The Student Herself is the Product

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In a humanities education the student herself is the product. She is what’s getting created and recreated by the learning process. This vision of education — as a pursuit that’s supposed to be personally transformative — is what Aristotle proposed back in Ancient Greece. He believed the real goal was not to impart knowledge, but to cultivate the virtues: honesty, justice, courage, and all the other character traits that make for a flourishing life. -Sigal Samuel writing in Vox

An AI Vision for College—Tools for Every Facet of Campus Life

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OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has a plan to overhaul college education — by embedding its artificial intelligence tools in every facet of campus life.  If the company’s strategy succeeds, universities would give students A.I. assistants to help guide and tutor them from orientation day through graduation. Professors would provide customized A.I. study bots for each class. Career services would offer recruiter chatbots for students to practice job interviews. And undergrads could turn on a chatbot’s voice mode to be quizzed aloud ahead of a test. ChatGPT Edu also enables faculty and staff to create custom chatbots for university use. -New York Times

10 Articles Worth Reading about AI's Use by Colleges

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Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Jan 6

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***HIGHER ED

Recent school ransomware attacks highlight need for ongoing vigilance https://www.educationdive.com/news/recent-school-ransomware-attacks-highlight-need-for-ongoing-vigilance/569710/

College in the U.S. is at a crossroad. Will it increase social mobility or class stratification?
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/college-u-s-crossroads-will-it-increase-social-mobility-or-ncna1109071

These lawsuits could change the stakes for higher ed https://www.educationdive.com/news/higher-ed-lawsuits-tracker/561371/   

Community college in New York is betting on partnerships with other countries and local faith organizations to increase its sagging enrollment. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/03/community-college-looks-abroad-and-faith-groups-boost-enrollment

***MINORITIES ON CAMPUS

San Diego State uninvites speaker after anti-Semitism charges https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-24/san-diego-state-university-ava-muhammad-anti-semitism-controversy

I am Harvard Law's first deafblind graduate. Here's what college is like for students with disabilities https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/03/what-college-is-like-for-students-with-disabilities-according-to-a-harvard-grad.html

In a Homecoming Video Meant to Unite Campus, Almost Everyone Was White
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/us/university-of-wisconsin-race-video.html

***HIGHER ED & FREE SPEECH

American campuses can play a vital role in battling censorship of debates about China https://www.thefire.org/american-campuses-can-play-a-vital-role-in-battling-censorship-of-debates-about-china/

Lawsuit: Iowa State University accused of violating free speech rights ahead of Iowa caucuses https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2020/01/03/isu-iowa-state-accused-restricting-free-speech-through-newly-enacted-policies/2799598001/

***TEACHING

A University Professor Said 'Beef' 125 Times During A Macroeconomics Lecture. Here's A Supercut Of It https://digg.com/2019/a-university-professor-said-beef-125-times-during-a-macroeconomics-lecture-heres-a-supercut-of-it

I asked my students to turn in their cell phones and write about living without them https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614934/teenagers-without-cell-phones

Free Textbooks for Law Students https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/03/free-law-textbooks-raise-questions-about-oer

***ACADEMIC LIFE

Professor accused of attempted murder of another professor https://www.gazettenet.com/leverett-attempted-murder-31758189

The “I was prompted to kill my student and lover because someone was accusing me of plagiarism” defense  https://au.news.yahoo.com/professor-who-beheaded-young-lover-wants-to-write-a-book-about-it-022942333.html

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS

Mizzou gives millions to conservative college to end lawsuit over donor’s instructions https://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/2019/12/hillsdale-college-settles-5-million-lawsuit-with-university-of-missouri.html

Don’t Assume Because A College Is Christian It’s A Safe Place For Your Kid (opinion)  https://thefederalist.com/2019/12/26/dont-assume-because-a-college-is-christian-its-a-safe-place-for-your-kid/

A lawsuit at Saint Anselm is centered on the question of powers held by members of the religious order versus those held by the Board of Trustees. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/02/governance-dispute-saint-anselm-college-pits-members-founding-religious-order

