Articles of interest about higher ed - Feb 26
/*** COVID-19
Traumatized and tired, nurses are quitting due to the pandemic
Has a Univ of Texas Professor Found a Way to Stop COVID-19 Vaccines From Spoiling?
Organ transplant patient dies after receiving Covid-infected lungs
Why are at-home COVID-19 tests still not widely available?
***HIGHER ED & COVID
More than 530,000 cases of Covid-19 have been reported among students, college employees ($)
How 5 universities tried to handle COVID-19 on campus
As U-Va. & U-Md. try to curb coronavirus surge, neighboring communities brace themselves ($)
‘What’s the Point?’ Young People’s Despair Deepens as Covid-19 Crisis Drags On ($)
CDC Guidelines For In-Person Learning Prove To Be An Impossible Task For Many Schools
How colleges are using their disciplinary codes to punish noncompliance with COVID-related safety and testing protocols
***COVID AT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS
Rising coronavirus cases at U-Va., VMI and other Virginia colleges spark worry, lead to changes ($)
Univ of Washington bans students from in-person classes after attending large party
***LAYOFFS & FURLOUGHS
Ithaca College approves plan to eliminate 116 faculty positions, programs, majors
Point Park University cuts 17 faculty, citing pandemic
Ex-football coach says firing was violation of free speech
***COLLEGE FINANCES
Major expansion of Cal Grant financial aid proposed
Dorms at Iowa universities lose tens of million in pandemic
Why Jay Paterno spoke out against a $48M renovation of Penn State football’s Lasch Building
Regional Public Universities Don’t Need Rescuing ($)
College athletic programs scrambling to cut costs and innovate scheduling and income ($)
Faculty representatives say university budget cuts in Nevada extremely damaging
***HIGHER ED
Vermont State Colleges merger plan moves forward
University of Michigan says it shut down a campus library for two days after discovering venomous spiders
Interest Surges in Top Colleges, While Struggling Ones Scrape for Applicants ($)
***K-12
SF school board shelves plan to rename schools honoring Abraham Lincoln and others
New Education Research Showing Kids Give Up Easier If Parents Step in to Help
***HUMANITIES
Report: no evidence that the earnings of humanities majors ever “catch up” to peers in other disciplines
U of Kansas Will Cut Humanities Department
***HIGHER ED IN COURT
Group that sued Harvard asks Supreme Court to end use of race in college admissions ($)
ASU reaches settlement with student who sued after removal as manager of campus radio station
Student sues Jacksonville University for fees paid during coronavirus shut down
***ONLINE CLASSES
Stanford study into “Zoom Fatigue” explains why video chats are so tiring
Northwestern sued over biometrics privacy in test proctoring software
Anti-cheating in the age of COVID
***ACADEMIC LIFE
More Than Half Of College Faculty Have Considered A Career Change Or Early Retirement
Professor Says She Was Cut Loose in Retaliation for tweeting about the response of the school regarding COVID-19 ($)
Faculty Members Are Suffering Burnout. These Strategies Could Help ($)
Professor with heart condition files complaint against school for not letting him teach virtually
Group of VCU professors object to administration’s call to return in-person
Four of the 20-some professors Canisius College recently laid off are suing for violations of contract
Pacific University accused of threatening to find prof guilty of sexual misconduct if he didn’t quit
Ithaca College faculty wins arbitration against administration Ithaca Journal
Columbia professor: I do heroin regularly for ‘work-life balance’
***ADMINISTRATORS
Widow of President Who Died After Covid-19 Diagnosis Takes Over at Saint Augustine’s U
A Public-Information Act Request Revealed About My College President showed a disturbing pattern of mismanagement and deceit
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Concordia: How years of internal strife over gay rights helped turn it into a ‘$400 million crater’
Liberty University will host the Virginia GOP convention
Bible College graduate entered U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 attack
Wheaton College Fiscal Plan projects $9 million annual savings and a balanced budget
Seattle Pacific University faculty, staff, students and alumni create a letter of Lament in response to the schools statement on human sexuality
What is the Difference Between Liberty University and Messiah College? (opinion)
CCCU launches new database of racial, ethnic diversity resources
Wesley Theological Seminary proposes massive dorm to house hundreds of students — mostly from American University
***RESEARCH
Women make up just 24 percent of research universities' top earners
Science needs a radical overhaul
Plagiarism and duplication in abstracts at conferences
Elite scientists picking up more citations than ever as the rest lose out
Increasing ‘junk science’ is wreaking havoc on the credibility of research coming out of China
Sloppy work or deliberate fraud can get you published in a prestigious journal and cited in many others
Re-evaluation of solutions to the problem of unprofessionalism in peer review
Sexual violence survivors say Moody Bible Institute still isn’t taking their claims seriously
***RETRACTIONS
Publisher retracting five papers because of “clear evidence” that they were “computer generated”
Research linking violent entertainment to aggression retracted after scrutiny
Citation of retracted publications: A challenging problem
***STUDENTS & MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT
Students With ADHD Need More Academic, Mental Health Support
Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness Are Peaking in College Students
Dramatically fewer students are seeking treatment from their college counseling centers
How to stop procrastinating with your online work
***STUDENT LIFE
George Washington Univ Does Away With RAs ($)
Free speech advocacy groups issue letters defending athletes right to kneel
1963 Morgan State University dropout giving $20 million to fund scholarships for needy students
University of Oregon's student gov ends contributions to athletics department in favor of struggling students
Students at Xavier University and the University of Cincinnati engage in ‘tip war' for restaurant workers
***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS
2020 college racial and gender report card shows 'insignificant progress'
Black undergraduates trust college leaders significantly less than their white peers
Meredith College students allege professor used N-word in class
Authorities Investigate Racist Attacks During City University of New York virtual events
Investigation into racism at VMI moves forward after dispute over lawyers at interviews ($)
UCLA athlete dismissed from team after racist comments, outcry among students
Investigation does not support accusations by a Smith College student that she was ejected from a dorm because she was Black
Baylor regents accept commission report on school’s history linked to slavery and racial injustice
Black students, faculty discuss diversity, activism on Pitt campus
How an accusation of racism, and resulting lack of evidence, is riling Smith College
***SEXUAL ASSAULT & MISCONDUCT
Massachusetts Enacts Sweeping New Campus Sexual Assault Law
University of Illinois Sued Over Handling Of Sexual Misconduct Claims