Today's Clips (8/16/24)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Reaching out takes less time than you think.

In a recent Boston Globe column, correspondent Kara Miller wrote that our colleges and universities now “embrac[e] the status quo,” preventing them from responding to new challenges. 
IN OTHER NEWS

The resignation of the Columbia University president, Nemat Shafik, was met with mixed reactions, but some on campus are optimistic for a fresh start.

Administrators are changing protest policies and adding programming on how to have more constructive arguments (Free link)

Rising constructions costs are leading to heftier budgets, while some sororities are spending extra on souped-up amenities.

Online leaks have upended a prestigious math contest, fueling worries that honest kids will lose out.

A majority of the returning 2024-25 team is believed to have placed bets.

Emerson College laid off 10 employees amid a projected enrollment decline tied to the fallout from anti-Israel protests that erupted on campus.

TRADES

The summer has been relatively free of campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war. But institutions continue to grapple with conduct violations and policy changes following the spring encampments. Universities have spent the summer dealing with the aftermath of pro-Palestinian encampments that sprung up on campuses in the second half of the spring semester.

Pro-Palestinian student activists plan to meet colleges’ enhanced restrictions on free expression with an equal and opposite force.

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