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

Trial delayed for adjunct Liberty Univ. professor accused of filming minors  https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/trial-delayed-for-adjunct-liberty-univ-professor-accused-of-filming-minors/

Texas man files copyright claim against Liberty University  https://www.wfxrtv.com/news/local-news/texas-man-files-copyright-claim-against-liberty-univ/

***RESEARCH

How to Be a Statistical Detective https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pmrj.12305

American Psychological Assoc: takedown notices sent to researchers about their own papers published on their own sites https://eiko-fried.com/apa-chief-publishing-officer-ignore-paper-removal-request/

***STUDENT LIFE

The 12-year-old Pursuing Her Passion as a Tattoo Artist  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN2xKasrihU&feature=emb_title

Student Asks Professor To Bump His 89.99% To A 90% And She Was Having None Of It
https://www.buzzfeed.com/daniellaemanuel/berkeley-student-professor-grade

Advocates Say Texas Wants To Curb College Students' Political Power https://www.npr.org/2020/01/02/792976335/advocates-say-texas-wants-to-curb-college-students-political-power

Thousands of foreign students in U.S. on student visas may have 'worked' for fake companies https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/thousands-foreign-students-u-s-student-visas-may-have-worked-n1109286

A report reviewing a student sit-in at Johns Hopkins last spring https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/02/hopkins-faculty-investigates-spring-sit

When Applying For College Is Especially Difficult https://www.npr.org/2020/01/05/793722662/when-applying-for-college-is-especially-difficult

Report: Shrinking share of adults thinks college is 'important' https://www.educationdive.com/news/report-shrinking-share-of-adults-thinks-college-is-important/569701/

Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Dec 1

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***HIGHER ED

How activists at one college are getting out information out about what they claim is a poorly operated institution https://www.boldlybankrupt.com/

Parents ‘bigger problem’ than essay mills (sub. req’ed) https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/mums-and-dads-bigger-problem-essay-mills

Colleges Struggling to Keep Up with Student Mental Health Needs https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/mental-health/college-student-mental-health-needs/

More college students are seeking help for mental health, but what happens when there aren't enough counselors? https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/news/education/4794643-More-college-students-are-seeking-help-for-mental-health-but-what-happens-when-there-arent-enough-counselors

Why the Dept. of Ed decided to treat Grand Canyon University as a for-profit, even though it’s registered with the IRS as a non-profit https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereknewton/2019/11/30/no-the-irs-does-not-make-a-college-a-non-profit/

 

***HIGHER ED & CRIME 

ICE arrests 90 more foreign students at fake university created by DHS in Michigan https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/27/university-farmington-ice-arrests-more-fake-michigan-college/4317788002/

US Man Allegedly Plotted ISIS-Style Attack After Suspension From Colleges https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-tried-enlist-isis-attack-colleges-suspended-expelled-him-n1091141

 

***HIGHER ED & FINANCE

Dawn Of The Dead: For Hundreds Of The Nation’s Private Colleges, It’s Merge Or Perish https://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2019/11/27/dawn-of-the-dead-for-hundreds-of-the-nations-private-colleges-its-merge-or-perish/

University Reverses Its Decision to Stop Accepting Medicaid http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/11/27/byu-idaho-retracts-earlier-medicaid-decision

 

***HIGHER ED IN COURT

Settlement reached in suit over video captioning at Harvard https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/settlement-reached-suit-video-captioning-harvard-67347654

Supreme Court won't throw out climate scientist Michael Mann's defamation suit against National Review https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/politics/supreme-court-climate-scientist-michael-mann-national-review/index.html

Law School Donor Sues After Learning His Name Isn’t On Degrees The Law School Doesn’t Give https://abovethelaw.com/2019/11/law-school-donor-sues-after-learning-his-name-isnt-on-degrees-the-law-school-doesnt-give/

Yale University Employees file class-action lawsuit claiming the institution’s wellness programs violates federal law https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/employer-wellness-program-is-illegal-lawsuit-contends

 

