PURPOSE
CURRICULUM
1
University of Chicago’s English Department Will Admit Only Grad Students Interested in Black Studies
Sources
As Critics Slam UChicago for Black Studies–Only Commitment, Campus Spokesman Defends It
(College Fix)
Trump Bars Federal Grants for ‘Divisive and Harmful’ Racial-Sensitivity Training
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Trump Administration Says Diversity Training Can Be Harmful. What Does the Research Say?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
College Students Push for Race and Ethnic Studies Classes to Be Required, but Some Campuses Resist
(Hechinger Report)
Further Reading
Which U.S. Colleges Are the Most Diverse?
(Wall Street Journal)
8 Practical, Sustainable Steps to a Diverse Faculty
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Are Colleges Really Falling Short on Racial Justice?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Diversity in Science: Next Steps for Research Group Leaders
(Nature)
Coalition Demands Illegal Racial Discrimination at Cornell
(Minding the Campus)
UC Berkeley Lab Apparently Reverses Decision to End Diversity Initiatives
(Academe Blog)
UC Berkeley Graduate Diversity Program Awards $1.5M in Grants
(Daily Californian)
UChicago Declares That English is Racist
(The Spectator)
Educating Patriots
(City Journal)
Unifying the Country Starts with the Education System
(The James G. Martin Center)
A Diagnosis for American Polarization
(Wall Street Journal)
Woke Universities Lead America to a Primitive State
(Wall Street Journal)
Where Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Come From?
(The James G. Martin Center)
America Wants Its Public Colleges Back and The Chronicle Isn’t Happy About It
(The James G. Martin Center)
Who Says Academia Isn’t Awash in Liberal Bias?
(The James G. Martin Center)
2
Caught Off Guard by Covid, Colleges Learn to Embrace Online Instruction
Sources
California State University to Keep Teaching Online Into Spring
(Times Higher Education)
Cal State Picks an ‘Unflappable’ New Chancellor to Lead in an Uncertain Time
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
UC Should Prepare for Online Classes, Limited Dorms Beyond Fall, UC Health Chief Says
(Los Angeles Times)
Will the Pandemic Lead More Colleges to Offer Credit for MOOCs? Coursera Is Pushing for It.
(Ed Surge)
Further Reading
Ed-Tech Mania Is Back
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
7 Ways to Assess Students Online and Minimize Cheating
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Free Market Can Deliver Free College
(Wall Street Journal)
Did You Know? Ed Dept. Punts on Accreditation Rules for Online Classes
(The James G. Martin Center)
3
Americans Know a Lot About Their Political Rights but Little About Their History
Sources
Civics Knowledge Among American Adults Jumps in New Survey—but Hold Your Applause
(Washington Post)
Did You Know? Students Are Clueless About History
(James G. Martin Center)
Further Reading
Teach What You Love
(American Scholar)
Wait, Can They Still Study Shakespeare?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Religion on Campus: A Marketable Skill, or a Diversity & Inclusion Fight?
(James G. Martin Center)
Episode #52: Anti-Racism and Illiberal Education
(National Association of Scholars)
Educating for an Integrated Human Existence
(Public Discourse)
UC Berkeley Student Launches Petition Calling for Pass/No Pass Grading Option for All Fall 2020 Classes
(Daily Californian)
Embedding a Manufacturing Certification Helps Make College Grads More Marketable
(Working Nation)
Google, HBCUs Team Up to Expand Skills Training
(Education Dive)
The College Degree Is Dividing America
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Coronavirus Humanities
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Can These Degree Programs, Under Assault for a Decade, Survive a Pandemic?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Police Education Is Not Police Training: Virtue Signaling Is Not the Road to Improvement
(The James G. Martin Center)
Universities reshape curricula to teach the pandemic
(Times Higher Education)
COMMUNITY
4
Pandemic-Affected and Cash-Strapped Colleges Slash Varsity Sports Teams
Source
Colleges Are Cutting Varsity Sports. That Could Be a Good Thing.
