Today's Clips (8/20/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Congressional lobbying reports show big increases from past years in spending on advocacy efforts at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University.

The emotional back-and-forth mirrored the alarm many throughout the Washington region have been saying about President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
IN OTHER NEWS

Students from some countries won’t make it to class this fall because of President Trump’s travel ban. Others can’t get visa appointments. Some are simply scared. Universities are panicking.

President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.

Political challenges to elite colleges have long been a feature of life in the United States. A 1963 book helps show us why.

Influencers are making money online by recommending dorm products and designs to families, who spend thousands of dollars on back-to-college shopping.

It makes no sense for the U.S. to be educating the scientific and leadership class of a future adversary.

A small number were revoked for “support for terrorism,” a State Department official said, without elaborating. Other crimes included assault and burglary.

Dropping your last child off at college is a bittersweet experience, as Charlotte Observer columnist Scott Fowler found out last week.

Letting schools pay revenue-generating athletes is long overdue. If that means letting squash and water polo die, so be it.

Members of the class of 2026 have had access to AI since they were freshmen. Almost all of them are using it to do their work.

TRADES

Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete. The Trump administration is planning to limit how long international students can remain in the U.S., likely mirroring a plan proposed at the end of Trump’s first term with the same name,

A survey of financial-aid officers suggests that federal staffing cuts are harming service to colleges and students.

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