Articles of interest about higher education - April 17
/***COVID-19
How Pfizer Became the Status Vax
Some People’s Bodies Aren’t Set Up for Vaccines
Vaccines Won’t Protect Millions of Patients With Weakened Immune Systems ($)
***HIGHER ED & COVID
Maine college will fine students $50 for failing to mask
What former foster children went through when the COVID-19 pandemic closed college campuses
4 Historically Black Medical Schools Receive $6 Million for Vaccination ($)
Texas and Utah Bar Public Colleges From Requiring Covid-19 Vaccines ($)
A vaccine study in college students will help determine when it’s safe to take masks off
Hampton University requires all staff get vaccinated by May 31
***HIGHER ED & POLITICS
***LAYOFFS & CUTS
Laurentian University cuts 69 programs
City College San Francisco to lay off nearly 163 full-time faculty
***HIGHER ED IN COURT
American University hit with pay discrimination lawsuit from female Kogod professor
Parent involved in college admissions scandal sues Netflix over documentary
***CHEATING
University of Michigan Dearborn decides to reject remote proctoring
Report: Plagiarism Rates Changed When Instruction Moved Online
Dartmouth medical students accused of cheating
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Caught up in false accusations, professors found themselves fighting to clear their names
Scottsdale Professor Who Offended Muslims Gets Hefty Settlement From College District
SDSU defends professor's use of controversial language about race and stereotypes
Why Disability Studies Scholars Are Protesting a Prominent Textbook
'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua says Yale punishing her over false student allegations
***ADMINISTRATORS
University of South Alabama board appoints acting president
Shippensburg University gets interim president
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Students protest Seattle Pacific University policies after discrimination lawsuit
Liberty University Sues Jerry Falwell Jr. for $10 Million ($)
College of the Ozarks sues Biden Administration over anti-sex discrimination order
Falwell’s son out as VP at Liberty University
Colleges Seek to Intervene in Title IX Religious Exemption Suit
Pacific Lutheran University to cut 36 positions, eliminate programs to fit budget
Why Belmont University is making more space for Jewish perspectives
Notre Dame, First Christian University to Require Mandatory Vaccination for All Students
***RESEARCH
Why don’t researchers correct their own errors in the scientific record?
Why researchers created a database of half a million journal editors
Has the pandemic changed research culture – and is it for the better?
Are You Confused by Scientific Jargon? So Are Scientists
Want other scientists to cite you? Drop the jargon
Why I Won't Review or Write for Elsevier and Other Commercial Scientific Journals
Leading Chinese universities axe publication requirement for PhDs ($)
***STUDENT LIFE
Bowling Green State University expels fraternity for hazing in wake of student's death
Florida poised to pass bill allowing students to record classes
After Anti-Asian Incidents, Colleges Seek to Reassure Fearful International Students ($)
***FREE SPEECH
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Ohio University Board Says Professor Accused Of Sexual Harassment Should Be Fired
Three rapes reported on Stanford University campus
Eastern Michigan rape suspect: Title IX director said assault didn't sound like him
***RACIAL ISSUES ON CAMPUS
Cornell faculty approves resolution removing race from crime alerts
Nazi salutes at the University of Kentucky
After Anti-Asian Incidents, Colleges Seek to Reassure Fearful International Students ($)
***CAMPUS CYBERATTACKS