Articles of interest about higher ed & the virus - August 10

***THE VIRUS

How widespread is COVID-19 in children? A look at the latest data as schools reopen

Front-Line Federal Workers Sue For Hazard Pay

Americans are moving around too much and taking coronavirus with them, expert says

***MASKS

Scientists tested 14 types of masks — here are the ones that worked and didn’t 

‘Mask mouth’ is a seriously stinky side effect of wearing masks

***HIGHER ED & THE VIRUS

Cancel College (opinion) ($) 

Covid-19 will be painful for universities, but also bring change

Private colleges eye COVID-19 liability, testing concerns

***THE FALL SEMESTER 

No parties, no trips: Colleges set COVID-19 rules for fall

California colleges to reopen with limited classes, dorm life

California colleges scramble to open lacking state rules

Packed dorms are risky. A student housing company still pressured colleges to not limit capacity. ($)

***COLLEGE SPORTS

MAC becomes the first FBS conference to cancel its football season

Two prominant Power Five ADs tell Dennis Dodd that the end of the college football season is inevitbale

***FALL PLANS AT SPECIFIC SCHOOLS

20% Of Harvard’s First-Year Class Has Deferred

Howard joins Johns Hopkins, other schools in online semester 

As Bay Area universities change plans for a coronavirus-affected fall, students scramble

Alabama revises campus reentry form after concerns it waived legal rights

What one Colorado college learned trying to run safe in-person classes this summer

University of Kentucky testing entire student body ahead of return to campus

 ***K-12 

“Not what I signed up for”: COVID-19 has Colorado teachers considering quitting 

Georgia school district will now only offer virtual learning after 90 staff members are forced to quarantine 

 ***HIGHER ED  

FBI Encourages Campus Police to Participate in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection Program

The Corporations Devouring American Colleges

***COLLEGE FINANCE 

Colleges spent recklessly, and the bill has come due

Colleges Face Financial Crisis As They Struggle To Operate In A Pandemic

Colleges weigh fiscal impact of virus as fall nears 

More States Are Looking at Consolidating Their Public Colleges. Does It Work? ($)

Some UA faculty alarmed by plan to buy for-profit school; Harm to university's reputation feared

***TEACHING ONLINE 

It’s OK to let students keep their video off while you teach online. I promise

Another problem with shifting education online: A rise in cheating

Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy

***ACADEMIC LIFE  

Lecturer Who Tweeted About Police Won't Teach

Lehigh University to pay $200,000 to settle allegations related to ex-professor’s NASA fraud

First They Came for Adjuncts, Now They’ll Come for Tenure ($)

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS  

BYU students start petition to bring university back to ‘Christ-centered education’

How Jerry Falwell Jr. Lost His Liberty Flock ($)

Falwell Placed on Leave From Liberty

***RESEARCH 

Authorship and justice: Credit and responsibility

How do academia and society react to erroneous or deceitful claims? The case of retracted articles’ recognition

***SCIENCE

The Science Sleuth Holding Fraudulent Research Accountable 

Five better ways to assess science 

How to be an ethical scientist  

***STUDENT LIFE

College students launch free online tutoring service to help stressed parents during pandemic

Student sues BYU, saying move to online classes offered ‘subpar’ education

Why these students fought back against their university’s COVID-19 program

Stanford graduate students question university's coronavirus policies as campus move-ins begin 

***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT 

Cape Elizabeth student dedicates court victory to friend, mentor

University releases 15 sexual assault records following four-year lawsuit

Morehouse College seeks dismissal of sexual harassment lawsuit

Dartmouth student ends hunger strike over school's handling of sexual misconduct claims

University releases 15 sexual assault records following four-year lawsuit

Stanford revises campus sexual violence policy to comply with Trump administration's controversial new rules