Articles of Interest about higher ed - March 14
/***COVID-19
How worried should we be about COVID variants?
Does it matter which one I get? Comparing the three COVID-19 vaccines
How America’s Vaccine System Makes People With Health Problems Fight for a Place in Line ($)
***HIGHER ED & COVID
UC Davis offers students money to not travel during spring break
Here’s how colleges are working to reduce outbreaks
Duke University orders students to stay-in-place until March 21 following uptick in COVID-19 cases
San Diego State University plans to offer in-person commencement this spring
***HIGHER ED & POLITICS
Biden's Covid relief won't shield many public colleges from pandemic's blow
***LAYOFFS & CUTS
Layoffs at Ithaca College are forcing people out of academia (and out of town)
Michigan’s Kettering University will end 5 programs
University of Tennessee Health Science Center lays off 70
***COLLEGE FINANCES
COVID-19 pandemic worsens financial distress for private liberal arts colleges
Chegg CEO: ‘25% of colleges could go out of business’
U.S. Colleges’ Mind-Blowing Cost Of Tuition (infographic)
***HIGHER ED
Hackers Target University of Texas at El Paso
Southern New Hampshire Acquires Coding Boot Camp Kenzie Academ
Colleges continue losing undergraduate enrollment this spring, even as graduate enrollment climbs
***ACCREDITATION
Colleges Are Fleeing a Troubled Accreditor. Can They Find a New One?
Wheeling University placed on probation by Higher Learning Commission
***HIGHER ED IN COURT
Supreme Court keeps ex-students' lawsuit alive in college speech zone case
Federal Court Dismisses Tuition Refund Lawsuits in Rhode Island
Former Berkeley law student sues UC over immigration error that cost him ‘dream job’
DePaul sued over facial recognition tech used for online test proctoring
***TEACHING
Coursera IPO filing reveals a company successfully monetizing MOOCs
Schools Are Abandoning Invasive Proctoring Software After Student Backlash
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Faculty and Staff Often Don’t Trust One Another. How Do We Fix That?
New Nonpartisan Faculty Group Will Promote and Defend Free Speech, Academic Freedom
***ADMINISTRATORS
Calls increase for Oregon State president to resign over handling of sexual harassment claims
University of Scranton’s President dies from ALS complications
A new president takes the reins at University of Dallas
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
College of the Ozarks says its athletics program is ending its relationship with the NAIA
Anti-LGBTQ sign at Calvin University sparks students speaking out, silent sit-in protest
Cornel West returns to Union Theological Seminary after Harvard tenure dispute
California Baptist women's basketball team has perfect record but won't make NCAA Tournament
Samford University trustees elect Beck Taylor as new president
Science and Creationism in Serious Colleges ($)
Wesley Theological Seminary wants to tap into the school's most valuable asset — its land
***RESEARCH
Re-engineering Scholarly Journal Publishing
Tips about dealing with the scientific literature
Separating out Predatory publishers from the Legitimate ones
The Unstoppable Momentum of Outdated Science
***STUDENT LIFE
Pandemic spurs increase in depression among college students
NLRB withdraws rules to quash graduate students’ right to organize as employees ($)
AP study: Nearly 90% of esports scholarships going to men
University of Tampa students revolt to throw their own graduation
Student suspensions are shaking up the University of Vermont campus
Is This the End of the Romance Between Chinese Students and American Colleges?
College Students Are Still Paying for Services, Buildings That Remain Off Limits
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Eight ways colleges, like LSU, shield sexual assaults from the public
Biden directs fresh review of Title IX rule on campus sexual assault
***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS
UT Austin finds no racist intent behind 'Eyes of Texas' alma mater that football players protested
Three Alabama professors on leave over racially insensitive Halloween pictures
Georgetown law professor under fire for comments about Black students' performance