***ACADEMIC LIFE 

Academic freedom breached at Thompson Rivers University, investigation finds  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/academic-freedom-breached-thompson-rivers-university-1.5365146

Plagiarism in Brazil: A perspective of 25,000 PhD holders across the sciences https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/825026v1

Federal data show proportion of all instructors who work full-time is rising, even as total faculty workforce contracts slightly. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/27/federal-data-show-proportion-instructors-who-work-full-time-rising

Plagiarism charge against UCCS professor dismissed https://gazette.com/news/plagiarism-charge-against-uccs-professor-dismissed/article_dc62743a-1093-11ea-965c-87a5fa15141d.html

***RESEARCH 

On the troubling trail of psychiatry’s pseudopatients stunt https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03268-y

The Challenges of Sharing Data in an Era of Politicized Science https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2756117

 

***STUDENT LIFE

Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/31/style/cancel-culture.html

WHO warns adolescents get too little exercise as screen time prevails https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/21/who-warns-adolescents-get-too-little-exercise-as-screen-time-prevails.html

Study: Students show ‘troubling’ lack of news literacy skills  https://newslit.org/updates/study-students-show-troubling-lack-of-news-literacy-skills/ 

Millennial and Gen Z Republicans stand out from their elders on climate and energy issues https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/25/younger-republicans-differ-with-older-party-members-on-climate-change-and-energy-issues/

 

***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT 

Students Disrupt Philosophy Professor’s Course, Call For Resignation https://dailynous.com/2019/11/22/students-disrupt-philosophy-professors-course-call-resignation/

Exploiting the Exploited? Insiders Accuse Charity Of Cashing In On Sex Trafficking Concerns  https://www.nbcsandiego.com/investigations/Exploiting-the-Exploited-Insiders-Accuse-Charity-Of-Cashing-In-On-Sex-Trafficking-Concerns-565502951.html

 

 

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 Higher Ed - Oct 25

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***HIGHER ED

Colleges and universities track web activity of potential applicants 

https://www.businessinsider.com/colleges-universities-websites-track-web-activity-of-potential-applicants-report-2019-10

Why Do We Have Business Or Education Schools In Universities? 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardvedder/2019/10/16/why-do-we-have-business-or-education-schools-in-universities/

 

The largest community college in Pennsylvania is eliminating mental health services on campus—more struggling two-year institutions may follow suit 

www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/18/mental-health-low-priority-community-colleges

 

Are Liberal Arts Colleges Doomed? 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2019/10/21/downfall-hampshire-college-broken-business-model-american-higher-education/?arc404=true

 

Bill would require accreditors to flag failing colleges sooner 

https://www.educationdive.com/news/bill-would-require-accreditors-to-flag-failing-colleges-sooner/564312/

 

NCAA comes down on Cal Poly for books violation 

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/26554592/ncaa-comes-cal-poly-books-violation

 

***HIGHER ED & FINANCES

College costs have increased in all 50 states over the past 10 years

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/24/college-costs-have-increased-in-all-50-states-over-the-past-10-years.html

 

DeVos, Ed Dept get $100K fine over for-profit student loan collection 

https://www.educationdive.com/news/devos-ed-dept-get-100k-fine-over-for-profit-student-loan-collection/565833/

   

***FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUS 

Why the Supreme Court’s Davis standard is necessary to restore free speech to America’s college campuses  (opinion) 

https://www.thefire.org/why-the-supreme-courts-davis-standard-is-necessary-to-restore-free-speech-to-americas-college-campuses-part-i/

 

SDSU launches Free Speech site, Inclusivity portal to raise awareness of student rights 

https://thedailyaztec.com/96354/news/sdsu-launches-free-speech-site-inclusivity-portal-to-raise-awareness-of-rights/

 

***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

 

My Classroom Is Not a Safe Space 

https://humanparts.medium.com/my-classroom-is-not-a-safe-space-406927bfeab6

 

How can you get students to put down their cellphones and engage in class?  

www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/04/04/how-professors-can-get-students-put-down-their-cellphones-class-essay

 