(New York Times)
Further Reading
College Football’s Messy, Bumpy, Worrisome Return
(New Yorker)
The Big Ten Might Save Its Football Season, but the Myth of College Sports Has Been Shattered
(Washington Post)
Big Ten Football Reverses Decision, Will Return to Play in Late October
(Washington Post)
Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban, Athletic Director Greg Byrne Test Positive for COVID-19
(ESPN)
A College Football Conference Can Choose Players Over Profits for a Change
(New York Times)
College Football’s Return: It’s About the Money
(New York Times)
Nick Saban, Alabama’s Football Coach, Tests Positive for Coronavirus
(New York Times)
Alabama Coach Nick Saban Has Negative COVID-19 Test
(ESPN)
Trevor Lawrence Helped the College Football Season Start. His Absence May Affect How It Ends.
(Wall Street Journal)
College Athletes Have Tuesday Off to Vote. College Football Coaches Are Not Happy.
(Wall Street Journal)
Coronavirus has hit the face of college football
(Washington Post)
How UNC is using AI to encourage people to follow COVID-19 policies at football games
(The News & Observer)
A Covid-19 Outbreak at Wisconsin Pushes College Football Toward the Edge
(Wall Street Journal)
GOVERNANCE
TRUSTEESHIP
5
Budget Belt Tightening at Universities Large and Small
Sources
Colleges Slash Budgets in the Pandemic, With ‘Nothing Off-Limits’
(New York Times)
Permanent Budget Cuts Are Coming
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
With Costs Up and Revenue Down for Public Colleges During the Pandemic, One Governor Has a Plan: Refinance
(Washington Post)
Further Reading
Which Colleges Have the Most Financial Resources
(Wall Street Journal)
Higher Education’s Nightmare Scenario
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Moody’s Forecasts Widespread Drop in Tuition Revenue. Here’s Why That Matters
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Double-Check Those Shocking Statistics on State Funding for Higher Education
(Real Clear Education)
6
Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Caught in UC Admissions Scandal
Sources
Senator’s Husband Likely Used Clout in UC Admissions, Auditor Says
(Wall Street Journal)
Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Named in UC Admissions Scandal
(San Francisco Chronicle)
University of California Admitted Dozens of Less Qualified but Well-Connected Students, State Auditor Finds
(Wall Street Journal)
Report Faults a Letter UC Regent Richard Blum Wrote for an Applicant to the Berkeley Campus
(Washington Post)
Further Reading
UC Regent Says His Letter for Berkeley Applicant Wasn’t Intended as Unfair Influence
(Los Angeles Times)
Audit Finds 22 UC Students Were ‘Inappropriately Admitted’ As Athletes
(Los Angeles Times)
Emails Suggest Cozy Relationship Between UC Berkeley Admissions and Fundraising Offices
(San Francisco Chronicle)
‘If It’s Your Family, It’s Nepotism’: Former UC Regent Connerly Blasts Blum Over Admissions News
(San Francisco Chronicle)
State Audit: UC Berkeley Admitted at Least 55 Underqualified Students Based on Connections and Donations
(San Francisco Chronicle)
A Separate and Unequal System of College Admissions
(New York Times)
7
A Tale of Two College Presidents: Notre Dame President is Embarrassed, Oneonta Leader Resigns
Sources
Pandemic Judgment
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
After 700 Students Test Positive, a College President Resigns
(New York Times)
Further Reading
Notre Dame’s President Went Unmasked at White House, Then Tested Positive. Now He’s Under Fire.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Notre Dame’s President Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Had Attended White House Ceremony
(Washington Post)
The Moral Failure of Father John Jenkins
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
University of Michigan President: I Know There Is a ‘Lack of Trust’ I Need to Rebuild
(Detroit Free Press)
Wait, Can They Still Study Shakespeare?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
A Grad Strike, a Court Fight, a No-Confidence Vote: U. of Michigan Struggles Over Its Campus Reopening
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Next Chief of California State University Will Push to Raise Graduation Rates
(Washington Post)
George Washington U. Was Embroiled in a Leadership Crisis. The Pandemic Made It Worse.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Cal State Picks an ‘Unflappable’ New Chancellor to Lead in an Uncertain Time
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
U. of Iowa President Will Step Down Early After Controversial Tenure
