Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Nov 22

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***HIGHER ED

Has a U.S. College Given Russia Too Friendly a Platform  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/arts/american-university-russian-influence.html  

U.S. Colleges Suspend Hong Kong Study Abroad Programs Amid Violence https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/university/hong-kong-study-abroad-programs/

As more colleges become Hispanic-serving, some are playing catch-up https://www.educationdive.com/news/as-more-colleges-become-hispanic-serving-some-are-playing-catch-up/567700/

At women's colleges, rules vary widely for trans and nonbinary students https://www.educationdive.com/news/at-womens-colleges-trans-and-nonbinary-applicants-face-inconsistent-rules/567537/

UC Berkeley keeps a lid on 2,000 protesters, allowing conservative commentator Ann Coulter to speak https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-22/uc-berkeley-keeps-a-lid-on-2-000-protesters-allowing-conservative-commentator-ann-coulter-to-speak

 

***COLLEGES & FINANCE 

Private colleges convinced company to scuttle release of list of projected college closures  https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/19/private-colleges-convinced-company-scuttle-release-list-projected-college-closures

A Doomsday List of Possible College Closures Inspired Panic and Legal Threats. That’s Telling. https://www.chronicle.com/article/A-Doomsday-List-of-Possible/247592?cid=wsinglestory_6_1a

What to Know About Lists of Financially Challenged Colleges https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/01/publishing-colleges-financial-information-has-long-history-and-raises-larger-set

Moody Foundation Gives $100M to SMU https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/11/13/moody-foundation-gives-100m-smu

 

***RACISM ON CAMPUS

The Trouble With ‘Ole Miss’ https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/11082019-OleMiss

Racist Incidents At Syracuse University Spark Fear Among Students https://www.npr.org/2019/11/21/781514681/racist-incidents-at-syracuse-university-spark-fear-among-students

Security tightened at Syracuse University after a white supremacist manifesto was posted on a campus forum https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/19/syracuse-university-manifesto-security-tightened-after-latest-racist-incident/4237543002/

***TEACHING

A Baylor ASL professor apologized after a guest speaker began promoting conversion therapy https://nbcnews.to/33uefTg

Teaching About Race and Racism in the College Classroom’ A white professor offers her views. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/12/author-discusses-her-new-book-teaching-about-race-and-racism

 

***ACADEMIC LIFE 

The play centers around an accusation of plagiarism by an aging female professor, toward a young male college student http://ashlandtidings.com/lifestyle/third-takes-on-many-meanings-in-third

Two Arkansas chemistry professors arrested for allegedly making meth https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/16/us/arkansas-professors-arrested-meth/

Professor keeps job despite "racist, sexist, and homophobic" posts https://www.cbsnews.com/news/professor-get-to-keep-job-despite-posts-school-calls-racist-sexist-and-homophobic/

 

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 

After Christian College found out she was married to a woman, she was expelled, lawsuit says https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-21/she-married-woman-expelled-by-college-lawsuit-says  

Student wins Lip Sync battle: Comes Out to Christian University  https://www.pride.com/music/2019/11/18/student-comes-out-christian-university-dazzlingly-gay-lip-sync

Calls for Shared Governance at Loyola Chicago https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/18/professors-loyola-chicago-object-presidents-top-down-leadership-style

 

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

A former Liberty University student was convicted Tuesday of aggravated sexual battery against an instructor https://www.newsadvance.com/news/crime/ex-lu-student-convicted-of-sexual-battery/article_e0e1ed1d-32fd-59f1-a33d-434ee0c80b63.html

Liberty University announces $5 million new indoor tennis facility on campus https://wset.com/news/local/liberty-university-announces-new-indoor-tennis-facility-on-campus

 

***RESEARCH 

It’s okay to lose confidence in your previous research https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/it-is-okay-to-lose-confidence-in-your-previous-research

How 1 Study Changed The Field Of Psychiatry Forever https://www.npr.org/2019/11/18/780563160/how-1-study-changed-the-field-of-psychiatry-forever

Should we mind if authorship is falsified? « Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/11/15/should-we-mind-if-authorship-is-falsified/

Survey: Most educators find research hard to access https://www.educationdive.com/news/survey-most-educators-find-research-hard-to-access/567772/

 

***STUDENT LIFE

When a College Student has a troubled roommate https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/22/well/family/college-student-roommate-anxiety-depression-mental-health-son-daughter-parents.html

W&L Law Students Demand Right To Strip George Washington And Robert E. Lee From Their Diplomas https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2019/11/wl-law-students-demand-right-to-strip-george-washington-and-robert-e-lee-from-their-diplomas.html

