Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Oct 25
/***HIGHER ED
Colleges and universities track web activity of potential applicants
Why Do We Have Business Or Education Schools In Universities?
The largest community college in Pennsylvania is eliminating mental health services on campus—more struggling two-year institutions may follow suit
www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/18/mental-health-low-priority-community-colleges
Are Liberal Arts Colleges Doomed?
Bill would require accreditors to flag failing colleges sooner
NCAA comes down on Cal Poly for books violation
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/26554592/ncaa-comes-cal-poly-books-violation
***HIGHER ED & FINANCES
College costs have increased in all 50 states over the past 10 years
DeVos, Ed Dept get $100K fine over for-profit student loan collection
***FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS
Why the Supreme Court’s Davis standard is necessary to restore free speech to America’s college campuses (opinion)
SDSU launches Free Speech site, Inclusivity portal to raise awareness of student rights
***TEACHING
A teacher says he was fired for refusing to use male pronouns for a transgender student
My Classroom Is Not a Safe Space
https://humanparts.medium.com/my-classroom-is-not-a-safe-space-406927bfeab6
How can you get students to put down their cellphones and engage in class?
***ACADEMIC LIFE
19 Professors And Students Who — For Better Or Worse — Hit "Send" On These Emails
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jonmichaelpoff/students-professors-emails-college
Professor says she was fired for refusing to disclose a victim's name
Professor apologizes for controversial survey
https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Professor-apologizes-for-racist-survey-563655381.html
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
In Tennessee, One Christian College Breaks Enrollment Records, While Another Fights Declines
Why We Still Need Christian Colleges
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/october/kapic-we-need-christian-liberal-arts-colleges.html
Chapman University accused of lying to student newspaper
How these Christian schools use campus policy to cultivate Christian sexual virtues
Locker room videos of Christian College female athletes posted to porn site
***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
The Cautionary Tale of Jerry Falwell Jr. (opinion)
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/november/jerry-falwell-jr-biblical-leadership.html
Longtime Liberty prof to become the first research professor and one of the only female faculty members at the Southern Baptist college
***RESEARCH
A Python code glitch that causes computations to vary depending on the operating system used may have caused errors in more than 100 published studies
Not reporting a retraction leaves people unaware of how retractions can sometimes actually advance our scientific understanding
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/a-tale-of-two-retractions/
***STUDENT LIFE
Teen suicide rates are rising, despite efforts at prevention
Millennials sleep and work more than previous generations
https://www.axios.com/millennials-lifestyle-work-social-bureau-labor-statistics-7fbabcc6-d5cb-4066-8ca1-f9724019905b.html
Under digital surveillance: how American schools spy on millions of kids
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/school-student-surveillance-bark-gaggle
Life360 and other ‘tracking apps’ allow parents to keep close watch over their adult kids
The Student Vote Is Surging. So Are Efforts to Suppress It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/voting-college-suppression.html
UConn satisfies no one with punishments of students who used racial slurs
***STUDENTS IN COURT
College students are taking their schools to court over campus marijuana use
***CRIME ON CAMPUS
The Fake School-Shooting Threats Getting Kids Arrested
Utah universities vary in Lauren’s Law implementation
https://www.ksl.com/article/46660845/utah-universities-vary-in-laurens-law-implementation
Univ. of Utah Students Walk Out
https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/clery/univ-of-utah-students-walk-out/
Student says that even after professor who abused her left campus, fellow students continued to harass her