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Transitions: New President Named at the U. of Nevada at Reno; President of the U. of Maryland Global Campus to Retire
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘The CSU Will Look Different’
(Inside Higher Ed)
Jay Hartzell Named UT-Austin President
(Austin American Statesman)
Retirement Wave Hits Presidents Amid Pandemic
(Inside Higher Ed)
William Danforth, Who Led Washington University, Dies at 94
(New York Times)
Death of a President
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Jerry Falwell Jr. sues Liberty University, says school damaged his reputation
(Washington Post)
For first time, heads of all California’s public education systems are Black or Latino
(EdSource)
Overseers’ Overhaul
(Harvard Magazine)
8
Racial Reconciliation
Sources
Universities Removing Historic Names Amid Racial Justice Movement
(Washington Times)
Harvard Business School Pledges to Tackle Race Issues
(Wall Street Journal)
How to Challenge Systemic Racism
(Inside Higher Ed)
Further Reading
Brandon Taylor: Campus Racism Inspired Booker-Shortlisted ‘Real Life’
(Times Higher Education)
Disadvantaging Black Students With a Demand for ‘Linguistic Justice’
(JGM Center)
UW-Madison Study Finds Bias, Discriminatory Behaviors NOT Widespread on Campus
(College Fix)
College Says It
’
s Fighting Racism. Critics Say It
’
s Failing.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
VMI superintendent resigns after Black cadets describe relentless racism
(Washington Post)
Military institute chief quits after years of racial controversy
(Times Higher Education)
VMI votes to remove Stonewall Jackson statue amid racism accusations by Black cadets
(Washington Post)
VMI to remove Stonewall Jackson statue amid investigation into ‘structural racism’ allegations
(The Virginian-Pilot)
Five months later, and GWU still has not reaffixed beheaded George Washington monument
(The College Fix)
Brown University students want Roman statues removed because they promote ‘white supremacy’
(The College Fix)
Don’t Go for Woke: Microaggressions are unscientific
(NAS Minding the Campus)
Northwestern President Offers Tutorial on Campus Leadership
(National Review)
On Scandal, Trust, and the Role of College Presidents in Times of Crisis
(American Council on Education)
How a Search Committee Can Be the Arbiter of Diversity
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
ADMINISTRATION
9
Back to School Fallout: Coronavirus Infections Surge
Sources
Reopening for In-Person Classes May Have Caused Thousands of Covid-19 Cases a Day, Study Finds
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Virus Cases Surged in Young Adults. The Elderly Were Hit Next.
(New York Times)
With Students—and Covid-19—on Campuses, College Towns Look on Warily
(Washington Post)
Further Reading
Reopening Colleges Likely Fueled Covid-19 Significantly, Study Finds
(Wall Street Journal)
Have College Students Spread Covid-19 Beyond Their Campuses? It May Be Too Early to Tell
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The College Covid Scare
(Wall Street Journal)
Colleges Use Targeted Lockdowns, Online Classes to Preserve Fall Semester
(Wall Street Journal)
As Colleges Reopened, Many More Young People Got Covid-19, CDC Reports
(Washington Post)
To Prevent Covid-19’s Spread, Colleges Should Beef Up Precautions, Health Officials Warn
(Wall Street Journal)
Party with More Than 1,000 People Near Florida State University Broken Up by Police Helicopter
(Forbes)
Even in COVID-19 Hot Spots, Many Colleges Aren’t Aggressively Testing Students
(NPR)
COVID Takes Challenge of Tracking Infectious College Students to New Level
(Kaiser Health News)
‘
It’s Negligence’: U. of Michigan Students Ordered to ‘Stay in Place’ After Covid-19 Cases Surge
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Reporting Live From Quarantine U.
(New York Times)
Tracking the Coronavirus at U.S. Colleges and Universities
(New York Times)
10
The Ol’ College Try
Sources
Colleges Use Targeted Lockdowns, Online Classes to Preserve Fall Semester
(Wall Street Journal)
The Fall Opening of Colleges: Upheaval, Pandemic Weirdness and a Fragile Stability
(Washington Post)
Tracking How the Coronavirus Is Impacting Colleges
(Education Dive)
Further Reading
Study Finds Higher Rates of Student Food Insecurities During COVID-19
(Daily Californian)
Spring Planning Has Begun. Here’s What Colleges Are Thinking So Far.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The College Freshman’s Life This Fall: ‘Definitely Weird’
(Wall Street Journal)
After Months of Planning and Billions in Spending, Will Colleges’ Virus Prevention Efforts Get Trashed by a Few Student Parties?
