After civil liberties advocates dismissed concerns about statewide economic shutdowns and mask mandates, the same advocates worry that university administrations are abusing students’ civil liberties related to positive coronavirus tests or violating public health rules….
Monthly Archives For September 2020
University of Iowa students staged ‘sickout’ to protest campus reopening
At the University of Iowa, students, staff and faculty members protested the university’s campus reopening plans last Wednesday because they disagreed with in-person classes. The protest involved staff and faculty striking and not conducting work…
Study: Politics influences college reopening plans
In one of the more unsurprising discoveries, a study conducted by Davidson College found that it could predict whether a college re-opened its campus to in-person classes or not. Inside Higher Ed reported that the…
George Washington University professor admits she lied about ethnicity
Is lying about one’s ethnicity a pervasive academic trend? George Washington University associate professor Jessica Krug admitted in a blog post on Medium that she had lied to colleagues, university officials, and students for years…
Brown University criticized for violating agreement about women’s athletics
Facing budget cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic, Brown University eliminated eleven varsity sports teams, but their move led to outcry and criticism over equal representation of women and men athletic programs. The private Ivy…
For-profit colleges worried about potential Biden presidency
For-profit colleges have enjoyed relative peace under the Trump administration, but a potential Biden presidency has sent them scrambling. According to Inside Higher Ed, for-profit colleges are fearful of the return of Obama-era regulations if…
After Kenosha riots, professors plan to strike as protest in September
The shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, sparked protests and riots in the city. But the first action that came to mind to multiple professors was to stage a strike to…