How To Find A Mentor And Make It Work https://www.npr.org/2019/10/25/773158390/how-to-find-a-mentor-and-make-it-work

Why millennials are ditching diamond engagement rings https://www.abc27.com/news/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/why-millennials-are-ditching-diamond-engagement-rings/

Nearly 1 in 3 students at San Ysidro School District are homeless https://www.10news.com/news/nearly-1-in-3-students-at-san-ysidro-school-district-is-homeless

Oxford Union president resigns after outcry over treatment of blind student https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/20/uk/oxford-union-president-resignation-gbr-scli-intl/index.html

High school student views on the First Amendment: Trends in the 21st Century https://knightfoundation.org/reports/high-school-student-views-on-the-first-amendment:-trends-in-the-21st-century/

 

***THE GEN DIVIDE

OK boomer: The psychology of why baby boomers complain about millenials and Gen Z https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/11/12/20950235/ok-boomer-kids-these-days-psychology

Gen Z Is Calling Gen X The "Karen Generation" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/gen-z-is-calling-gen-x-the-karen-generation

'OK, Boomer' Vs. 'OK, Millennial': Workplace Nightmare, Or Just A Meme? https://www.npr.org/2019/11/18/779783608/-okboomer-vs-okmillennial-workplace-nightmare-or-just-a-meme

What is a VSCO girl? OK, boomer. A parents' dictionary to teen slang words, sksksksksk https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/parenting/2019/11/15/vsco-girl-ok-boomer-teen-slang-words-explained-parents-dictionary/2456251001/

 

***CAMPUS CRIME

Police fail to provide timely information in second Meriam Library shooter threat https://theorion.com/82207/opinion/police-fail-to-provide-timely-information-in-second-meriam-library-shooter-threat/

 

***STUDENTS & FINANCE 

Divorce? Marry off your kid? As financial aid confusion grows, parents consider drastic measures https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/11/22/fafsa-college-financial-aid-what-is-efc/3930953002/ 

Michael Murphy: University of Florida Student President Faces Impeachment Over $50,000 Donald Trump Jr. Visit https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-murphy-university-of-florida-student-president-faces-impeachment-over-dollar50000-donald-trump-jr-visit

Five facts about student loans https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2019/11/12/five-facts-about-student-loans/

When it comes to higher ed, there's no debate about what today's students need (opinion) https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/education/471176-when-it-comes-to-higher-ed-theres-no-debate-about-what-todays

 

***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT

Former Title IX coordinator alleges she was forced out for doing her job https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/21/former-title-ix-coordinator-claims-she-was-forced-out-upholding-law   

Anonymous: What they don’t say about sexual assault on your campus tour (opinion) https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/11/10/opinion/anonymous-what-they-dont-say-about-sexual-assault-on-your-campus-tour/

Articles of Interest about Religion - Nov 21

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***RELIGION

A tale of mistake and retraction: Kids from religious homes are not less generous than secular children https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/10/31/a-tale-of-mistake-and-retraction-shows-that-science-works-eventually

Exorcisms make a 21st century comeback in Minnesota www.startribune.com/exorcisms-make-a-21st-century-comeback/564708901/ 

Scholars of religion and biblical literature object to having conference badges coded and scanned https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/11/scholars-religion-and-biblical-literature-object-having-conference-badges-coded-and

Long journey' ahead for evangelical women seeking greater equality in the Church https://christiantoday.com/article/long-journey-ahead-for-evangelical-women-seeking-greater-equality-in-the-church/133602.htm

Bible museum replaces chief executive after one year https://wapo.st/2rYFDLc  

   

***RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS 

Americans' Views on Religion in Society, Politics https://www.pewforum.org/2019/11/15/americans-have-positive-views-about-religions-role-in-society-but-want-it-out-of-politics/ 

Christianity’s Uncertain future in the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/10/opinion/letters/christianity-us.html

 

***RELIGION AND POLITICS 

Evangelical Christians On Faith And Politics https://www.npr.org/2019/11/11/778343677/evangelical-christians-on-faith-and-politics

Who Is An Evangelical?' Looks At History Of Evangelical Christians And The GOP https://www.npr.org/2019/11/14/779465137/who-is-an-evangelical-looks-at-history-of-evangelical-christians-and-the-gop

Ohio Lawmakers pass bill prohibiting students from being penalized when their work is scientifically incorrect (if they attribute it to their religious beliefs) https://gizmodo.com/this-ohio-bill-gives-students-religious-exemptions-for-1839878738 

