Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Oct 16

***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