Articles of interest about higher ed - Feb 12
/***COVID-19
Can COVID-19 Be Transmitted Through Frozen Food Shipments?
A significant share of people now have at least some immunity to the virus ($)
Why Swedish towns are banning masks
Researchers Learn What’s Driving ‘Brain Fog’ in People with COVID-19
We Asked People Who Lost Their Taste to COVID: What Do You Eat in a Day?
Virus is here to stay, but perhaps as a lesser threat
***THE VACCINES
Japan to discard millions of Pfizer vaccine doses because it has wrong syringes
So you got the vaccine. Can you still infect people? Pfizer is trying to find out.
Why Is It So Hard To Figure Out Where To Get Vaccinated For COVID-19?
***HIGHER ED & COVID
Spring Semester Brings In-Person Classes And COVID-19 Spikes For Some Colleges
Colleges Vowed a Safer Spring. Then Students, and Variants, Arrived ($)
***COVID AT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS
UC Berkeley mandates weeklong sequester period for residential hall students
Auburn University Fully Returning to On-Campus Operations
***LAYOFFS & FURLOUGHS
Students And Alumni at St. Mary’s College of Maryland Rally Amid Talk Of Potential Programs Cuts
Faculty Union at City College of San Francisco Criticizes Moves Towards Layoffs
Indiana University of Pennsylvania cuts more than 80 jobs, alters 100 degree programs
University of Evansville spares music department from chopping block
The fight at Ithaca college over plans to cut 116 full-time positions
University of Kansas faculty group decries dismissal policy
***COLLEGE FINANCES
For-profit colleges brace for reckoning in Biden era
St. Joe’s and University of the Sciences have proposed a merger
SUNY Brockport facing $10M budget gap as ‘far fewer’ students returning to campus
Giving to colleges flattens without Bloomberg gift in 2020, ending decade of growth
***HIGHER ED
Some facts worth knowing about the history of higher education
How Universities Can Cope Amid a Ransomware Perfect Storm
Public Colleges Are Going After Adult Students Online. Are They Already Too Late?
University of Oregon reports record number of fall term freshman applications
***HUMANITIES
Reasons Why Liberal Arts Majors Succeed in Business
A Small College Hopes to Claim Artificial Intelligence for the Liberal Arts
***COLLEGE EMPLOYEES IN COURT
Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by campus wellness center worker against Lehigh University
Sexual harassment lawsuit filed against College of Southern Nevada, employee
***ONLINE CLASSES
What 114 Pre-Pandemic Studies About ‘Flipped’ Classrooms Could Tell Us About Refining Our Approach to Remote Learning in 2021
***ACADEMIC LIFE
University of Akron reaches tentative contract agreement with faculty after tumultuous year
Group of University North Carolina faculty calls for chancellor's resignation after Silent Sam revelations
Nearly half of all physics chairs report their department is under some level of threat
A Student Stole My Academic Work, Copied My Tattoos and Gave Talks Pretending To Be Me
Christian University Faculty Targeted for Social Media Posts Questioning Transgender Policies
***ACADEMICS IN COURT
N.J. university sued over ‘outrageous’ firing of tenured professors ($)
Litigious Ohio State professor loses appeal in federal defamation case
Court fines historian over claims of Holocaust survivor's lesbian affair
English professor joins lawsuit against Chancellor, Provost at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
***ADMINISTRATORS
University of Tennessee chancellor reflects on how grief has shaped her approach to life
St. Ambrose University announces next president
President of North Dakota State censured by Faculty Senate over provost appointment
After allegations of secret gifts, a chancellor emeritus is fired
Le Moyne College provost named president of University of Scranton
***CHRISTIAN COLLEGES
Vandals repeatedly target campus home of the University of the South's new vice chancellor
Virginia asks judge to dismiss Liberty University lawsuit over financial aid changes
Lipscomb University President transitions to chancellor role in 2021
Gordon College bids end to professors discrimination suit based on ministerial exception
Evangelical Colleges Consider the Future of Online Education After COVID-19
Valparaiso University drops Crusader mascot ($)
Imagining the future of theological education
***BAYLOR
Baylor panel: Campus censorship being driven by students, not administrators:
Baylor and Southwestern settle suit that claimed a foundation was trying to misuse millions intended for the two schools
***RESEARCH
An ugly truth about scientific publishing
Standardizing terminology for text recycling in research writing
We must clear out the rubbish fouling up the scientific pipeline ($)
5 Things We Learned About Peer Review in 2020
Academics Look to Restore Integrity to Science, Research
***RETRACTIONS
Springer charges $40 to read a 2003 retracted paper and another $40 for the retraction notice
New bot flags scientific studies that cite retracted papers
One publisher, more than 7000 retractions
***STUDENT LIFE
Civil Rights Group Threatens Suit Over Bar Exam Facial Scans
Two Orange Coast College students found dead in dorms
1 in 10 US college students experience period poverty, report says
Some public universities act as if they have 24/7 authority over students: The students are fighting back
***STUDENTS IN COURT
Former University of Illinois student at heart of prof's resignation charged with filing false reports against ex
Lawsuit alleges Wake Forrest was negligent in student's fatal shooting
University of Louisville student files lawsuit alleging university 'deprived' students of in-person college experience
Robinhood sued by family of college student who took his life
Court Rules Against Fordham Student in Class Action Lawsuit for Tuition Reductions During Pandemic
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
LSU under federal investigation for Clery Act violations after sexual assault complaints
Rhode Island School of Design pay a former student and survivor of sexual assault $2.5 million
Ohio University professor found to have sexually harassed two women shouldn’t lose tenure, Faculty Senate says
***COLLEGES & RACIAL ISSUES
Virginia College forfeits basketball game after players suspended for kneeling during national anthem
Education Department Disproportionally Selected Black, Hispanic Students for Audit
Michigan university in turmoil after white professor says he’s faced discrimination for 40 years ($)
Trump’s controversial diversity training order is dead – or is it? Colleges are still feeling its effects
Alabama university removes Wallace name from building
Black student sues University of Tennessee: 'Professional conduct rules are created to keep minorities out'