Articles of interest about higher ed- April 1

***COVID-19

Vaccine passports and digital vaccination records, explained 

Why vaccine passports may be inevitable in next phase of COVID-19

Should I laminate my COVID vaccine card? Here’s what experts say

How does COVID-19 affect the brain?

Florida man fired after fake vaccine card business exposed on TikTok

Stanford Scientists Reverse Engineer Moderna Vaccine, Post Code on Github 

***HIGHER ED & COVID

Some say COVID-19 may have changed college campuses for good

Rutgers University first in nation to require on-campus students get COVID vaccine for fall semester 

***ENROLLMENT

Enrollment declines at California’s community colleges far greater than earlier predictions  

***HIGHER ED 

Moody's Upgrades Financial Outlook for Higher Ed

The Absurdity of University Rankings

A new direction for Bennett College

Google Engineers Created a Cheap Certificate Program to Help You Get a New Job in Tech 

***LAYOFFS & CUTS

University of Montana professors, students protest proposed $2.6 million budget cuts 

Salem State University retrenchment plan accidentally released 

***COLLEGE FINANCES 

The biggest earners at private colleges and universities

Moody's Raises Higher Ed Outlook to Stable

***HIGHER ED IN COURT 

High court sympathetic to college athletes in NCAA dispute

Judge rules for Southern Methodist University over jurisdiction

Students file lawsuit over fake college sting operation by ICE and DHS

Appeals court says Iowa administrators are personally liable in lawsuit brought by Christian student group

***TEACHING 

A Pair of Business School Professors Made Their Students Read Fiction. Amazing Things Happened

Cal State LA was caught in a large-scale cheating scandal, but it’s not alone 

How Cheating in College Hurts Students

Zoom Escaper makes it easy to sabotage that unbearable Zoom meeting

***ACADEMIC LIFE  

University of Missouri faculty members upset about use of data in promotion and tenure 

The Well-Heeled Professoriate: Socioeconomic Backgrounds Of University Faculty

***ACADEMICS & CRIME  

Professor put camera in teen’s room ‘to bond with her,’ Oklahoma documents say

Ga. Tech professor indicted on federal fraud charges

***PROFESSORS IN COURT  

A professor was reprimanded for refusing to use a transgender student’s pronouns--A court says he can sue

Lecturer fired for ‘aggressive’ use of question marks gets $20K payout

***ADMINISTRATORS

SC State University faculty senate votes 'no confidence' in President and Provost

University of Michigan leaders condemn regent's comments 

***ADMINISTRATORS LEAVING 

Lily McNair No Longer President at Tuskegee University

University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld to leave earlier than expected

Oregon State University President F. King Alexander resigns amid fallout from LSU scandal

CUNY law school dean cancels herself after 'slaveholder' comment

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS  

Evangel University dropping the name "Crusaders"

Dozens of Christian students sue the U.S. Education Dept., hoping to pressure Equality Act negotiations

USA Today editor fired who wanted to ban Christian University from NCAA

After Lee University publicly corrects campus speaker, alumni organize to protect LGBTQ students who they say are in danger

Regent University hosts conspiracy-filled livestream event

Baylor University report recommends changing buildings and statues honoring slave owners but gives a pass to school’s founder

***RESEARCH

How to Find and Vet Journal Articles 

The fight against fake-paper factories that churn out sham science

Science relies on constructive criticism. Here’s how to keep it useful and respectful 

Self-correction in science: The diagnostic and integrative motives for replication

The internationality of published higher education scholarship: How do the ‘top’ journals compare?

The top editor at JAMA has been sidelined amid outcry comments on structural racism

***STUDENT LIFE 

Angela Davis event: Butler University students allege censorship

College student found driving 106 mph while watching Zoom class

Tax Refund Scam Targets College Students and Staff

Yale Disputes Social Media Report on Student's Suicide

28 Things They Don't Teach You In High School That You Learn Pretty Much Immediately In College

***STUDENTS IN COURT 

Supreme Court sides with student newspaper in dispute with UK over sexual misconduct records

Judge Says Students Can Sue Quinnipiac Over Shift to Remote Learning

FTC sends out nearly $50 million to former University of Phoenix students from 2019 settlement 

***STUDENT MEDIA 

Student journalist finds photo of the Harvard KKK — and documents school’s overlooked racist past ($)

***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT

Florida State scrambles to explain how a faculty member who was known to prey on Asian female students was allowed to do so for 30 years

Michigan University Students Claim Their Title IX Coordinator Told Them Sexual Assault Wasn't 'Worth Reporting'

New online reporting form allows Brown University students to report sexual harassment anonymously

Administrator files complaint against Oregon State--claims discrimination on the basis of disability, sex, gender

USC agrees to $852 million payout in sex abuse lawsuit

11 women file lawsuit alleging Eastern Michigan University mishandled sexual assault claims

***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS 

A white professor at Camden County College is alleging racial discrimination after discovering his Black colleagues make more money

More than 250 Univ of South Alabama faculty of color pen open letter to President, Board of Trustees after racially insensitive photos

Oxford University considers scrapping ‘colonial’ and ‘white’ music notation in syllabus makeover

Boise State resumes diversity classes after brief suspension and controversy

University of Cincinnati professor who called COVID-19 'the Chinese virus' not asked to return

Brown University undergraduates vote for reparations for descendants of enslaved people

***CRIME ON CAMPUS

Two plead guilty to stealing millions of dollars’ worth of computers from Stanford

***RANSOMWARE

Ransomware gang breaches University of Colorado and University of Miami

Ransomware group targets universities in Maryland, California in new data leaks

Mott Community College addresses data security breach