Today's Clips (8/9/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Four NC colleges were on the survey of most beautiful campuses in the country, and one of them was No. 1.
IN OTHER NEWS

Six university professors and two teachers’ unions are suing Idaho over a law that they say violates their First Amendment rights by criminalizing teaching about pro-abortion viewpoints

Schools can use the cash from outside investors, which can help ensure student-athletes get the education and opportunities they are promised.

After the fall of affirmative action, liberals and conservatives want to eliminate benefits for children of alumni. Could their logic lead to reparations?

TRADES

Colleges are going over race-conscious practices with a fine-toothed comb, anticipating future legal challenges. Critics fear they’re sacrificing values at the altar of prudence. The dust was still settling from the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action when, less than a week later, around 300 students of color at Western Illinois University got an unexpected email from the university: a $1,000 scholarship they’d been promised just months early would no longer be available.

Bureaucracy, institutional self-interest, and minor systemic snags can make moving from community college through a four-year institution almost unbearably difficult.

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