 

***RELIGION & THE LAW

Christian financial adviser Dave Ramsey goes after YouTuber https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191118/23400843407/evangelical-financial-whiz-who-apparently-hates-gossip-sues-youtuber-criticism.shtml

CompassCare, First Bible Baptist sue state over reproductive health law https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2019/11/20/rochester-compasscare-sues-state-reproductive-health-laws-abortion/4247474002/

Kentucky Judge: If you're going to allow pro-Christian vanity license plates, you cannot deny the same of other religions, or atheists https://apnews.com/b508ac7343734476ab6d67344eabdc8d

San Diego Religious Charity sues California over licensing shelter https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/20/children-of-the-immaculate-heart-sues-california-o/

 

***DENOMINATIONS 

Tennessee Baptist Convention Resolution denounces Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality https://capstonereport.com/2019/11/20/tennessee-baptists-reject-critical-race-theory-in-rebuke-to-southern-baptist-convention/33326/

 

***CATHOLIC 

Catholic sexual abuse: Accused priests aren't on sex offender registry https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/11/11/catholic-sexual-abuse-accused-priests-arent-sex-offender-registry/4012206002/

U.S. Catholic Bishops Elect Hispanic Immigrant as Leader https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/archbishop-jose-gomez-president.html

Vatican youth seminary scandal grows with new abuse claims https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-11-16/vatican-youth-seminary-scandal-grows-with-new-abuse-claims

Three more altar boys say they were abused by priests in Vatican https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/16/three-more-altar-boys-claim-they-were-abused-by-priests-in-vatican

 

***RELIGION & LGBTQ ISSUES

Chick-fil-A no longer donates to controversial Christian charities after LGBTQ protests
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/18/chick-fil-a-drops-donations-to-christian-charities-after-lgbt-protests.html

What happened when a gay choir toured America's Bible belt https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/21/gay-chorus-deep-south-lgbtq-mtv
 

***RELIGION & KANYA 

Kanye West tells crowd at megachurch he’s no longer in the service of money or fame https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/11/kanye-west-tells-crowd-at-megachurch-hes-no-longer-in-the-service-of-money-or-fame.html 

Kanye West's 5 most outrageous claims at Joel Osteen's church https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-11-18/kanye-west-joel-osteen-service-lakewood-church

judgmental attitudes

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How do we keep from developing judgmental attitudes? This used to be my big hang-up when I first started counseling. Whenever people shared their problems with me, I found myself thinking, 

“If he had stay away from the wrong crowd, this would never have happened.”

“He should have known better.”

“A little common sense could have prevented this…”

“A good lecture show sort her out.”

One day I shared my difficulties with an older counselor, who said, “That used to be my problem, too— and this is how I overcame it.’ Reaching into a desk drawer he took out a stone and a rusty nail. ‘I keep these here,’ he said, ‘for a special reason. The stone to remind me of the text, “Let him who is without sin.. be the first to throw a stone” and the nail to remind me what a Friend did for me a long, long time ago on a hill called Calvary.’ Since then, whenever I counsel anyone who has gone astray, I say to myself, “There, but for the grace of God, go I.”

A Counselor 

It is True or False?

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One of the great difficulties is to keep before the audience’s mind the question of Truth. They always think you are recommending Christianity not because it is true but because it is good. And in the discussion they will at every moment try to escape from the issue “True – or False” into stuff about a good society, or morals, or the incomes of Bishops, or the Spanish Inquisition, or France, or Poland – or anything whatever. You have to keep forcing them back, and again back, to the real point. Only thus will you be able to undermine their belief that a certain amount of ‘religion’ is desirable but one mustn’t carry it too far. One must keep on pointing out that Christianity is a statement which, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.

CS Lewis, God in the Dock

Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Nov 16

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***WRITING & READING

Singular ‘They’ Pronoun Endorsed by American Psychological Association https://www.out.com/health/2019/11/05/singular-they-pronoun-endorsed-american-psychological-association 

Hey, young adult authors: writing for teenagers is no excuse to act like them https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/15/young-adult-ya-authors-sarah-dessen-brooke-nelson    

 

***JOURNALISM

Why journalists need to think twice about reporting on arrests https://www.cjr.org/analysis/out-of-omaha-arrest-reporting.php

Proposed Lafayette County resolution threatens to prosecute media outlets that do not print news releases verbatim https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2019/11/08/county-threatens-prosecute-media-who-dont-print-full-news-releases/2533143001/      