(Washington Post)
On Campus with the Coronavirus: An Oral History of the Strangest Semester Ever
(Washington Post)
Higher Education’s Nightmare Scenario
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
COVID Takes Challenge of Tracking Infectious College Students to New Level
(Kaiser Health News)
UC San Diego Ends Up With 5,000 Fewer Dorm Students Than Projected, Primarily Because of Coronavirus
(Los Angeles Times)
How Many Coronavirus Cases Are There Across California State University System? Nobody Really Knows
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Returning to Normal After COVID-19 Won’t Be Easy, Fauci Warns UC Berkeley Panel
(San Francisco Chronicle)
COVID-19 Is Pushing These College Students to Drop Out: That Could Devastate the Economy and Their Lives
(USA Today)
Post Pandemic: How Must Colleges and Universities Reinvent Themselves?
(Forbes)
Permanent Budget Cuts are Coming
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
How the Pandemic Destroyed Back-to-School Week
(Weekly Education)
‘It Really Was Abandonment’: Virus Crisis Grips British Universities
(New York Times)
Reporting Live From Quarantine U.
(New York Times)
Colleges Slash Budgets in the Pandemic, With ‘Nothing Off-Limits’
(New York Times)
What Higher Ed Has Learned From Covid-19 So Far
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Many Universities Are Replaying Their Fall Plans This Spring. These Two Are Making Changes
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
What Counts as Success in a COVID Semester
(Inside Higher Ed)
How Colleges Can Prevent Covid-19 Spread When Students Leave for Thanksgiving
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Before Thanksgiving, colleges plan to ramp up testing for coronavirus
(Washington Post)
Georgetown University to power campus with electricity from solar plants
(Washington Post)
11
How Some Colleges Are Winning the Covid-19 Battle
Sources
Colleges Learn How to Suppress Coronavirus: Extensive Testing
(New York Times)
Campus Life Sans Covid: A Few Colleges Write the Playbook For Pandemic Success
(Politico.com)
Further Reading
Combating COVID on Campus: Winning and Losing Strategies
(Forbes)
How a Pioneering Covid Testing Lab Helped Keep Northeast Colleges Open
(Wall Street Journal)
UC Berkeley Receives Grade of A For COVID-19 Dashboard by Yale University Rating System
(Daily Californian)
Some HBCUs See Lower COVID-19 Rates, Higher Enrollment Than Other Universities
(Iowa Public Radio)
CDC Changes Stance on Coronavirus Testing for Colleges
(Education Dive)
A Student Dies, and a Campus Gets Serious About Coronavirus
(New York Times)
12
Undergrad Enrollment Plummets in the Midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic
Sources
Freshman Enrollment Drops Significantly at U.S. Universities and Community Colleges
(New York Times)
College Enrollment Takes a Hit This Fall Amid Coronavirus
(Washington Post)
College Enrollment Declines Deepen
(Education Dive)
The Latest Crisis: Low-Income Students Are Dropping Out of College This Fall in Alarming Numbers
(Washington Post)
Further Reading
A First Look at Fall Enrollment Shows a 2.5% Dip Among Undergraduates
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Harvard Business School Pledges to Tackle Race Issues
(Wall Street Journal)
Enrolling the Class of Covid-19
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Even Amid Covid-19, Enrollment Soared at This University. Here’s Why.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
College Enrollment Slid This Fall, With First-Year Populations Down 16%
(Wall Street Journal)
‘We Haven’t Begun to Feel the Real Economic Damage’
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Fall 2020 Enrollment
(National Student Clearinghouse Research Center)
US Universities’ New Intakes Shrink 16 Per Cent Year-on-Year
(Times Higher Education)
New Students at U.S. Colleges Drop, Worsening Campus Crisis
(Bloomberg.com)
Strapped for Students, Colleges Finally Begin to Clear Transfer Logjam
(Hechinger Report)
Report: Enrollment Continues to Trend Downward
(Inside Higher Ed)
How 2- and 4-Year Colleges Can Boost Spring Enrollment
(Education Dive)
Enrollment Drops Nationwide
(Weekly Education)
In Another Blow to Student Equity, Transfers to 2-Year Colleges Plunge
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Tuition Rises at Historically Low Rate Amid Pandemic
(Inside Higher Education)
Missing freshmen leave US colleges with big costs and few answers
(Times Higher Education)
College Board report suggests the pandemic may have paused rising college costs
(CNBC)
Covid cuts into US universities’ tuition revenue
(Times Higher Education)
Foreign students show less zeal for US since Trump took over
(Associated Press)
13
College App Drops Question About Bad Behavior
Source
College Common App Drops Question About Discipline, Citing Racial Disparities
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
Common App Ditches High School Discipline Question
(Inside Higher Ed)
College Admissions in a Covid Year: SATs Are Out, Personal Stories Are In
(Wall Street Journal)
College Applicants Will Make the Pandemic a Focus of Their Admissions Essays. Should They?
