Articles of Interest about the virus & higher ed - June 1

***THE VIRUS

Can You Get Time Off to Recover From COVID-19?

Can you have both flu and COVID-19 at the same time

A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression

A Simulation Of Different Real Life Scenarios And Your Coronavirus Exposure Risk (video)

Here's Why Your Sleep Has Been So Messed Up During Quarantine

How We Can Mitigate the Psychological Impact of Quarantine

The surfaces that kill bacteria and viruses

***HIGHER ED & THE VIRUS

How Colleges Can Keep the Coronavirus Off Campus (opinion)

Higher-Ed Lobbying Group Asks Congress for Liability Shields

Risky Strategy by Many Private Colleges Leaves Them Exposed

Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Other Colleges Face Coronavirus Lawsuits

***HIGHER ED

Michigan State University hit by ransomware gang

U.S. College Towns on Edge as Coronavirus Threatens Football Season

Some depts plan on suspending or limiting graduate cohorts

Coronavirus raises new questions about the value of higher education

***THE FALL SEMESTER 

Iona College to start fall semester 3 weeks early, offers courses in hybrid format

Texas A&M University System to reopen campuses in the fall with modifications

Michigan colleges plan for fall amid pandemic

Colleges counter looming enrollment declines with tuition bargains

College Athletics And Higher Ed Quietly Ask For Congressional Intervention On Liability, Other Issues

***LAYOFFS & FURLOUGHS

Even with a $27 billion endowment, Stanford University expects layoffs will be 'unavoidable'

Kentucky announced it will not lay off staff--experts doubt that many universities can do the same

Fort Lewis College expects to issue furloughs, layoffs

***COLLEGE FINANCE

 TCU chancellor says school is ‘scrambling’ to make up $50 million in losses from COVID-19

Could a fifth of America’s colleges really face the chop? ($)

UNC braces for harsh budget cuts in wake of pandemic 

Brown University cut 11 varsity athletic programs

***TEACHING

 9 takeaways from teaching online during COVID-19

‘I’m Teaching Into a Vacuum’: 14 Educators on Quarantine Learning

New resources to help support faculty with quality online instruction

Remember the MOOCs? After Near-Death, They’re Booming

The Future of College Is Online, and It’s Cheaper (opinion)

Florida universities’ switch to online learning was tough - but could last for years

***ONLINE CHEATING

62 percent of college students say they have cheated on tests and coursework

Study: Students who experience a hotter than average year appeared to experience reduced learning

***ACADEMIC LIFE

Adjuncts fear losing livelihoods

Stanford Joins List Of Law Schools With White Professors Using The N-Word In Class

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS

Professor says Seminary used Covid-19 as an excuse to get rid of him 

In summer of uncertainty, small is good for Mennonite colleges

Pensacola Christian College offering students $10.3M in aid during COVID crisis

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

Black Liberty University instructor resigns in response to Jerry Falwell’s ‘racist’ tweets

Jerry Falwell Jr. Will Only Wear Face Mask He Designed Featuring Virginia Governor Northam's Blackface Photo

***RESEARCH

Scientific misinformation persists when retractions and corrections are not promptly issued

Network models to think about why retractions often fail

Good science, which requires scrutiny and replication, simply cannot move at the speed of the rolling news cycle  

COVID law review paper promotes ‘ableism and eugenics,’ activists say, demanding retraction 

Open peer review: promoting transparency in open science

A Multi-perspective Analysis of Retractions in Life Sciences

***STUDENT LIFE

This Is What an 1869 MIT Entrance Exam Looks Like

NYU’s virtual graduation event turned into ‘a vaporwave nightmare’

Promoting Student Mental Health in Difficult Days

New Grads Say Discrimination on Campuses Not Taken Seriously

Coursera Will Now Offer All College Students Free Access To Its Courses