Judge dismisses Arpaio lawsuit against CNN, HuffPost, Rolling Stone https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/10/31/judge-dismisses-joe-arpaio-lawsuit-against-cnn-huffpost-rolling-stone/4115742002/

A game of society': Why a group of Italian journalists turned Instagram into a board game https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/-a-game-of-society-why-italian-journalists-turned-instagram-into-a-board-game/s2/a746637/

Ask audiences what questions they have about your reporting https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/api-updates/ask-audiences-what-questions-they-have-about-your-reporting 

University of Illinois Is Stifling NPR Reporting on Sexual Misconduct, Critics Say https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/business/media/npr-university-of-illinois-aclu-sexual-misconduct.html

In Data Journalism, Tech Matters Less Than the People https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/technology/personaltech/data-journalism-economics.html

How the New York Times gets Los Angeles hilariously wrong: The bingo game https://la.curbed.com/2015/2/19/9991026/new-york-times-los-angeles-bingo

I Am Extremely Here for (Journalism) Paperwork Movie Season https://gen.medium.com/i-am-extremely-here-for-paperwork-movie-season-252e8cba5b16

 

***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM 

In historic shift, The Salt Lake Tribune gets IRS approval to become a nonprofit https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/11/04/historic-shift-salt-lake/

Hundreds of local newspapers are now under one umbrella company following Gannett/GateHouse merger https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/media/gannett-gatehouse-merger-approved/index.html

Everyone is admitting what they get paid to work in journalism https://www.cjr.org/cjr_outbox/google-doc-journalism-media-pay.php

 

***FAKE NEWS

These Hugely Popular Local News Sites In The US And Canada Are Fake https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/fake-local-news-sites-albany-edmonton

AI-generated fake content could unleash a virtual arms race http://bit.ly/2pkpAXk

 

***STUDENT MEDIA 

The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Students for Reporting News That Triggered Them  https://reason.com/2019/11/11/daily-northwestern-jeff-sessions-editorial-triggered-students/

News or ‘Trauma Porn’? Student Journalists Face Blowback on Campus https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/us/college-campus-journalists-newspapers.html

The 800 papers stolen from the Radford University campus - and the school's failure to say who took them https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/the-case-of-the-missing-radford-university-newspapers-is-cracked-but-whodunit-isnt-being-shared/2019/11/11/104359b4-0495-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html 

***SOCIAL MEDIA 

Screen time might be physically changing kids’ brains https://www.technologyreview.com/f/614672/screen-time-might-be-physically-changing-kids-brains/

Who are the U.S. users of Instagram? www.city-data.com/blog/7177-who-are-the-u-s-users-of-instagram/

Measure for Measure: ‘Like’ it or not, influencer marketing is changin https://www.nielsen.com/uk/en/insights/article/2019/measure-for-measure-like-it-or-not-influencer-marketing-is-changing/

Sex Education on TikTok https://www.thedailybeast.com/sex-education-is-so-bad-these-teens-are-doing-it-on-tiktok

Tech companies target your sanity https://www.axios.com/turning-point-online-mental-health-bc1d5fd1-c637-43e1-b4b1-e7cb02d674cb.html

 

***LANGUAGE

Students create Japanese language-learning game geared toward gamers https://dailybruin.com/2019/11/05/students-create-japanese-language-learning-game-geared-toward-gamers/

How Linguists Are Using Urban Dictionary https://daily.jstor.org/how-linguists-are-using-urban-dictionary/

 

***LITERATURE 

The Slowness of Literature and the Shadow of Knowledge https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-slowness-of-literature-and-the-shadow-of-knowledge

Cult of the Literary Sad Woman https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/books/review/leslie-jamison-sylvia-plath-joan-didion-jean-rhys.html

Despite the Twerking and F-Bombs, Dickinson Gets Emily Dickinson Right https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/dickinson-apple-tv-accuracy-poetry.html

25 Modern Love Essays to Read if You Want to Laugh, Cringe and Cry https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/style/essential-modern-love-essays.html

 

***POETRY

'Dickinson' flips everything you learned about female poets upside down https://www.mic.com/p/dickinson-flips-everything-you-learned-about-female-poets-upside-down-19300957  

'Emergency Poet' at world's first walk-in poetry pharmacy prescribes caring words https://www.homecare.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1617224/emergency-poet-at-worlds-first-walk-in-poetry-pharmacy-prescribes-caring-words 

An Evening of Poetry in Nine Languages https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2019/11/an-evening-of-poetry-in-nine-languages.html

Best Canadian Poetry 2019 https://quillandquire.com/review/best-canadian-poetry-2019/