***ACADEMIC LIFE 

19 Professors And Students Who — For Better Or Worse — Hit "Send" On These Emails 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jonmichaelpoff/students-professors-emails-college

 

Professor says she was fired for refusing to disclose a victim's name 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/22/professor-says-she-was-fired-refusing-disclose-victims-name

 

Professor apologizes for controversial survey 

https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Professor-apologizes-for-racist-survey-563655381.html

 

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 

In Tennessee, One Christian College Breaks Enrollment Records, While Another Fights Declines 

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/october/christian-colleges-enrollment-bryan-trevecca-nazarene.html

 

Why We Still Need Christian Colleges

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/october/kapic-we-need-christian-liberal-arts-colleges.html

 

Chapman University accused of lying to student newspaper

https://dynamicsofwriting.com/2019/10/21/ethics-versus-access-an-interview-with-the-chapman-panther-editor-who-said-no-thanks-to-covering-george-w-bushs-private-event-on-the-campus/

 

How these Christian schools use campus policy to cultivate Christian sexual virtues 

https://www.thecollegefix.com/how-these-christian-schools-use-campus-policy-to-cultivate-christian-sexual-virtues/

 

Locker room videos of Christian College female athletes posted to porn site 

https://www.wspa.com/news/videos-of-womens-teams-inside-locker-room-at-limestone-college-from-2012-13-posted-to-porn-site-under-investigation/

 

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

The Cautionary Tale of Jerry Falwell Jr. (opinion) 

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/november/jerry-falwell-jr-biblical-leadership.html

 

Longtime Liberty prof to become the first research professor and one of the only female faculty members at the Southern Baptist college 

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/october/karen-swallow-prior-sebts-southeastern-liberty-university.html

 

***RESEARCH 

A Python code glitch that causes computations to vary depending on the operating system used may have caused errors in more than 100 published studies 

http://bit.ly/2Bpq54D

 

Not reporting a retraction leaves people unaware of how retractions can sometimes actually advance our scientific understanding

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/a-tale-of-two-retractions/

 

***STUDENT LIFE

Teen suicide rates are rising, despite efforts at prevention

https://www.axios.com/why-were-failing-to-stop-teen-suicide-0b1b4e63-a4c0-48d2-b76a-ec55651bd050.html

 

Millennials sleep and work more than previous generations
https://www.axios.com/millennials-lifestyle-work-social-bureau-labor-statistics-7fbabcc6-d5cb-4066-8ca1-f9724019905b.html

 

Under digital surveillance: how American schools spy on millions of kids 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/22/school-student-surveillance-bark-gaggle

 

Life360 and other ‘tracking apps’ allow parents to keep close watch over their adult kids 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/22/dont-leave-campus-parents-are-now-using-tracking-apps-watch-their-kids-college/

 

The Student Vote Is Surging. So Are Efforts to Suppress It.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/voting-college-suppression.html

 

UConn satisfies no one with punishments of students who used racial slurs 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/25/uconn-satisfies-no-one-punishments-students-who-used-racial-slurs

 

***STUDENTS IN COURT 

College students are taking their schools to court over campus marijuana use 

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/college-students-are-taking-their-schools-to-court-over-campus-marijuana-use-2019-10-24

 

***CRIME ON CAMPUS 

The Fake School-Shooting Threats Getting Kids Arrested 

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/10/fake-school-shooting-threats-getting-kids-arrested/600238/

 

Utah universities vary in Lauren’s Law implementation 

https://www.ksl.com/article/46660845/utah-universities-vary-in-laurens-law-implementation

 

Univ. of Utah Students Walk Out

https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/clery/univ-of-utah-students-walk-out/

 

Student says that even after professor who abused her left campus, fellow students continued to harass her 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/25/student-says-even-after-professor-who-abused-her-left-campus-fellow-students

 

Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Oct 16

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***HIGHER ED 

A major shift to 'DIY' Education

https://www.pearson.com/corporate/news/global-learner-survey.html 

Repairing an Institutional Reputation Tarnished by Fraudulent Publishing  

https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2019/09/30/repairing-institutional-reputation-fraudulent-publishers/

