Articles of interest about higher ed - Jan 11
/***THE VIRUS
UN: COVID-19 herd immunity unlikely in 2021 despite vaccines
US COVID-19 death toll still among the worst in the world
Can you still spread Covid-19 if you get the vaccine?
538 Answers All (Or At Least Some) Of Your COVID-19 Vaccine Questions
***HIGHER ED & THE VIRUS
Where Campuses Reopened, Covid-19 Cases Spiked--Where Colleges Went Remote, They Declined ($)
Study Provides Evidence for a 7-Day Quarantine for University Students Exposed to COVID-19
UC San Diego introduces vending machines for COVID-19 tests
Pandemic Worsens Existing Challenges At Public Colleges And Universities
For some colleges, COVID-19 ‘accelerated innovation’ in how to adapt
***HIGHER ED & THE VACCINES
Should college students be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine? It’s too early for colleges to decide
Colleges Weigh Whether to Require Covid-19 Vaccines, or Just Urge Them ($)
***SPRING SEMESTER
Stanford pulls plug on the return of freshmen and sophomores to campus ($)
Pitt asks students to delay return to campus
Universities Are Again Delaying The Start Of Spring Semester: Syracuse, Michigan State, Penn State Among The Latest
***HIGHER ED & POLITICS
Thousands of law school alumni and students push for disbarment of Sens. Hawley and Cruz
Universities issue statements Condemning Capitol Rioting
How Biden’s Education Department will tackle pandemic and Trump-era policies
Two private institutions revoked Trump's honorary degree
***LAYOFFS & FURLOUGHS
Amid pressure from alumni, Guilford College trustees reverse plans to slash academic majors and faculty jobs
Shippensburg University faculty member demands action to save jobs and university education for working-class students
***COLLEGE FINANCES
Universities pay millions to departing football coaches
As pandemic wears on, colleges and universities grapple with how to survive
Universities are outsourcing billions of dollars worth of services
American colleges are facing a $130 billion dollar crisis
***HIGHER ED IN COURT
Columbia University Settles complicated Sexual Assault Case ($)
Judge orders LSU to turn over complete police report sought in USA TODAY lawsuit
***HUMANITIES
Why we need the arts and humanities to get us through the COVID-19 pandemic
***FREE SPEECH
Why one man’s Supreme Court case against his school is uniting the ACLU with the Catholic Church
The fraught balancing act between free speech & cracking down on campus support for rioters & incendiary language
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Cheerleader Free Speech Dispute
Community College agrees to get rid of speech zones after federal lawsuit
***ONLINE CHEATING
Chinese Government to Randomly Check Student Theses for Plagiarism
Jerusalem's university wants to film students during online tests to crack down against cheating
West Point cheating scandal involved mostly athletes, including 24 football players on Liberty Bowl team
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Arizona State University Workers Demand Remote Learning, Access To Vaccines
Chapman University President Condemns Controversial Law Professor Who Aided Trump
As the spring semester dawns, a pep talk for college educators
UC Berkeley instructors reflect on semester unlike any another amid COVID-19
***ADMINISTRATORS
University of Maryland Provost resigns
Auburn University Provost facing no-confidence vote Tuesday
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Grand Canyon University statement on Christianity and race/ethnicity
Former State Rep. Rick Saccone Resigns From Position At St. Vincent College After Posting Video From U.S. Capitol
Turnover Rate Rising for Christian College Presidents
Robin Rylaarsdam Named Provost of Bethel University
***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
Liberty sues Higher Ed Council and Northam, alleging online courses discriminated against
Liberty Univ. is lone holdout on rescinding Pres. Trump's honorary degrees
***RESEARCH
Can Publishers Maintain Control of the Scholarly Record?
The majority of COVID-19 research is composed by publications without original data
Study: peer review and editorial processes do not penalize manuscripts by women https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/2/eabd0299
Our findings suggest that authors often disregard advice from peer reviewers after rejection
***STUDENT LIFE
Pennsylvania School District Asks Supreme Court To Allow It To Continue To Violate Students' First Amendment Rights
Inside the Lives of White Students at Historically Black Colleges
About 85 percent of 14K students responding to survey said the pandemic had a negative effect on their performance
America Is Pumping Out Too Many Ph.D.s
Student Journalists Are Fighting for Protection After Covering the Crises of 2020
***COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
How the pandemic is shaking up college admissions and testing
Covid is making it harder to get into a top college
***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga assistant football coach fired over racist tweet
Lawsuit Claims University of Michigan Professor Harassed Researcher