Articles of Interest about Higher Ed - Feb 2

***HIGHER ED

Colleges Prepare Students 2020 census  https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/20/colleges-prepare-students-2020-census

Colorado College declares itself first school in Rocky Mountain region to reach carbon neutrality https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/22/colorado-college-carbon-neutrality/

How to Tell if Your College is Using Facial Recognition to Monitor People on Campus
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-tell-if-your-college-is-using-facial-recognition-1841414325

Accenture to Expand Workday Practice to Help Higher Education and Public Sector Organizations Transform Core Operations https://finance.yahoo.com/news/accenture-expand-workday-practice-help-170600248.html

A university “plans to fire three people who they say helped a graduate student obtain a doctoral degree in return for the student getting them grant money https://www.wesh.com/article/alleged-bribery-scandal-under-investigation-at-ucf/30683191#

***HIGHER ED & HEALTH

Tuberculosis warning issued for Southwestern and San Diego City colleges https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-20/tuberculosis-warning-issued-for-southwestern-and-san-diego-city-colleges

Preparing for coronavirus on college campuses https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/27/some-colleges-report-possible-coronavirus-cases-experts-emphasize-importanc

***HIGHER ED & FINANCE

More than 40 percent of trustees are now very concerned about the future of higher education https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/29/trustees-growing-increasingly-worried-about-future-higher-education-us-polling-shows

***HIGHER ED & FREE SPEECH 

America's worst colleges for free speech list released https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/29/americas-worst-colleges-free-speech-list-released/

Babson College lands on ‘Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ list after firing employee https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/29/babson-college-lands-on-worst-colleges-for-free-speech-list-after-firing-employee/

***TEACHING

Professors Are Turning the Page on Budget-Busting Textbooks https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2020-02-02/professors-are-turning-the-page-on-budget-busting-textbooks

Scammers target college students with fake online access codes for digital course material https://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/college-scams-textbook-codes-social-media

***ACADEMIC LIFE 

MIT puts professor on leave over new revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein as it issues anticipated report https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/13/mit-puts-professor-leave-over-new-revelations-about-his-ties-jeffrey-epstein

MLA members discuss professors' ethical responsibilities for training graduate students, as some propose shifts in admissions practices. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/13/mla-discusses-professors-ethical-responsibilities-training-graduate-students 

Former TCU faculty member sues alleging discrimination https://www.tcu360.com/2020/01/former-faculty-member-sues-alleging-discrimination/

***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS 

Christian Colleges Should Interact With World, Not Oppose It (opinion) https://sojo.net/articles/christian-colleges-should-interact-world-not-oppose-it

Alabama Megachurch Buys More Property for New College Campus https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2020-01-19/alabama-megachurch-buys-more-property-for-new-college-campus

Pacific Lutheran violated an adjunct professor and advocate's rights in effectively dismissing her for offering private lessons https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/21/aaup-finds-pacific-lutheran-targeted-adjunct-dismissal

Private Christian institution merges with the Watkins College of Art https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/29/another-art-school-absorbed-belmont-university

Stephen Galloway Named Dean of Chapman University's Film School https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-galloway-named-dean-chapman-universitys-film-school-1274760

Merger With Christian University Stokes Uproar Over Faith and Free Expression https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/us/belmont-university-christians-barred-watkins-college.html

***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 

Liberty University spent over $157 million on admission leads between 2009 and 2016--their 8-year graduation rate is 44%  https://news.elearninginside.com/liberty-university-one-of-americas-largest-online-educators-spent-over-157-million-on-admission-leads-between-2009-and-2016-their-8-year-graduation-rate-is-44/

Liberty University announces Pompeo as commencement speaker https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/liberty-university-announces-pompeo-as-commencement-speaker/article_32e34f11-8b3a-56da-a94a-98039613c795.htm

Bob Good resigns from Liberty University position to focus on campaign https://wset.com/news/local/bob-good-resigns-from-liberty-university-position-to-focus-on-campaign

Liberty merges two schools — here’s why https://wlni.com/news/liberty-merges-two-schools-heres-why

***RESEARCH

Research intelligence: how to sniff out errors and fraud https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/research-intelligence-how-sniff-out-errors-and-fraud

Should research misconduct be criminalized? https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1747016119898400

Putin wanted Russian science to top the world: Then a huge academic scandal blew up https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-wanted-russian-science-to-top-the-world-then-a-major-academic-scandal-blew-up/2020/01/16/f58239ec-34b9-11ea-898f-eb846b7e9feb_story.html

Journal transparency index will be ‘alternative’ to impact scores https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/journal-transparency-index-will-be-alternative-impact-scores

Peer Review works little better than flipping coins: Budding scholars pay the price https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-29/peer-review-is-science-s-wheel-of-misfortune

Why one plagiarism sleuth who has led to dozens of retractions does what he does https://blog.brill.com/humanitiesmatter/publication_ethics_michael_dougherty.html