 

6 Ways to Fortify Your Campus Against Phishing Attacks

https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2019/10/6-ways-fortify-your-campus-against-phishing-attacks

 

How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/14/colleges-quietly-rank-prospective-students-based-their-personal-data/

 

Higher ed shrinks: number of colleges falls to the lowest point in two decades

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/14/higher-ed-shrinks-number-colleges-falls-lowest-point-two-decades

 

University may lose Superman papers over Liz Cheney comments

https://apnews.com/fd25b9c5d72a4d1e85f8c9802d99d608

 

House Democrats Have a Plan for Higher Ed. Here’s What’s in It.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/House-Democrats-Have-a-Plan/247349

 

***HIGHER ED & FREE SPEECH 

'They could not guarantee my safety': Author's speech canceled after Georgia students burn book 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/crucet-cancels-speech-book-burning-1.5319443

 

To Protect Free Speech, U. of Wisconsin Is Poised to Double Down on Punishing Disruptive Protesters

https://www.chronicle.com/article/To-Protect-Free-Speech-U-of/247328

 

***HIGHER ED & FINANCES

Real estate developer, wife donate $100M to University of Virginia to help first-generation students

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/real-estate-developer-wife-donate-100m-university-virginia/story

 

For Some Colleges, the Best Move Is to Merge 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/education/learning/colleges-mergers.html

 

***HIGHER ED IN COURT

Judge Threatens Betsy DeVos With Jail In Student Loan Case

https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamminsky/2019/10/08/judge-threatens-betsy-devos-with-jail-in-student-loan-case/

 

U.S. Supreme Court snubs University of Wisconsin appeal in patent fight with Apple  

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-apple/u-s-supreme-court-snubs-university-of-wisconsin-appeal-in-patent-fight-with-apple-idUSKBN1WM1F8

 

***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

 

Study Finds Professors Must ‘Entertain’ Students To Keep Them Off YouTube

https://www.studyfinds.org/class-clowns-study-finds-professors-must-entertain-students-to-keep-them-off-youtube/

 

Preparing for the Students You Actually Have in Class—Without the Assumptions

https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/preparing-for-the-students-you-actually-have-in-class/

 

***ACADEMIC LIFE 

When Professors Plagiarize 

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2019/10/01/when-professors-plagiarize/

 

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS

Loyola University Maryland uses modern themes and music to draw college students to church and nurture their spiritual lives on campus.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/11/biggest-student-hub-late-night-sunday-mass

 

Cost of college went up for all students at Arizona Christian University 

https://azbusinessdaily.com/stories/513743163-cost-of-college-went-up-for-all-students-at-arizona-christian-university

 

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

Congressmen take aim at Betsy Devos over censorship at evangelical Liberty University 

https://www.newsweek.com/betsy-devos-libertyuniversity-censors-freespeech-1464478

 

Jerry Falwell Jr. settles lawsuit over Florida real estate venture 

https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/lynchburg/jerry-falwell-jr-settles-lawsuit-over-a-florida-real-estate-venture

 

***RESEARCH 

Little attention has been devoted to the validity of inferences based on the findings of the research caught in the replication crisis
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2515245919869583

 

Pirate website Sci-Hub is making the world’s academic research free to all

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2019/10/05/pirate-website-sci-hub-is-making-the-worlds-academic-research-free-to-all-but-at-what-cost.html

 

Basic Statistical Errors Are Common in Canadian Psychology Journals But the Computer Programs That Detect Them Are Far From Perfect

https://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/spotlight/issue-156

 

***STUDENT LIFE

YouTube Surpasses Netflix as Top Video Choice for U.S. Teens, New Survey Finds

https://www.thewrap.com/youtube-netflix-survey-teens-top-video-source

 

The students disappearing fastest from American campuses? Middle-class ones

https://hechingerreport.org/the-students-disappearing-fastest-from-american-campuses-middle-class-ones/

 

Can Video Games Replace the Outdoors?

https://www.outsideonline.com/2403017/video-games-outdoors-addiction-rehab

 

