Today's Clips (8/21/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Corporate DEI positions soared after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. Now, due to economic pressure and political pressure from the right, they face an uncertain future. 
IN OTHER NEWS

A college education still matters in the modern job market.

Republicans are making the liberal arts scarce in the poorest states.

The state’s flagship school will no longer teach world languages or creative writing — a sign, its president says, of the future at many public universities.

University athletic departments and college conferences use independent sports-betting monitoring services to make sure athletes and staff do not bet on sports

Many used the long Trump-Biden moratorium to pile on credit-card, mortgage and other debt.

Legacy admissions don’t harm diversity. They enhance it.

College professors from ASU, NYU and Stanford say Taylor Swift's popular music is an entry to point to engage today's students.
TRADES

A former administrator was accused of mishandling sexual assault issues at St. Norbert College. Now he’s a trustee and suing a graduate who publicly criticized his leadership. A former administrator who is now a trustee at St. Norbert College is suing a graduate for allegedly defaming him in 2018 while criticizing his response to sexual assault on campus. The trustee, the Reverend Jay Fostner, served as vice president for mission and student affairs at St. Norbert for nine years before his position was eliminated in a reorganization in 2020. At the time, the college was under fire for its handling of sexual assault complaints. Fostner, specifically, was accused of being dismissive of sexual assault allegations on campus.

The provost’s office recommended dissolving the world-languages department. Critics of the decision say the flagship is abandoning its responsibility to the state.

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