(Washington Post)
campus LIFE
14
Faculty Group Launches Covid Governance Investigation
Sources
Faculty Association to Investigate 7 Colleges Over Governance During the Pandemic
(Education Dive)
Student Lawsuits Against Universities Demanding COVID-19 Refunds Pile Up
(Los Angeles Times)
Further Reading
Renewing Higher Education’s Covenants
(Inside Higher Ed)
Students Lobby for Reduced Tuition as US Universities Move Online
(College Post)
University Warned After It Allowed BLM Protest but Banned Other Gatherings
(College Fix)
Even More White Lies
(Inside Higher Education)
Trump’s 2016 Victory Sparked Unrest on College Campuses. What Might 2020 Bring?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Helping Students Cope With Sociopolitical Stress
(Inside Higher Ed)
15
Job Losses Reach Historic Levels
Sources
The Pandemic Has Pushed Hundreds of Thousands of Workers Out of Higher Education
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
In Higher Education, the Pandemic Has Been Especially Cruel to Adjunct Professors
(Boston Globe)
Lack of Trust and Fear of Long-Term Damages Loom after University of Akron Faculty Layoffs
(Akron Beacon Journal)
Pandemic Imperils Promotions for Women in Academia
(New York Times)
Further Reading
The Virus Moved Female Faculty to the Brink. Will Universities Help?
(New York Times)
Princeton University Agrees to Nearly $1 Million in Back Pay to Female Professors
(NPR)
UC Berkeley Lecturer Accused of Being CIA Agent, Campus Faculty Respond
(Daily Californian)
Constance Buchanan Dies at 73; Gave Women Voice in Religion
(New York Times)
PUBLIC TRUST
Regulation
16
Justice Department Sues Yale
Sources
Justice Department Sues Yale University Over Admissions Practices
(Wall Street Journal)
Justice Department Sues Yale, Alleging Discrimination Against White and Asian Applicants
(Washington Post)
Further Reading
Harvard’s Admissions Policies Again in Spotlight as Appellate Court Hears Oral Argument
(Wall Street Journal)
3 Takeaways From the Appeal of the Harvard Admissions Lawsuit
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Trump-Barr Justice Department Sues Yale for Discriminating in Admissions
(Powerline Blog)
Race Discrimination at Yale
(Powerline Blog)
Trump Administration Proposes Eliminating H-1B Visa Lottery
(Wall Street Journal)
ACE, Higher Ed Groups Submit Amicus Briefs Opposing New H-1B Visa Rules
(American Council on Education)
Colleges Under Fire for Foreign Gift Reporting
(Inside Higher Education)
Did You Know? Elite Colleges Fail to Report $6.5 Billion in Foreign Donations
(The James G. Martin Center)
Court reinstates student government leader removed for Catholic beliefs: ‘unconstitutional retaliation’
(The College Fix)
Appeals court reinstates speech-code lawsuit against University of Texas: ‘why maintain the policies at all?’
(The College Fix)
Report Finds Title IX Offices are Sex Monitors, not Education Monitors
(National Association of Scholars)
17
Princeton Admits to Racism, Trump Admin Pounces
Sources
Show Us Your Systemic Racism, Princeton
(City Journal)
How Princeton Opened Itself to the Ultimate Troll
(The Atlantic)
Education Department Launches Investigation After Princeton’s President Confronts ‘Systemic Racism’ on Campus
(Washington Post)
Princeton Faces Federal Probe After Acknowledging Past Racism
(Wall Street Journal)
'I Want Them to Think, "I Belong"': Princeton to Honor Black Alumna at Site Once Named for Woodrow Wilson
(Washington Post)
Scores of College Presidents Urge Education Department to Stop Its Investigation of Princeton
(Washington Post)
Further Reading
Princeton’s President Says His School Is Racist, So Betsy DeVos Launched an Investigation
(Forbes)
Exclusive: Education Department Opens Investigation Into Princeton University After President Deems Racism ‘Embedded’ in the School
(Washington Examiner)
Did Princeton Secretly Want to Get Caught?