Esports Coaches Share Lessons Learned on the Path to Building a New Program

https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2019/10/esports-coaches-share-lessons-learned-path-building-new-program

 

***STUDENTS & MENTAL HEALTH

Stressed-out college students are sleeping less than ever. Meditation apps claim to help 

https://www.inquirer.com/health/temple-university-students-stress-meditation-app-sleep-philadelphia-20191015.html

 

It Can Take Weeks for College Students to Get the Mental Health Help They Ask For. That’s a Seriously Dangerous Delay.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a29211906/college-mental-health-clinic-long-wait-times/

 

Half of the millennials and 75% of Gen Zers have left their job for mental health reasons

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/11/mental-health-issues-cause-record-numbers-of-gen-x-z-to-leave-jobs.html

 

***STUDENTS & FINANCE 

Do University Stores Rip Off Students?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardvedder/2019/10/07/do-universities-rip-off-their-students/

 

***SEXUAL HARRASSMENT & ASSAULT

College survey finds a surprisingly high number of sexual assaults reported on campus 

https://abc7.com/college-survey-finds-high-number-of-sexual-assaults-on-campus/5621775/

 

#MeToo movement’s next step? Colleges’ approach to sexual assault  

https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/10/10/20885824/me-too-movement-sexual-assault-college-campus

 

Top Universities Release Sexual Assault Reports 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/16/universities-identify-campus-specific-sexual-assault-issues

Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Oct 7

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***HIGHER ED 

Education System Needs Fundamental Changes: Arne Duncan

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-04/arne-duncan-says-u-s-needs-to-move-to-a-pre-k-to-14-education-system-video

 

Tensions over Hong Kong unrest flare on US college campuses

https://apnews.com/7b0f328f266f46c1a498a16a5ad03fbc

 

***HIGHER ED IN COURT

Judge rules in favor of Harvard in affirmative action case

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-rules-favor-harvard-affirmative-action-case-n1060921

 

Attorney ‘stunned’ by University of Michigan’s ‘arrogance,' resulting $1.6 million legal bill
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/10/attorney-stunned-by-university-of-michigans-arrogance-resulting-16-million-legal-bill.html

 

How Penn State Is Cutting Greenhouse Emissions In Half — And Saving Money 

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/04/764637564/how-penn-state-is-cutting-greenhouse-emissions-in-half-and-saving-money

 

College Students Just Want Normal Libraries

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/10/college-students-dont-want-fancy-libraries/599455/

 

***HIGHER ED & FINANCES

Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend will be paid $50,000 out of student fees for speech at University of Florida

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jr-his-girlfriend-were-paid-50000-out-student-fees-speech-university-florida-1462508

 

University of Connecticut issues just over $966,000 in parking violations for 2018

https://dailycampus.com/stories/2019/30/09/parking-services-issued-over-966000-in-tickets-in-2018-data-shows

 

Colleges received more than $60 million from family profiting from OxyContin https://www.marketwatch.com/story/colleges-received-more-than-60-million-from-family-profiting-from-oxycontin-2019-10-03

 

***ACADEMIC LIFE

Academic dishonesty extends to CVs, according to a new study

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/03/study-academic-dishonesty-extends-faculty-résumés

 

Careless mistakes or intellectual theft? UW-Oshkosh case reveals complexity of plagiarism

https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/careless-mistakes-or-intellectual-theft-uw-oshkosh-case-reveals-complexity/article_9b108160-a29b-5752-99bf-6349524af077.html

 

NC State professor suspended after calling women 'useless' during lecture

https://www.wral.com/nc-state-professor-suspended-after-calling-women-useless-during-lecture/18673085/

 

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 

Gordon College Receives Record $75.5 Million Donation

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/october/gordon-college-receives-record-75-million-donation.html

 

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 

Liberty Hires Disgraced Reporter   

http://wset.com/news/local/former-disgraced-reporter-austen-joins-liberty-game-on-staff

 

Appeal sought in child sex solicitation case involving ex-LU professor

https://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/appeal-sought-in-child-sex-solicitation-case-involving-ex-lu/article_e7a83606-5f71-5c84-a2fa-8250678970c8.html

 

***RESEARCH 

“We find that a total of 22 out of 49 papers contain demonstrable errors” —a study of research in machine learning 

https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.0443

 

Publishers, reviewers and other members of the scientific community must fight science’s preference for positive results

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02960-3

 

Journal Peer Review and Editorial Evaluation: Cautious Innovator or Sleepy Giant? 

