Virtual Reality Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE MAY 23, 2020 8:00 AM

Higher education may have gone mostly virtual, but the politics haven’t changed.

• Michigan State Professor Warns of “Unconscious Bias” and “Microaggressions” in Virtual Meetings
• Columbia Law School Journal Seeks Papers on “the Intersection of Law and Menstruation”
• Emory University Adding ‘Race and Ethnicity’ Requirement in Fall of 2021

Compare and contrast.

• Columbia Law Profs Who Led Fight Against Kavanaugh, Silent About Commencement Speaker Biden
• Trump-Supporting Student Claims Columbia Prof Told Him to Drop Dead

The pandemic is taking its toll.

• The Coronavirus Pandemic Will Likely Bring More College Closures in the Fall
• Mayor of Ithaca, NY, Says City Faces ‘Cataclysmic Trouble’ if Ithaca College and Cornell Don’t Open in Fall
• Universities in Michigan Reportedly Facing up to a Billion in Losses Due to Coronavirus

These two cases seem oddly related.

• Law Prof Who Was Falsely Accused of Rape Wins Defamation Case
• ACLU Suing Betsy DeVos Over Changes to Title IX Policies on Campus

A rare moment of unity.

• College Republicans and Democrats United in Criticism of Chinese Propaganda on Campus

Nice.

• House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Congratulates Class of 2020 With Uplifting Message

Anyone surprised?

• Colorado State U. Hands Out $1,500 Coronavirus Stimulus Checks to Undocumented Students

Modern problems.

• Officials at Providence College Apologize Following Large Gathering of Students

Truth is stranger than fiction.

• U. Kentucky Fires Cheerleading Coaches After Hazing and Nudity Investigation

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