 

***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA   

The Boomers' media behemoth https://www.axios.com/aarp-is-a-media-behemoth-412b5106-f879-477d-806d-6130148956bf.html  

 

***PRIVACY & SECURITY  

Privacy And DNA Tests https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777888000/privacy-and-dna-tests

DHS expects to have biometrics on 260 million people by 2022 https://qz.com/1744400/dhs-expected-to-have-biometrics-on-260-million-people-by-2022/

Facebook caught actively using iPhone cameras while users scroll feeds https://thenextweb.com/apps/2019/11/12/facebook-camera-ios-iphone/

Google, Ascension analyzing data without patients' knowledge https://www.axios.com/google-ascension-data-sharing-fd6c67eb-73f4-41e1-b4a0-3c4db858b076.html

Court rules against warrantless searches of phones, laptops https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/11/12/court-rules-against-warrantless-searches-of-phones-laptops 

Google's secret cache of medical data includes names and full details of millions https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/12/google-medical-data-project-nightingale-secret-transfer-us-health-information

Facebook is secretly using your iPhone’s camera as you scroll your feed https://thenextweb.com/apps/2019/11/12/facebook-camera-ios-iphone/

Just keep moving

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Great strategists.. respond to the moment, like children. Their minds are always moving, and they are always excited and curious. They quickly forget the past – the present is much too interesting. 

The Greek thinker Aristotle thought that life was defined by movement. What does not move is dead. What has speed and mobility has more possibilities, more life. You may think that what you’d like to recapture from your youth is your looks, your physical fitness, your simple pleasure, but what you really need is the fluidity of mind you once possessed. Whenever you find your thought revolving around a particular subject or idea – an obsession, resentment - force them past it. Distract yourself with something else. Like a child, find something new to be absorbed by, something worthy of concentrated attention. Do not waste time on things you cannot change or influence. Just keep moving. 

Robert Greene, The 33 Strategies of War

Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Nov 9

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***HIGHER ED

Here's why colleges are being forced to close their doors - and what they can do to stay open http://theconversation.com/heres-why-colleges-are-being-forced-to-close-their-doors-and-what-they-can-do-to-stay-open-126399 

The Williams English Boycott https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/06/students-williams-call-boycott-english-department

American University Responds to Backlash https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/06/american-university-defends-itself-wake-public-backlash-over-students-forced-removal

State Court Rejects Prager University’s Lawsuit Against YouTube https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2019/11/state-court-rejects-prager-universitys-lawsuit-against-youtube.htm

 

***THE COST OF COLLEGE

The University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100,000 a year https://hechingerreport.org/university-of-chicago-projected-to-be-the-first-u-s-university-to-charge-100000-a-year/

 

***HUMANITIES 

When STEM Becomes STEAM, We Can Change The Game (opinion) https://www.forbes.com/sites/taliamilgromelcott/2019/11/07/when-stem-becomes-steam-we-can-change-the-game/

The humanities may seem pointless, but that is the point https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2019/10/31/humanities-pointless-Jesuit-education

 

***TEACHING

A teacher says he was fired for refusing to use male pronouns for a transgender student https://www.10news.com/news/national/a-teacher-says-he-was-fired-for-refusing-to-use-male-pronouns-for-a-transgender-student

How to teach sensible elementary statistics to lower-division undergraduates https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/11/03/how-to-teach-sensible-elementary-statistics-to-lower-division-undergraduates/

 

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS

Longtime Liberty University professor to leave school over concerns about academic independence https://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/longtime-liberty-university-professor-to-leave-school-over-concerns-about/article_1542e52b-e8b9-5aa0-b1fc-f0f6bf658bb5.html

Grand Canyon U: Ed Dept to treat it as for-profit for Title IV funding https://www.educationdive.com/news/grand-canyon-u-ed-dept-to-treat-it-as-for-profit-for-title-iv-funding/566792/

Baylor professor apologizes after guest speaker promotes conversion therapy https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/baylor-professor-apologizes-after-guest-speaker-promotes-conversion-therapy-n1079221

Northwest Nazarene University nears completion of new student commons https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/2cscoop/northwest-nazarene-university-nears-completion-of-new-student-commons/article_5715d176-0fd5-5109-96a6-0e0634b6f85a.html

Are Faculty At Religious Colleges Ministers? Gordon College prof's lawsuit claims she was denied promotion because of her advocacy for the college's LGBT students https://www.wbur.org/edify/2019/11/08/higher-education-religious-colleges-ministry-promotion-suit

