Today's Clips (7/2/21)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

My destination is a 600-acre retreat in the foothills of the Uwharrie Mountains — just outside Norwood in Stanly County, about 45 miles east of Charlotte.

One voter describes leaving his church and having rifts in his family — all due to partisan politics in recent years.

IN OTHER NEWS

From hurdlers to quarterbacks, students signed contracts and began to pull in some of the millions that could be made this year alone.

Education has to be the top priority, says University of Notre Dame president John I. Jenkins.

Some states are trying to limit a school’s ability to reduce aid when a student gets a private award.

A growing number of federal lawsuits allege that teachings related to race and racial identity in public schools are discriminatory and have suppressed students’ free expression.

A group of current and former college athletes has launched a nonprofit organization, United College Athlete Advocates (UCAA), that aims to foster a community of college athletes.

Dean Susan King said “nothing has changed” in regard to Nikole Hannah-Jones joining the faculty. A student says, “The big question that we all have now is if she’s going to come.”

For 30 years, US News & World Report has been using a secret formula to rank the best colleges and universities in the United States. As a public service to our listeners, we hack the algorithm and discover the dirty little secret of the rankings game.

TRADES

A task force at the University of South Carolina charged with reviewing the university’s effectiveness in addressing sexual harassment and violence issued a report Thursday that recommended increasing the frequency of education and training activities, including through mandatory annual training programs for faculty, staff and undergraduate and graduate students, as well as

Phylicia Rashad, the actress and incoming arts dean, tweeted in praise of a court decision that overturned Cosby’s sexual-assault conviction. Within a day, the tweet had been deleted.

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