Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Sept 16
/***HIGHER ED
Paul Tough spent the past six years studying higher education: Here are the troubling results
Head of Counseling at Penn Dies in Suicide
Should Colleges End Legacy Admissions? (opinion)
***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
Department of Justice lifts restriction on capital financing for faith-based historically black colleges
***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
How Teachers Are Fighting the White Nationalists Brainwashing Their Students
***ACADEMIC LIFE
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
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
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
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
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
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
Lawsuit Alleges Ex-Professor Targeted Female Chinese Students
Former Baylor professor sues, accusing university of biased Title IX investigation