What Liberty University Tells Us About Derelict Trustees (opinion) https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpoliakoff/2019/11/07/what-liberty-university-tells-us-about-derelict-trustees/#6833eb394c41

 

***FREE SPEECH

The pro-free-speech documentary No Safe Spaces https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/documentary-no-safe-spaces-adam-carolla-dennis-prager-fight-free-speech-bans/

The free speech election https://www.axios.com/free-speech-election-tech-regulation-polarization-316a777c-0462-4c49-8c2c-7d88c396b7c1.html

 

***RESEARCH INTEGRITY

Ethical research — the long and bumpy road from shirked to shared https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03270-4

How do researchers acquire and develop notions of research integrity? A qualitative study https://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-019-0410-x

Stanford professor who changed America with just one study was also a liar https://nypost.com/2019/11/02/stanford-professor-who-changed-america-with-just-one-study-was-also-a-liar/

***RESEARCH 

Academics hide, play dumb, don't care or over-perform. Everything to oppose the system and administration https://sciencenorway.no/academia-work/academics-hide-play-dumb-dont-care-or-over-perform-everything-to-oppose-the-system-and-administration/1582885

Peer reviewers were more likely to reject papers from female authors, especially if the reviewer was male https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rsc-report-finds-publishing-pipeline-hinders-women/4010608.article

This Science Vigilante Calls Out Bogus Results in Prestigious Journals https://onezero.medium.com/this-science-vigilante-calls-out-bogus-results-in-prestigious-journals-eb5a414c7f76

Are legal concerns stifling scientific debate? https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/are-legal-concerns-stifling-scientific-debate

***OK BOOMER

Watch the moment a millennial politician shut down a colleague by saying 'Ok boomer' https://www.insider.com/video-millennial-mp-says-ok-boomer-heckled-nz-parliament-2019-11

If You Call Me a “Boomer” You Are Committing a Hate Crime https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-you-call-me-a-boomer-you-are-committing-a-hate-crime

 

***STUDENT MEDIA

Fake news? No jobs? Prospective journalists soldier on https://apnews.com/5fe1a874e20c476d9d177f6628638b45

Univ of Portland student newspaper unpublishes opinion piece about student found dead https://www.imediaethics.org/student-newspaper-deletes-memorial-to-student/

 

***STUDENT LIFE: ESPORTS 

Ohio State is taking its investment in esports to the next level https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/05/institutions-introduce-undergraduate-degree-programs-esports

Getting to Know the Next Generation of Video Gamers https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/video/2019/nielsen-tv-getting-to-know-the-next-generation-of-video-gamers/

 

***STUDENTS & FINANCE 

Millennials earn 20% less than boomers—despite being better educated https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/05/millennials-earn-20-percent-less-than-boomersdespite-being-better-educated.html

 

***STUDENTS LIFE 

14 SDSU fraternities suspended after student is hospitalized https://fox5sandiego.com/2019/11/08/14-sdsu-fraternities-suspended-after-student-is-hospitalized/

Articles of interest about religion - Nov 7

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***RELIGION BY THE NUMBERS 

Spiritualism In 'The In-Betweens' https://www.npr.org/2019/10/27/773817425/spiritualism-in-the-in-betweens

In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/

 

***RELIGION 

In World War II, spreading the Gospel while spying for the US http://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/in-world-war-ii-serving-jesus-while-spying-for-the-united-states/2019/10/24/c12f787e-bde7-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html 

Familiarity with religious groups is linked to warmer feelings toward them https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/31/in-u-s-familiarity-with-religious-groups-is-associated-with-warmer-feelings-toward-them/

American Academy of Religion releases new guidelines on what undergraduates should understand about all religions prior to getting their degrees https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/29/american-academy-religion-offers-new-guidelines-teaching-religion

Scammer poses as pastor of Fort Myers Presbyterian church https://www.nbc-2.com/story/41284364/scammer-poses-as-pastor-of-fort-myers-presbyterian-church

Beijing Changes Bible Characters to Ancient Chinese in Church Magazine https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/beijing-changes-bible-characters-to-ancient-chinese-in-church-magazine.html

 

***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Evangelicals have been reshaped into the image of Trump himself (opinion) https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/evangelicals-have-been-reshaped-into-the-image-of-trump-himself/2019/10/28/f37f5154-f9c0-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html 

Trump wanted to build a megachurch with prosperity gospel grifter Paula White https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/trump-wanted-to-build-a-megachurch-with-prosperity-gospel-grifter-paula-white-report/