(New York Sun)
Princeton Acknowledged ‘Embedded’ Racism. The Education Dept. Says That’s Grounds for an Investigation.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
18
Affirmative Action Loses in California
Sources
California Proposition 16 Election Results: Repeal Ban on Affirmative Action
(New York Times)
California Campaign to Revive Affirmative Action Is Struggling
(Wall Street Journal)
UC Bans Race-Based Quotas for Admissions and Hiring, Setting Limits for Possible Return of Affirmative Action
(Los Angeles Times)
Amy Coney Barrett and the Ivies
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
An Anti-Asian Proposition
(Wall Street Journal)
Divided Californians Will Vote Again on Affirmative Action
(Washington Post)
A Different Kind of Affirmative Action
(American Conservative)
The Last Refuge of Pure Meritocracy
(The James G. Martin Center)
California voters reject bid to restore affirmative action
(Times Higher Education)
Measure to Restore Affirmative Action in California Fails
(Wall Street Journal)
UC study claims affirmative action ban hurt minorities, but won’t release data to support findings
(The College Fix)
Failure of California’s Prop. 16 Underscores Complexity of Affirmative-Action Debate
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Some Conservative Speech May Become Illegal After the Election
(NAS Minding the Campus)
19
What Amy Coney Barrett Means to Higher Ed
Sources
What Higher Ed Needs to Know About the Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Amy Coney Barrett, Potential Supreme Court Pick, Wrote Influential Ruling on Campus Sexual Assault
(Washington Post)
A Supreme Court Shift to the Right
(Inside Higher Ed)
Further Reading
Biden v. the Courts on Title IX
(City Journal)
Brown, Attorneys Reach Settlement in Women’s Sports Fight
(ABC News)
Comply, Evade, Violate: Three Responses to the New Title IX
(Minding the Campus)
Notre Dame’s President Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Had Attended White House Ceremony
(Washington Post)
Notre Dame’s President Went Unmasked at White House, Then Tested Positive. Now He’s Under Fire.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Sex, Due Process and Amy Coney Barrett
(Wall Street Journal)
The Moral Failure of Father John Jenkins
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Ginsburg and Amy Coney Barrett Agreed on College Courts
(Catalyst)
Scholars Who Attack ‘Originalism’ Should Know What It Means (Chronicle of Higher Education)
20
Brigham Young Threatens to Suspend Students Who Intentionally Get Covid
Sources
BYU-Idaho Issues Stern Warning About Intentionally Contracting COVID-19
(East Idaho News)
Rumor Had It Students Were Getting Covid-19 for Cash. The College Was Taking No Chances
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
BYU-Idaho Says Students May Be Trying to Get COVID-19 so They Can Sell Their Plasma
(Salt Lake Tribune)
external ORDERs
Tertiary Education
21
College of the Future: Streamlined and Online
Sources
Rethinking Higher Education Delivery in the Modern Age
(Minding the Campus)
Envisioning the Future of Higher Ed in a Post-Pandemic World
(Campus Technology)
This College Is Responding to an Often-Ignored Population: Working Adults
(Washington Post)
Minerva CEO Ben Nelson on a Radical Rethinking of Higher Education
(Education Week)
Further Reading
2020 Has Been a Hard Year for Higher Ed. Could 2021 Be Worse?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
For a Reparative University
(American Association of University)
The Humanities’ Nietzschean Degeneration
(Quadrant Online)
The University We Are For
(Academe Blog)
What’s Next: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Change Higher Ed
(Education Dive)
The Risk Universities Can’t Not Take
(The Atlantic)
Cautious Interest in College Among Working Adults
(Inside Higher Ed)
Beware the Instant Global-Campus Movement
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Cross-border research collaboration rose during pandemic
(University World News)
22
Laid-Off Workers Flock to Top-Tier MBA Programs
Sources
Applicants Flock to Elite Business Schools to Ride Out the Coronavirus Pandemic
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
Top Colleges Should Grow, Rather Than Crow About Rejecting Nearly Everyone
(Washington Post)
2020 Survey of Admissions Leaders: A Mess of a Year
(Inside Higher Ed)
More Doctoral Programs Suspend Admissions. That Could Have Lasting Effects on Graduate Education
. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Why the US and UK Face a University Challenge
(Financial Times)
The Other College Admissions Scandals
(Independent Institute)
In Review: Michael Sandel’s The Tyranny of Merit
(Minding the Campus)
23
Ivies Dominate College Rankings, but More Students Are Turning to Public Universities
Source
2021 Best Colleges in America: Harvard Leads the University Rankings
(Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
World University Rankings: Who Rules?
