Afternoon Update: Student clubs collapsed during Covid. This college is trying to rebuild them.

Dangers of donor revolt; rethink resistance to ChatGPT; campus activism's hothouse; Texas A&M football coach gets record $76-million buyout; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. WISE GAMBLE [Student Clubs Collapsed During Covid. This College Is Trying to Rebuild Them.]( By Erin Gretzinger and Maggie Hicks [STORY IMAGE]( In two years, UVA-Wise lost more than half of its campus organizations. Is betting big on amenities and staff the key to bringing them back? ADVERTISEMENT THE REVIEW | OPINION [The Dangers of Donor Revolt]( By Lila Corwin Berman and Benjamin Soskis [STORY IMAGE]( The Israel-Hamas war has empowered higher-ed benefactors. That’s distressing. ADVICE [Why You Should Rethink Your Resistance to ChatGPT]( By Flower Darby [STORY IMAGE]( How to teach with AI tools in ways that meet faculty concerns about ethics and equity. THE REVIEW [The Hothouse Habitat of Campus Activism]( By Len Gutkin [STORY IMAGE]( On the autonomization of protest culture. GARGANTUAN PAYDAY [Football Coach, Fired by Texas A&M, to Receive Record Buyout]( The buyout of Jimbo Fisher’s contract will cost the university more than $76 million, nearly triple the highest known such buyout at a public institution. It follows a [summer of scandal]( on the College Station campus. Fisher’s six-season record was 45-25, and he signed a 10-year contract, with $95 million guaranteed, in 2021. (ESPN, The Chronicle) COMPLETION [The Hidden Financial-Aid Hurdle Derailing College Students]( Critics say requirements conditioning federal aid on “satisfactory academic progress” are confusing and overly punitive, especially for adult students seeking to finish degrees they started years earlier. Legislators and policymakers are taking notice. (The Hechinger Report) CLOSING TIME [Roman Catholic College in New Hampshire to Close Due to Low Enrollment]( Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts, which has only about 60 students, will teach out this academic year and then shut down. The college said it was working with other institutions to ensure the students can complete their degrees. (WMUR) MERGERS [Natural-Medicine Universities in Pacific Northwest Call Off Planned Merger]( The National University of Natural Medicine, in Portland, Ore., and Bastyr University, just outside Seattle, announced plans in May to merge by next year. The decision to cancel those plans will not have a financial impact on either institution, they said. (Portland Business Journal) INTERNATIONAL [20 State Attorneys General Urge Renewed Vetting of Holders of Foreign-Student Visas]( In a letter to the U.S. secretaries of state and of homeland security, the 20 Republican officials said the federal agencies should “promptly remove” any recipient of such a visa “who has endorsed or espoused terrorist activity or provided material support to foreign terrorist organizations.” (Text of letter) CAMPUS SAFETY [Stabbings on Louisiana Tech Campus Leave 4 Injured]( A 23-year-old student at the state university is in police custody for allegedly stabbing four people this morning as they were leaving classes at the campus’s Lambright Sports and Wellness Center. One victim is a graduate student; the other three are not students. (Ruston Daily Leader) NEWSLETTER [Sign Up for the Teaching Newsletter]( Find insights to improve teaching and learning across your campus. Delivered on Thursdays. 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