Articles of Interest about Higher Ed – Sept 2
/***HIGHER ED
Two universities suffered devastating cyberattacks just before students returned to campus: Is the timing a coincidence? Inside Higher Ed
California Lawmakers Consider Abortion Pills On Campus NPR
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/31/756200290/california-lawmakers-consider-abortion-pills-on-campus
On college campuses, managing the tension between inclusion and ideas Washington Post
University’s attempt to hid behind FERPA the names of those responsible for sex assault goes to state supreme court Daily Tar Heel
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2019/08/dth-v-folt-oral-arguments-0828
***THE COST OF COLLEGE
The Colleges In The US With The Best And Worst Return On Investment, Visualized Digg
www.digg.com/2019/colleges-with-best-return-on-investment
California Will Pay for Two Years of Community College for First-Time Students NBC LA
How Paying for College Is Changing Middle-Class Life New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/opinion/sunday/college-tuition.html
***TEACHING
Many professors say that teaching students how to email them properly is a necessary gift that keeps on giving Inside Higher Ed
Teaching Online Will Make You a Better Teacher in Any Setting Chronicle of Higher Ed
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Teaching-Online-Will-Make-You/247031
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Columnist tries to get professor in trouble over bedbug joke NPR
Professor removed from classroom after voicing support for Antifa Des Moines Register
Abuse case professor ‘could have been stopped sooner’ (sub. req.’ed) Times Higher Ed
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/abuse-case-professor-could-have-been-stopped-sooner
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Lose Your Faith at an Evangelical College? That’s Part of the Process Christianity Today
Court to decide whether Title VII protects LGBT employees Religious Liberty TV
http://religiousliberty.tv/title-vii-employment-discrimination-cases-supreme-court.html
Kentucky Christian announces sixth president Journal-Times
Wheaton bookstore opens under new management Wheaton Record
http://www.wheatonrecord.com/news/wheaton-bookstore-opens-under-new-management
University of Mobile has some of nation’s best dorms, one of top campuses Yellow Hammer News
Campbell University student charged with communicating threat of mass violence WRAL
***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
Falwell steered Liberty University land deal benefiting his personal trainer Reuters
Jerry Falwell's Systematic Censorship at Liberty University Is Shocking—and Bound to Backfire (opinion) Newsweek
Jerry Falwell Jr. wants Liberty to be the evangelical Notre Dame of college football LA Times
Jerry Falwell Jr. Reportedly Used Liberty University Property to Cut Personal Trainer a ‘Sweet Deal’ Law & Crime
Liberty University Faculty Member Arrested for Filming Girls Roanoke.com
Liberty's Hugh Freeze coaches game from hospital bed Sporting News
At Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr. bets on big-time football, with a disgraced coach Washington Post
Liberty University Students Just Got $600,000 Worth of MyPillow Products Friendly Atheist
Baseball's Greatest Myth Has Roots in Point Loma Voice of San Diego
https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/sports/baseballs-greatest-myth-has-roots-in-point-loma/
***RESEARCH
Sociologist says journal dismissed her paper because she'd shared it elsewhere as a preprint Inside Higher Ed
Why I said no to peer review this summer Nature
www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02470-2
To Justify Using Weed, Pregnant Women Cling to an Old and Dubious Study Undark
https://undark.org/article/jamaica-study-cannabis-researchers-pregnancy/
Why do professors who are women publish less research than men? Here’s what we found Washington Post
Journal Indexing: Core standards and why they matter London School of Economics & Political Science
Do researchers trust each other’s work? Times Higher Ed
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/do-researchers-trust-each-others-work
5 features of a highly cited article Nature
https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/five-features-highly-cited-scientific-article
Value pluralism in research integrity Research Integrity
https://researchintegrityjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41073-019-0076-4
Librarians and some academic publishers are optimistic about the possibility of reaching new agreements to make more academic articles fully open Inside Higher Ed
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/08/30/pursuing-new-kind-“big-deal”-publishers
***STUDENT LIFE
Rise in suicides emphasizes need to help teens deal with despair
Poll: Patriotism, religion, kids, lower priorities for younger Americans The Hill
SAT Drops 'Adversity Score' Meant to Level Playing Field Time
https://time.com/5662537/sat-dropping-adversity-score/
Why do college textbooks cost so much? 7 questions answered The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/why-do-college-textbooks-cost-so-much-7-questions-answered-121969
Tufts Ph.D. ‘Punished’ for Reporting Adviser’s Fabricated Research, Lawsuit Claims The Daily Beast
Prof required students at her Penn research center to sign blanket nondisclosure agreements leaving students vulnerable to abuse Inside Higher Ed
Why We Need to Talk More About Mental Health in Graduate School Chronicle of Higher Ed
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-We-Need-to-Talk-More-About/247002
Ultimate Guide to Marketing to Gen Z Daily Infographic