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11024-019-09388-z

 

Two-thirds of researchers report ‘pressure to cite’ in Nature poll

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02922-9

 

Free Yourself From Study Fragility and P Values (video)

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/918733

 

A Journal’s test for peer review bias

https://augustafreepress.com/professors-take-part-in-journals-test-for-peer-review-bias/

 

***STUDENT LIFE 

Uncovering A Huge Mystery Of College: Office Hours

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/02/766568824/uncovering-a-huge-mystery-of-college-office-hours

 

What Does a 'Good' Resume Look Like in 2019? The Answer May Surprise You

https://www.inc.com/quora/what-does-a-good-resume-look-like-in-2019-answer-may-surprise-you.html

 

Colleges are starting degrees in esports, with $36,000 programs

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/college-esports-universities-launch-degrees-in-esports/

 

Most Americans go to college in the hopes of a secure financial future. Many don’t get it

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/02/many-former-college-students-dont-earn-more-than-28000-a-year.html

 

College students who go off Facebook for a week consume less news and report being less depressed

https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/10/college-students-who-go-off-facebook-for-a-week-consume-less-news-and-report-being-less-depressed

 

At UC Berkeley, Brown, and Yale, students are fighting to keep Palantir off campus over its ICE contracts https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/9/26/20884182/palantir-ice-protests-campus-family-separation-berkeley-yale-brown

 

***SEXUAL HARRASSMENT & ASSAULT

 

A Texas university reported 8 rapes on campus in 2016-17, but now admits there were 38: Experts say this problem is happening nationwide

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-university-reported-8-rapes-192738058.html

 

Claims of sexual assaults on Rice University campus spark campus policy change

https://www.click2houston.com/news/claims-of-sexual-assaults-on-rice-university-campus-spark-campus-policy-change

 

Students at NYU and Rutgers are asking why professors who've been found to have behaved inappropriately with students were welcomed to campus this semester

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/03/nyu-and-rutgers-students-ask-why-professors-found-have-behaved-inappropriately

 

Southwestern Officials Agreed to Keep Quiet About Professor Who Had Trove of Nude Student Photos, Sex Videos

https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/education/southwestern-officials-agreed-to-keep-quiet-about-professor-who-had-trove-of-nude-student-photos-sex-videos/

 

12 arrested in connection with alleged rapes at Alabama university

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/us/alabama-rape-allegations-campus/

Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Sept 16

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***HIGHER ED

Paul Tough spent the past six years studying higher education: Here are the troubling results

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/16/paul-tough-spent-last-six-years-studying-higher-education-here-are-troubling-results/

 

Head of Counseling at Penn Dies in Suicide 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/11/university-pennsylvania-director-counseling-dies-suicide

 

Should Colleges End Legacy Admissions? (opinion) 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/opinion/letters/legacy-college-admissions-intellectual-diversity.html

 

***HIGHER ED & THE LAW

These lawsuits could change the stakes for higher ed 
https://www.educationdive.com/news/higher-ed-lawsuits-tracker/561371/

 

Free Speech Laws Mushroom in Wake of Campus Protests 
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/16/states-passing-laws-protect-college-students-free-speech

 

***HIGHER ED & FINANCES 

Most public flagship universities are failing to meet the financial needs of low- and middle-income students and are overly subsidizing wealthier students

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/12/most-public-flagship-universities-are-unaffordable-low-income-students-report-finds

 

Department of Justice lifts restriction on capital financing for faith-based historically black colleges 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/11/trump-administration-acts-funding-restrictions-religious-hbcus

 

***HUMANITIES  

STEM Is Overrated: College is not just job prep, and the job market changes constantly

