Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - January 18
/***HIGHER ED
Liberal Arts Pay Off in the Long Run https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/14/long-term-look-return-investment-reveals-positive-indicators-liberal-arts
Hasty Departure for Head of Calif.'s New Online College https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/14/leader-californias-new-online-community-college-resigns-after-less-year
UC Berkeley ordered to repay millions to teaching assistants https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-15/uc-berkeley-ordered-to-repay-millions-to-teaching-assistants
Colleges face increasing demand to produce more and better sports webcasts https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/aztecs/story/2020-01-16/college-sports-webcasts-san-diego-state-usd-ucsd-plnu-csusm
***HIGHER ED & FINANCE
For-Profit school turns students’ dreams into nightmares of debt https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-12/video-symphony-student-debt-nightmares
College Admissions Scandal: Dad Allegedly Deducted Bribe From His Taxes https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/college-admissions-scandal-john-wilson-taxes
***TEACHING
Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html
Author describes her book on first-generation students https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/15/author-discusses-her-new-book-first-generation-students
***ACADEMIC LIFE
College fires professor for joking on Facebook that Iran should make a list of U.S. targets to bomb https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/09/professor-fired-iran-post-babson-college-asheen-phansey/4425515002/
This Prof Makes Students Follow Him on Twitter for Better Grades https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/y3mvpb/university-of-toronto-professor-mitchell-huynh-makes-students-follow-him-on-twitter-for-better-grades
University professor allegedly stole $185,000 in funds spent on adult entertainment venues, sports bars https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-professor-allegedly-stole-185000-funds-spent-adult/story
'Teacher of the Year' kneels during anthem at college football championship attended by Trump https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/teacher-year-kneels-anthem-college-football-championship-attended/story?id=68326303
Clemson English Lecturers Make $20K Less Than Peers https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/01/17/clemson-english-lecturers-make-20k-less-peers
Chinese scientist Li Ning gets 12 years in prison for embezzling US $4.3 million of government funds https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3044556/chinese-scientist-li-ning-gets-12-years-prison-embezzling-us43
Ex-Stony Brook prof pleads guilty to swiping cancer research grants https://nypost.com/2020/01/14/ex-stony-brook-prof-pleads-guilty-to-swiping-200k-of-cancer-research-funds/
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Church board forgives $4 million Morris Brown College debt https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/church-board-forgives-million-morris-brown-college-debt/OGJpJ03GMrhG4sdp5HFpqO/
Non-Traditional Seminary Students Are Changing the Church https://www.christianitytoday.com/partners/higher-education/non-traditional-seminary-students-are-changing-church.html
Methodist split could be good news for colleges struggling with church affiliation and anti-LGBT policies https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/09/proposed-split-united-methodist-church-over-lgbt-issues-welcomed-methodist-college
Melania Trump named Woman of Distinction by Christian University https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/477350-melania-trump-named-woman-of-distinction-by-palm-beach-atlantic
Mid-America Christian University launching esports athletics program https://kfor.com/2020/01/08/mid-america-christian-university-launching-esports-athletics-program/
Evangel University President to retire https://news.ag.org/News/President-Taylor-Announces-Planned-Retirement-from-Evangel
Proposed rule focuses on faith-based colleges, religious liberty and free speech https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/17/proposed-rule-focuses-faith-based-colleges-religious-liberty-and-free-speech
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS IN COURT
Second Expelled Student Sues Fuller for LGBT Discrimination https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/january/fuller-lawsuit-lgbt-brittsan-maxon-becket.html
Students kicked out of Evangelical seminary for being in gay ‘marriage’ sue for discrimination https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/students-kicked-out-of-evangelical-seminary-for-being-in-gay-marriage-sue-for-discrimination
***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
Liberty University 'unsafe' environment for graduation, some Lynchburg parents and students claim https://www.whsv.com/content/news/567017931.html
Liberty President Jerry Falwell Jr. 'pretty sure’ he’ll call for civil disobedience in response to Virginia Democrats’ gun control measures https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2020/01/15/liberty-president-jerry-falwell-jr-pretty-sure-hell-call-for-civil-disobedience-in-response-to-virginia-democrats-gun-control-measures/
Liberty’s Falkirk Center Has an Extremely Concerning Mission Statement https://relevantmagazine.com/current/libertys-falkirk-center-has-an-extremely-concerning-mission-statement/
***RESEARCH
Russian journals retract more than 800 papers after ‘bombshell’ investigation https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/russian-journals-retract-more-800-papers-after-bombshell-investigation
The push for interdisciplinary teams can lead to fake collaborations https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/push-interdisciplinary-teams-science-research-can-lead-fake-collaborations
How the increasing reliance on metrics to evaluate scholarly publications has produced new forms of academic fraud and misconduct. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/gaming-metrics
Teaching research ethics better https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/teaching-research-ethics-better/article30526185.ece
Estimating the prevalence of transparency and reproducibility-related research practices in psychology https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/9sz2y/
Checklist for publication integrity before misconduct https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03959-6
The extent and drivers of gender imbalance in neuroscience reference lists https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.03.894378v1
***STUDENT LIFE
The University of Maine's College Republicans chapter's "America First" politics and controversial social media posts have alienated some members and prompted its faculty adviser to quit https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/07/maine-college-republican-group-moves-right-alienating-some-members
2 teenage snowboarders lost in B.C.'s backcountry burned homework to stay warm https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/snowboarders-rescue-whitewater-nelson-homework-1.5417097
Self-care workbook https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aiB0mDKDVl_qGqF6DJClGhBJz-8slJuz/view
Esports Posts Its First $1 Billion Year https://www.npr.org/2020/01/08/794704377/esports-posts-its-first-1-billion-year
Millennials aren't buying fine china — and they don't want to inherit it, either https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-china-millennials-inherit-1.4539104
New businesses focused on the marketing rights to the name, image and likeness of college athletes are emerging https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/14/market-rights-college-athletes-name-image-likeness-emerging
***STUDENTS IN COURT
St. Paul College student who threatened violence on Facebook when he couldn’t find classroom sentenced to probation https://www.twincities.com/2020/01/09/st-paul-college-student-who-threatened-violence-on-facebook-when-he-couldnt-find-classroom-sentenced-to-probation
Iowa State sidewalk chalk policy is being challenged in federal court as a violation of students' free speech rights https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/09/iowa-state-university-policies-stifle-free-speech-lawsuit-says
***TEXTBOOKS
Textbooks are pricey. So students are getting creative. As they return for spring semester, they’re doing what they can to avoid paying big bucks for books https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/textbooks-keep-getting-pricier-so-students-are-getting-creative/2020/01/17/4e1306b8-30b9-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html
New program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo automatically charges students for textbooks unless they opt-out https://mustangnews.net/new-program-automatically-charges-students-for-textbooks-unless-they-opt-out/