In Taiwan, researchers “generally agreed that [questionable authorship practices] had a long history among local academics but were rarely reported” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11948-020-00180-x

How Academic Science Gave Its Soul to the Publishing Industry https://issues.org/how-academic-science-gave-its-soul-to-the-publishing-industry/

California to resume Elsevier talks after signing deals elsewhere https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/california-resume-elsevier-talks-after-signing-deals-elsewhere

***STUDENT LIFE 

SNAP rules changes could affect college students https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/20/how-snap-rule-changes-could-affect-college-students

As Esports Take Off, High School Leagues Get In The Game     https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/798252787/as-esports-take-off-high-school-leagues-get-in-the-game

University of Minnesota student jailed in China over tweets https://www.axios.com/china-arrests-university-minnesota-twitter-e495cf47-d895-4014-9ac8-8dc76aa6004d.html

The thirtysomething life crisis  https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/1/23/21077392/crisis-thirtysomething-in-my-30s 

Prof calls police on student—for not changing seats https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2020/01/23/ball-state-prof-calls-police-student-over-seating-assignment/4554275002/

The link between smartphones and teenage depression may be overblown https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615071/your-kids-phone-probably-isnt-making-them-depressed/

Esports Is Booming, But Its Reception Remains Divided https://www.npr.org/2020/01/29/800938040/esports-is-booming-but-its-reception-remains-divided

The power of celibacy: Abstinence is making people happier https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/28/the-power-of-celibacy-giving-up-sex-was-a-massive-relief

New Study Finds High School GPA Beats Standardized Tests https://www.fatherly.com/news/new-study-finds-high-school-gpa-beats-standardized-tests/

***STUDENTS IN COURT 

Lawsuit claims Texas Christian University faculty assaulted, racially discriminated against student https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/lawsuit-claims-texas-christian-university-faculty-assaulted-and-racially-discriminated-against-student/287-6e9bcc40-c1d9-4173-aca1-04c96e65e603

Why an internet that never forgets is especially bad for young people https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614941/internet-that-never-forgets-bad-for-young-people-online-permanence/

***STUDENTS & FINANCE
Myth Busted: Turns Out Bankruptcy Can Wipe Out Student Loan Debt After Allhttps://www.npr.org/2020/01/22/797330613/myth-busted-turns-out-bankruptcy-can-wipe-out-student-loan-debt-after-all 

Is It Fair to Award Scholarships Based on the SAT? https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-it-fair-to-award-scholarships-based-on-the-sat-11580639400

***SEXUAL MISCONDUCT  

Franklin College president fired after arrest for sex crimes: 'We are deeply shocked' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/13/franklin-college-indiana-president-thomas-minar-fired-wisconsin-arrest/4457686002/

Michigan Provost Accused of Sexual Misconduct https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/23/michigan-provost-placed-leave-sexual-misconduct-allegations

‘Sexual Citizens,' Reveals Data On Sex, Power And Assault On Campus https://www.npr.org/2020/01/23/798545780/in-sexual-citizens-students-open-up-about-sex-power-and-assault-on-campus

UT-Austin students condemn school's handling of sexual misconduct cases https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/28/ut-austin-students-condemn-schools-handling-sexual-misconduct-cases/?fbclid=IwAR0ebVeGjf-pVL6uOBoHg6U29RQ6BZu2pnSm-RuYGabNIg5Dy-wwt_Z0MDs

Lawyer: Deposition Gave Wrong Info in Sexual Harassment Case filed by Nursing Student https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2020-02-01/lawyer-deposition-gave-wrong-info-in-sexual-harassment-case?src=usn_fl

What would you do?

You have applied for a job and the interviewer asks you a question that lands like a bombshell: do you have a boyfriend? Then another: do people find you desirable? And a third: do you think it is important for women to wear bras to work? If you are a woman you probably know what you would do. Perhaps you would refuse to answer, complain or walk out. You would certainly be furious.

This is how 197 female American undergraduates, asked to imagine such an interview, said they would react. But they—and probably you—were wrong. The psychologists who asked them, Marianne LaFrance and Julie Woodzicka, orchestrated a real-life version of this ordeal, by advertising for a research assistant and arranging for male accomplices to interview the first 50 women who applied.

Half were randomly chosen to be asked those three questions. Not one refused to answer, let alone complained or walked out. When they were asked afterwards (and offered the chance to apply for a real job), they said they had felt not anger, but fear.

Videos of the interviews showed how much this supposedly minor sexual harassment threw the women off their stride. They plastered on fake smiles.

In a final twist, the researchers showed clips of the videos to male MBA students. Fake smiles are fairly easy to tell from real ones: they involve fewer facial muscles and do not crinkle the corners of the eyes. But many of the men saw the women as amused, even flirtatious.

The Economist