Articles of interest about higher ed - May 17
/***COVID-19
How a Colorado Campus Became a Pandemic Laboratory ($)
Is It Covid or the Flu? New Combo Tests Can Find Out ($)
Covid-19 vaccine passport questions, answered
Parents should get their children the COVID vaccine, says St. Jude pediatric virologist
Employment, workforce participation of college grads fell amid COVID-19
Fauci says pandemic exposed 'undeniable effects of racism'
***LAYOFFS & CUTS
Declining enrollment, course demand causes layoffs in Liberal Arts at Central Michigan University
City College of San Francisco Approves Plan to Avoid Layoffs
***COLLEGE FINANCES
4 ‘new normal’ priorities for higher-ed finance leaders
California state audit criticizes Calbright College for mismanagement
***HIGHER ED
Study finds that public research universities recruit out of state at private high schools
What Will College Look Like This Coming September?
Two Colorado colleges plan to remove "junior" from their names
***HUMANITIES
The Shift from Liberal Arts to STEM Comes at a Cost (opinion)
***HIGHER ED IN COURT
Colleges and Universities Battle Insurance Companies Over COVID-19 Losses
Penn State Professor Errol Henderson Accuses University Of Racial Discrimination In Federal Lawsuit
***HIGHER ED & POLITICS
How critical race theory became Enemy No. 1 in the battle against higher ed ($)
***ONLINE CLASSES
Elite Colleges Started EdX as a Nonprofit Alternative to Coursera. How Is It Doing?
***ONLINE CHEATING
The Dartmouth cheating scandal raises questions about data mining and sowing mistrust ($)
***ACADEMIC LIFE
University of Minnesota group to investigate abusive faculty
Penn State Professor Accuses University Of Racial Discrimination In Federal Lawsuit
Northeastern professor leaves his post after scrutiny of dozens of his studies
Vietnam National University academics dismissed for plagiarism
Former UGA professor gets more than 7 years in federal prison for having child porn
***COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS
Ex-Cal State San Marcos Dean Under Criminal Investigation
***ADMIN APPOINTMENTS
Former Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell selected to lead University of Alaska Anchorage
Howard University has appointed Phylicia Rashad as dean of the College of Fine Arts
DePaul trustees appoint Salma Ghanem as provost
Evergreen State re-evaluating after three president finalists drop out
Lafayette College president headed to Carleton College in Minnesota
***RESIGNATIONS & REMOVALS
Ronald Graham has been removed as president of Haskell Indian Nations University
Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis resigns, will remain a professor
Santa Clara University President Kevin O’Brien resigns after ‘inappropriate behaviors’
Northwestern athletic director resigns following protests
Univ of South Carolina president resigns following plagiarism controversy
Colorado president stepping down
Western Colorado University President Resigns
Lincoln University President leaving after 2020-21 academic year
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Moravian College gets official approval to become “Moravian University” effective July
Christian Colleges Seek to Defend Title IX Religious Exemption
Biden will not address Notre Dame commencement, was invited by the university
Baptist Pastor becomes president of Carver College
17 psychological groups call for greater protections of LGBTQ students at religious schools
Fire rips through Southern Baptist Theological Seminary apartments
***RESEARCH
How BYU scientists struck pharmaceutical gold — and the fight over who keeps the money
Two surnames, no hyphen: Claiming my identity as a Latin American scientist
Identifying Patterns and Motivations of ‘Mega’ Peer-Reviewers
An XKCD comic—and its many remixes—perfectly captures the absurdity of academic research
***STUDENT LIFE
Bates Students Condemn College's Response to Anti-Israel Graffiti
Bloomsburg University eliminates fraternities, sororities
Lewis' Memoir Describes Being A Teen Mom In College While Raising A Daughter
Athletes sue Stanford over plan to eliminate 11 sports by end of school year
Delaware State University canceling more than $730K in student debt
More college students gain access to relief grants ($)
Elmhurst University student made false report of gunman after buying meth, police say
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Former Univ of Central Oklahoma students allege sexual harassment by theater department head
USD students protest lenient punishments for campus sexual assaults
Report: Michigan coach Schembechler knew about sexual assaults at Michigan and did nothing
***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS
Wingate University in North Carolina acknowledges its namesake sold slaves