Today's Clips (8/3/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

The Benjamin Ferencz Institute for Ethics, Human Rights and the Holocaust (formerly MIMEH) and CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center have launched a new consortium for athletes to raise awareness regarding the Holocaust, antisemitism, and other forms of identity-based hate.

Back in 1973, Town & Country published a list of 50 Alt-Ivies. How much has changed in half a century? 

Watch the latest video Stephen Curry College Grad Bobblehead Night on Oct. 18 on NBA.com

IN OTHER NEWS

What if legacy admissions benefit more than just the 1 percent?

The NCAA Division I Board of Directors has directed the D-I Council to deliver a proposal in October to regulate the way college athletes can be compensated for name, image and likeness

Gambling investigations at Iowa and Iowa State have resulted in criminal charges filed against seven current or former athletes

Ten athletes are now suing over alleged hazing incidents at Northwestern University

The University of Virginia is the latest to change its legacy admissions program, which gives preference to students with alumni or donor relatives.
TRADES

Colleges and governments offer financial and academic support for these students, but there’s no set standard among colleges for what the term means, as limits on affirmative action raise the stakes. A high school junior who is thinking ahead about college wants to know if he can identify as a first-generation student on applications and qualify for financial and academic support tied to that status. His mother has a master’s degree, but she attended college outside the U.S. and is unable to help him navigate the American college application process.

In 2021 there were 64 threats aimed at colleges and universities. Last year there were 353.

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