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/college-not-job-prep/597487/

 

***TEACHING

Speaking Out Against Student Eval 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/10/sociologists-and-more-dozen-other-professional-groups-speak-out-against-student

 

How Teachers Are Fighting the White Nationalists Brainwashing Their Students

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5yg54/how-teachers-are-fighting-the-white-nationalists-brainwashing-their-students

 

***ACADEMIC LIFE 

Threats made against University of San Diego professors

https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/san-diego-news/threats-made-against-university-of-san-diego-professors

 

Wittenberg University to Cut Faculty Positions 

www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/09/16/wittenberg-university-cut-faculty-positions

 

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

Here's a Summary of Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Weird Florida Antics

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/jerry-falwell-jrs-weird-miami-ties-11266159

 

Liberty University Students React To Falwell Scandal 

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/15/761046389/liberty-university-students-react-to-falwell-scandal

 

Liberty’s Falwell says he’s target of ‘attempted coup’ 

https://www.apnews.com/01404d7b984b4010b08834459e4813f1

 

Exclusive: Falwell blasted Liberty student as 'retarded,' police chief as 'half-wit' in emails 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-falwell-emails-exclusive/exclusive-falwell-blasted-liberty-student-as-retarded-police-chief-as-half-wit-in-emails-idUSKCN1VX1QJ

 

Liberty students protest in wake of reports about Falwell 

https://www.apnews.com/2af299bb899d4d6e8a65dd20d18a99a8

  

Jerry Falwell Jr. asks FBI to investigate 'criminal conspiracy' at Liberty University  https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/11/us/falwell-liberty-university-conspiracy/index.html

 

***RESEARCH 

Elsevier investigates hundreds of peer reviewers for manipulating citations

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02639-9

 

Retracting your own paper can lead to a spike in citations 

https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/daniele-fanelli-do-retractions-make-a-difference

 

Experts question China’s bid to create world-class journals 

https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/experts-question-chinas-bid-create-world-class-journals

 

Six tips to achieve a highly cited article 

https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/six-tips-to-achieve-a-highly-cited-article/

 

Journals are evolving into information platforms 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-019-0667-5

 

What is replication? 

https://osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/u4g6t

 

***STUDENT LIFE

Millennials stand out for their technology use, but older generations also embrace digital life 

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/09/09/us-generations-technology-use/

 

Duke Student Government Senate rejects Christian organization Young Life as chartered student group  

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/09/duke-university-student-government-rejects-young-life-christian

 

The secret student resistance to Hitler  TED-Ed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtOKRsF6Rr0

 

White Colorado State students won't be punished over blackface photo, school says 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/white-colorado-state-students-won-t-be-punished-over-blackface-n1053126

 

I Won’t Buy My Teenagers Smartphones 

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/09/i-wont-buy-my-teenagers-smartphones/597805/  

  

Pitt Tells Student Groups Not to Use Pitt in Their Names 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/13/university-pittsburgh-tells-student-groups-not-use-pitt-their-names

 

Study: Students at Evangelical Colleges Experience ‘Unique Patterns’ of Spiritual Doubt 

https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/study-students-at-evangelical-colleges-experience-unique-patterns-of-spiritual-doubt/

 

***STUDENT LIFE: VAPING 

Students with Vaping Injuries tell their stories 

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/teens-vaping-juul-injury-warning-social-media

 

What you need to know about Vaping Lung illness 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/health/vaping-lung-illness.html

 

***SEXUAL ASSAULT  

Experts say students are given sufficient training to protect themselves or vulnerable peers from sexual assault 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/12/experts-say-new-methods-needed-combat-red-zone-campuses

 

Lawsuit Alleges Ex-Professor Targeted Female Chinese Students 

https://www.propublica.org/article/as-students-from-china-flock-to-university-of-illinois-lawsuit-alleges-ex-professor-targeted-female-chinese-students

 

Former Baylor professor sues, accusing university of biased Title IX investigation 

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/16/former-baylor-professor-sues-accusing-university-biased-title-ix-investigation