(Top Universities)
The Rules of the Game
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
24
Fundraising Surges at Community Colleges
Source
Pandemic Boosts Fundraising at Community Colleges
(Inside Higher Ed)
The Revenue Gap for Community Colleges Comes to $78 Billion. Would Biden’s Election Make a Difference?
(Diverse Education)
Further Reading
Credit and Noncredit Programs Need to Be Aligned
(Community College Daily)
NY Expands Access to Food Stamps to 75,000 More Community College Students
(Syracuse.com
)
Politics
25
Can the College Debt Crisis Get Any Worse?
Sources
A 56 Percent Increase in Student Debt
(Hechinger Report)
OPINION: Why Black Student Parents Are at the Epicenter of the Student Debt Crisis—and What We Can Do About It
(Hechinger Report)
The Biden Agenda: What Could Be Ahead for Higher Education
(The Dispatch)
Judge Rejects Settlement Over Stalled Student Debt Relief Claims, Blames DeVos for Harming Borrowers
(Washington Post)
Further Reading
Bankruptcy Isn't an Easy Fix for Student Debt
(New York Times)
Community Colleges Can Be Engines of Economic Recovery
(New York Times)
When Student Debt Is a Good Thing (and When It’s Not)
(James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal)
Deal Erases $330 Million in Ex-ITT Students’ Debts
(New York Times)
US election: tight vote cools hopes of aid for students and research
(Times Higer Education)
How to Game Plan Your Paused Student Loan Payments
(Wall Street Journal)
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What the Next President Means for Higher Education
Sources
Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump
(New York Times)
What the Election Will Mean for Higher Education
(James G. Martin Center)
Biden Offers More Hope for Higher Education Than Trump
(University World News)
What’s Next for Free College if Biden Becomes President?
(Education Dive)
Donald Trump vs. the Ivy League: An Election-Year Battle
(New York Times)
Student Interest in the Election Is High. So Are the Barriers to Voting.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
What’s at Stake for Higher Ed in the Election?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Presidents, Lose the Politesse. Oppose Trump’s Re-election
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
DACA Recipients Monitor Presidential Race as Program Faces Uncertain Future
(KSHB.com)
College Students Aren’t on Campus. Their Missing Votes Could Make a Difference.
(New York Times)
Biden’s Bipartisan Plan: Destroy American Education
(the American Mind)
Defending American Values, and History
(City Journal)
Students Call on Campuses to Cancel Election Day Classes
(Washington Post)
92 Percent of College Faculty Members’ Political Donations in Ohio Went to Democrats
(College Fix)
Colleges Comb Diversity Programs for Content That Could Trigger Feds
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Liberal, Conservative or Somewhere in the Middle?
(Inside Higher Ed)
VOTE 101 Course Created to Give UC Berkeley Students Voting Information
(Daily Californian)
UC Berkeley to Host 2 Polling Locations for Upcoming Election
(Daily Californian)
The Revenue Gap for Community Colleges Comes to $78 Billion. Would Biden’s Election Make a Difference?
(Diverse)
DeVos Vows to Withhold Desegregation Aid to Schools Over Transgender Athletes
(New York Times)
The Quiet Constitutional Crisis
(NAS Minding the Campus)
The future of higher education will be determined on Election Day
(Boston Globe)
What’s at Stake for Higher Ed in the Election?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Democratic victory may offer limited help for US higher education’s problems
(Times Higher Education)
What a Biden Win Would Mean for Higher Education
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘Everybody Is Biting Their Nails’: College Leaders Weigh Response as Nation Holds Its Breath
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
With Presidency Uncertain, an Anxious Higher Ed Braces for What’s Next
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Trump Picked a Fight With Higher Ed. It’s Still Learning to Punch Back.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)