Articles of interest about higher ed - May 31
/The Articles of Interest list will be paused for a summer break
***HIGHER ED & COVID
The Future of Virus Tracking Can Be Found on This College Campus
For Colleges, Vaccine Mandates Often Depend on Which Party Is in Powe
Indiana AG says university mandating vaccines violates new state law
***LAYOFFS & CUTS
Stockton university Paid Administrators Bonuses Amid Faculty Furloughs
Redeemer University alumni say dropping French and theatre programs is 'heartbreaking'
***COLLEGE FINANCES
States Spent $2.68 Billion on Private Colleges in 2020
Columbia University to pay $13 million to settle complaint by retirement plan participants
Tuition Discount Rates Reach New High: 53.9% at private schools
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Univ of Oklahoma professor, wife plead guilty to charges involving Department of Energy grants
Two Ohio State Professors Lose Emeritus Titles for resaerch misconduct, sexual harassment
Faculty group investigating two institutions for alleged violations of academic freedom
Professors Want More Guidance on How to Help Students Struggling With Mental Health ($)
Kyoto University Revokes It’s First Doctorate Ever
***SHARED GOVERNANCE
Faculty Sues Wesley College Over Delaware State Acquisition
Shared Governance Was Eroding Before Covid-19. Now It’s a Landslide, AAUP Report Says ($)
AAUP investigation finds eight institutions flouted academic governance norms during COVID-19
National professors’ union investigating Linfield University firing
***NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES
A Mega-Donor donor objected to the hiring of Nikole Hannah-Jones
‘1619 Project' creator Hannah-Jones weighs discrimination suit over tenure denial
Trustee: Nonacademic Background Halted Hannah-Jones Tenure
No clear answers as to why journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones was not offered tenure
***COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
Rice President Announces He Will Step Down In 2022
Former Penn State president has jail sentence upheld
University Of Colorado President Exits With $1.3 Million Contract Buyout
Fresno State announces new university president
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
The humanities at Christian Colleges
Conflict over 'power and theology' ensues at Southwest Baptist University
Wesleyan College Faculty Condemns Commencement Speech
Wheaton College plaque bearing offensive language to be replaced in the fall
Canada Christian College denied university status, name change
Grants Focus on STEM Research at Christian Colleges
Christian college accused of censoring criticism of school
Judge rules against Christian liberal-arts college in Fair Housing Act lawsuit
Evangelical Colleges Consider Vaccine Requirements for Fall
Bachelorette star played sports at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego
***SEMINARIES
Seminary Built on Slavery and Jim Crow Labor Has Begun Paying Reparations ($)
Religion behind bars: Ruth Graham part of Mississippi’s new prison seminary for women
***CHRISTIAN COLLEGE PRESIDENTS
Azusa Pacific University President to Retire
Trevecca Nazarene University board extends contract of president
Michigan's Cornerstone University announces new president
***TEACHING
ProctorU scraps fully automated remote proctoring
Can Technology Breaks Help Students?
***SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AT CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Benedictine College chaplain removed after 'Inappropriate conduct' with female student
Moody Bible Institute ‘ill-equipped’ to investigate sexual misconduct, independent probe finds
***BAYLOR & LGBTQ+
Baylor Opens Door to Possible LGBTQ+ Student Group
LGBTQ+ Baylor students are cautious as university entertains creating new chartered student group
***RESEARCH
Do not trust your p-value, be it small or large
Activist Archivists Are Trying to Save the ‘Pirate Bay of Science’
A fresh crop of published findings that have come up null or replicated earlier ones
Legal threats and police searches: Debate explodes over baby shaking science
Scientific-journal publishers announce trans-inclusive name-change policies
***FAKE RESEARCH
Gibberish papers still lurk in the scientific literature
***PEER REVIEW
Can AI be used ethically to assist peer review?
How to respond to difficult or negative peer-reviewer feedback
***RETRACTIONS
Unreliable social science research gets more attention than solid studies
Journals are retracting more and more papers because they’re not by the authors they claim to be
Paper linking frequency of Google search terms to violence against women retracted
Elsevier retracts entire book that plagiarized heavily from Wikipedia
***STUDENT LIFE
Student Fee Lawsuits over COVID-19 shutdown Can Proceed in Delaware, Judge Says
An Illinois Man Waits 80 Years To Graduate From College
College student becomes Chicago Cubs’ first Black public address announcer
Sorority kicks out member for Posting Video Mocking Trans Health Secretary
Colleges grapple with resuming study abroad
Research paints disappointing picture of online internships
How do colleges respond to student arrests?
***GRADUATES
The graduate’s guide to a new world of work
CEO gives Quincy College graduates $1,000, says to give half away
Fewer U.S. College Grads Are Stuck With $25,000 Entry-Level Jobs
***FREE SPEECH
What might a new Iowa law mean for professors’ classroom expression?
Florida State settles free speech lawsuit filed by Catholic student leader
Christian group sues University of Alabama over campus speaking permits
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Six women reported a Louisiana college student for sexual misconduct. No one connected the dots
Lawsuit: 19 women say Eastern Michigan had rape culture, covered up assaults
***TITLE IX
Federal student privacy law does not conflict with Title IX: analysis
Is a Fair Title IX System Possible? (opinion) ($)
University of St. Thomas faces Title IX lawsuit threat over cutting tennis program
***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS
Oklahoma community college cancels class in reaction to 'critical race theory' law
The fight to whitewash US history through controlling the classroom (opinion)
Boise State Finds No Evidence White Student Was Harassed
Midshipman who had faced expulsion for racist tweets graduates
***CRIME ON CAMPUS
She had contacted campus police more than 20 times before she died (opinion)
7 men plead not guilty in Bowling Green State University sophomore's alleged hazing death
Former Louisville coach, federally charged with extortion
***RANSOMWARE & CYBER SECURITY
Ransomware hack brings down sierra college online systems
New global partnership helps education sector defend against cyber attacks (news release)