President Donald Trump taps pastor Paula White for White House job https://nypost.com/2019/11/02/trump-taps-pastor-paula-white-for-white-house-job/ 

Trump administration proposes rule that allows faith-based child welfare groups to exclude LGBTQ families https://www.10news.com/news/national/trump-administration-proposes-rule-that-allows-faith-based-child-welfare-groups-to-exclude-lgbtq-families

How Mike Pence’s Office Meddled in Foreign Aid to Reroute Money to Favored Christian Groups https://www.propublica.org/article/how-mike-pences-office-meddled-in-foreign-aid-to-reroute-money-to-favored-christian-groups

 

***PARACHURCH ORGANIZATIONS 

Sanford residents fight to keep large Christian Evangelical ministry out of their historic neighborhood  https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/seminole-county/os-ne-sanford-downtown-christ-nations-residents-20191101-b6mzmd3hinfl5j5uw27v3noi7e-story.html

World Vision tinkers with its 70-year-old child sponsorship model https://theconversation.com/world-vision-tinkers-with-its-70-year-old-child-sponsorship-model-124383

 

***RELIGION & THE ENVIRONMENT

Why There's A Divide Between Environmentalists And Evangelicals https://www.npr.org/2019/11/04/776173312/why-theres-a-divide-between-environmentalists-and-evangelicals


Evangelicals in Brazil see abuse of God's earth as a sin – but will they fight to save the Amazon? https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-evangelicals-in-brazil-see-abuse-of-gods-earth-as-a-sin-but-will-they-fight-to-save-the-amazon-126098-20191106-story.html

 

***DENOMINATIONS

Mohler, prominent Southern Baptist, will be nominated to lead denomination https://religionnews.com/2019/11/04/mohler-prominent-southern-baptist-will-be-nominated-to-lead-denomination/

UMC’s Western Jurisdiction announces ‘safe harbor’ for LGBTQ clergy https://religionnews.com/2019/11/06/united-methodists-western-jurisdiction-announces-safe-harbor-for-lgbtq-clergy/

 

***MEGACHURCHES

Only months after sexual assault allegations & resignation, Megachurch pastor looks to launch new church https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2019/10/28/andy-savage-looks-launch-new-church-after-sexual-assault-allegations/2485740001/

Flags wave, people protest at Dallas megachurch‘s ‘America is a Christian Nation‘ sermon https://valliantnews.com/2019/11/03/flags-wave-people-protest-at-dallas-megachurchs-america-is-a-christian-nation-sermon/

Josh Harris, fallen evangelical mega-pastor: "I excommunicated myself" https://www.axios.com/josh-harris-evangelical-pastor-excommunicated-64674ffd-4e09-458a-8697-3d207100e11e.html

 

***RELIGION & SEXUAL MISCONDUCT 

Christian Comedian John Crist Admits to 'Addiction Struggles' as He's Accused of Sexual Misconduct https://people.com/tv/christian-youtuber-comedian-john-crist-apologizes-sexual-misconduct-allegations/ 

Sex abuse lawsuit against Southern Baptist leader headed to appeals court https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Sex-abuse-lawsuit-against-Southern-Baptist-leader-14815626.php

 

***MILLENNIALS & RELIGION

What are millennials killing now? Churches (opinion) http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-millennials-are-skipping-church-and-not-going-back/2019/10/27/0d35b972-f777-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html

Why millennials are skipping church and not going back https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-millennials-are-skipping-church-and-not-going-back/2019/10/27/0d35b972-f777-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html

 

***RELIGION & MUSIC 

Kirk Franklin's reflections on police violence were cut from TBN’s broadcast of his Dove Awards acceptance speech https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5db848f1e4b036b6a1672803/amp?guccounter=1

Kayne West's Jesus Is King Hits No. 1 on Top Christian Albums Chart, Billboard 200 Chart https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/mikaela-matthews/kayne-west-s-jesus-is-king-becomes-no-1-on-top-christian-albums-chart-billboard-200-chart.html

 

Saying no

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Many of us seem to have great difficulty in simply saying “No” to requests made of us or even invitations to us. Somehow we assume – whether we are aware of it or not – that either the other person is too weak to cope with our refusal and will be offended or a relationship is impossible to maintain without 100 percent mutual agreement.

Daily examples of the results of this nonassertive belief can be seen when other people invite you out to join them in some social activity. How comfortable do you feel in assertively revealing your true state by saying simply and openly: “No, I just don’t feel like it this weekend. Let’s try it another time?” Instead you invent “good” reasons that will not allow the other person to get irritated, feel rebuffed and possibly dislike you. Most of us follow this inane behavior pattern because of our childish belief that we cannot function properly if we do things that cause other people to remove their good will toward us, even a little bit.

