62 colleges fall prey to software vulnerability; how to give students real research experiences; community colleges reap more big gifts; and more.
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Other politicians have appeared at the North Carolina institution in the past. Under the First Amendment, a free-speech expert says, it couldn’t say no to the president. (PREMIUM)
In 2017 two universities got unwelcome visits from a prominent white supremacist as a result of policies that let outsiders stage events on campus. (PREMIUM)
Older versions of a software program called Banner, operated by Ellucian, had a vulnerability that allowed hackers to infiltrate colleges’ private records. (PREMIUM)
By Maria Di Mento and Michael Theis (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Big donations to two-year colleges rose from $2.5 million in 2009 to $54 million last year, according to a Chronicle of Philanthropy analysis. Even the metal band Metallica is chipping in.
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