 1959. A year later, his name appeared in the University of Mississippi yearbook, alongside a strange photo.

Higher education has a long way to go in achieving diversity among students and faculty, a study finds. 

Universities should limit bureaucrats’ power to investigate students and professors for expressing their opinions.

TRADES

While first-generation college students’ backgrounds and challenges are unique to the individual, they tend to have high expectations and multifaceted postgraduation goals—plus complex support needs.

About eight in 10 campus leaders and hiring managers said their campus had more open positions this year than last, according to a Chronicle survey administered with the Huron Consulting Group.

Faculty and staff members feel spent, right when they’re needed most.

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