Articles of interest about higher ed - April 26

***COVID-19

Even after being fully vaccinated, many still wrestle with a fear of catching Covid

How to Resume to Normal Life When Your Child is Not Vaccinated

MIT researchers: Risk of contracting COVID-19 indoors the same at 6ft and 60ft

People Are Reporting Unusual Periods After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines — Here’s What We Know  

***HIGHER ED & COVID

University of Chicago links COVID-19 outbreak to spring break travel and student gatherings

Yale Is The Latest University To Require Students To Get A Coronavirus Vaccine 

***LAYOFFS & CUTS

The faces of higher education’s historic layoffs

LaGrange College to Cut Several Programs, Employees

***COLLEGE FINANCES 

Washington pumped $35 billion into emergency grants for college students—here’s how it’s going ($)

New York Community College wants to sell its dorms

***PROTESTS

Ohio State University students demand the college sever ties with Columbus police

Vanderbilt Employees Decry $100 Million Recruitment Initiative During Pandemic

Haverford College student strike leaves deep divisions

***HIGHER ED IN COURT 

Student accused of cheating sues Syracuse University, claims he was denied fair hearing   

Judge dismisses former coaches' discrimination lawsuit against University of Minnesota Duluth

University of Arkansas settles lawsuit with former student over Title IX

Arizona State professor files lawsuit against former head of Knowledge Enterprise

Former Virginia Tech soccer player sues coach; says she was forced off of team for not kneeling

Lawsuit dismissed that sought to block transgender athletes from competing in Connecticut

***TEACHING  

21 Ways to Structure an Online Discussion

Common Core ultimately had little impact on school performance (opinion)

Zoom pledges to let institutions moderate their own content -- with some important exceptions

51 West Point cadets caught cheating must repeat a year

***ACADEMIC LIFE  

University of Florida Professor Resigns Amid Investigations Into Student’s Suicide 

Visiting Researcher Fired From Cornell Tech, Drawing Widespread Backlash

College faculty at Linfield express no confidence in university leadership

For female professors, less time to research in pandemic

***ADMISSIONS

AI use in college admissions

After a Year of Turmoil, Elite Universities Welcome More Diverse Freshman Classes ($)

How The Pandemic Changed The College Admissions Selection Process This Year

***COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS

College administrators receive near-zero pay increase during pandemic

Survey shows how provosts faced the pandemic

Ousted Temple business school dean indicted on fraud charges tied to college rankings scandal

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS  

Faculty no confidence vote in Wright State president passes

Thomas Aquinas College president will step down, return to teaching in 2022 

Saint Xavier Faculty Calls for President's Removal

Calvin University selects Noah Toly as provost

Pepperdine University Names Jay Brewster Provost and Chief Academic Officer

Gordon College names Dr. Michael Hammond as its next president

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 

Saint Leo University draws challenge after sidestepping faculty union

Diversity Advocates at Evangelical Colleges: ‘In Some Ways, You’re Seen as a Heretic’ 

Faculty vote ‘no confidence’ in board at Seattle Pacific University over LGBTQ hiring exclusion

Christian university sues to block HUD order forcing male student placement in female dorms

Baylor Basketball Rejects Championship Jeep After Auto Dealer Makes Racist Comment On TV

Priest indicted for alleged rape of student at Franciscan University

St. Charles Borromeo Seminary moving to new home at Gwynedd Mercy University

Asian American student assaulted near Baylor campus

***RESEARCH

Editor’s tips for passing journal checks

Medicine’s Privileged Gatekeepers: Producing Harmful Ignorance About Racism And Health 

Shifting toward 'open peer review'

Why don't you publish your research here?

***RETRACTIONS

Two retractions spotlight the ethical challenges of consent for case reports

Retractions and Withdrawals in Neurology Literature: A 2020 Analysis of the Retraction Watch Database 

***STUDENT LIFE 

What Teenagers Have Learned From a Tumultuous Time in Politics ($)

Study: Student Drinking Decreased During Pandemic

Proctorio sued over accusing student of Copyright Infringement to Get Critical Tweets Taken Down  

***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT

Past Students Say Professor of Rock ’n’ Roll Sexually Harassed Them ($)

As on-campus rape reports rise, University of Cincinnati continues to issue few alerts 

Former women athletes sue Canisius College, allege they were harassed for being lesbians

***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS 

Wichita State University student senator under fire for ‘white lives matter’ mask

Tennessee Tech professors face discipline for calling colleague a racist

Allegations of anti-Semitism at Linfield University

 ***CAMPUS COMPUTER ISSUES 

From admissions to teaching to grading, AI is infiltrating higher education

Linux bans University of Minnesota for committing malicious code

***CRIME ON CAMPUS

12 Questions to Ask About Campus Safety