Although generalizations are suspect and typically useless, our behavior in this area is sufficiently childish to prompt me to make this observation: one cannot live in terror of hurting other people’s feelings. Sometimes one offends. That’s life in the big city!

Manuel Smith, When I Say No, I Feel Guilty

Articles of Interest about Literature, Journalism, Writing & Languages – Nov 4

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***JOURNALISM

Here are the 34 news projects Google is funding in North America https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/audio-archiving-public-meeting-tracking-and-more-local-boosts-here-are-the-34-news-projects-google-is-funding-in-north-america/

These watchdogs track secret online censorship across the globe https://www.cnet.com/features/the-watchdogs-tracking-secret-online-censorship-across-the-globe-ooni/

Local news is more trusted than national news — but that could change https://www.knightfoundation.org/articles/local-news-is-more-trusted-than-national-news-but-that-could-change

 

***FAKE NEWS

'It's a fine target': Census bureau to fight misinformation https://www.apnews.com/7d310c83acc648cd8762d0fb05f49afb

“Data voids” on the web have opened a door to manipulators and other disinformation pushers https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/11/watch-your-language-data-voids-on-the-web-have-opened-a-door-to-manipulators-and-other-disinformation-merchants/

 

***SOCIAL MEDIA 

The Most Frequent Emoji https://home.unicode.org/emoji/emoji-frequency/

Facebook’s removal of false ad shows a double standard for policing content https://wapo.st/2CdZ6tb

Instagram May Be Causing an Increase in Yoga Injuries https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/instagram-cause-yoga-injuries-increase.html

 

***LANGUAGE 

What 26,000 books reveal when it comes to learning a language https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191025110311.htm

Do our reading lists determine how we process language?https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326891.php#1

From vocabulary to grammar, long-dead elements of the language still haunt our everyday speech (podcast) https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley/2019/10/zombie-elements-of-the-english-language

***WRITING & READING

An expedition reveals the perils of reading Dostoyevsky in Antarctica https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/10/10/an-expedition-reveals-the-perils-of-reading-dostoyevsky-in-antarctica

Scientific evidence on how to teach writing is slim https://hechingerreport.org/scientific-evidence-on-how-to-teach-writing-is-slim/

***LITERATURE

An 18th-century guide to hunting vampires inspired the first works of vampire fiction https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2019/09-10/vampire-mania-in-eastern-europe/ 

Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Novel Adaptation

www.openculture.com/2019/11/anne-franks-diary-the-graphic-novel-adaptation.html

 

***POETRY 

'Love Poems (For People With Children)' https://www.npr.org/2019/10/26/773030262/sleep-loss-sunscreen-and-very-little-sex-in-these-love-poems-for-parents

One language dies every two weeks. How can poetry help? (podcast) https://www.theguardian.com/books/audio/2019/oct/29/one-language-dies-every-two-weeks-how-can-poetry-help-books-podcast  

When poetry can help to ease the pain https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/oct/28/when-poetry-can-help-to-ease-the-pain

New ‘Divining Poets’ Poetry Decks Spotlight Quotes By Rumi And Emily Dickinson https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelkramerbussel/2019/10/28/new-divinging-poets-poetry-decks-spotlight-quotes-by-rumi-and-emily-dickinson/#59dbc69763a0

 

***PRIVACY & SECURITY 
Adobe left millions of Creative Cloud user records exposed online https://www.digitaltrends.com/photography/adobe-left-millions-of-creative-cloud-user-records-exposed-online /

Under digital surveillance: how American schools spy on millions of kids https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/school-student-surveillance-bark-gaggle

ACLU sues feds to get information about facial-recognition programs https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/aclu-sues-feds-to-get-information-about-facial-recognition-programs/

China touts dubious emotion recognition AI tech to find criminals http://bit.ly/2qmsVFe

 

***INTERNET

50 years ago, I helped invent the internet. How did it go so wrong? (opinion) https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-29/internet-50th-anniversary-ucla-kleinrock

The Internet Archive is adding digital previews of book sources to Wikipedia articles https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/4/20947403/wikipedia-internet-archive-book-citations-digitizing-online

Expecting Initiative

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Holding people to the responsible course is not demeaning; it is affirming. Proactivity is part of human nature, and although the proactive muscles may be dormant, they are there. By respective the proactive nature of other people, we provide them with at least one clear, undistorted reflection from the social mirror.

Stephen Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People