Open-Access Publishing and the Coronavirus
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DeVos’s handling of relief funds hurt some of the neediest schools
Schools, anticipating a deepening economic crisis, had lobbied for more aid from the stimulus bill, but they still welcomed the support.
Amazon to make face shields and sell at cost
Amazon says it will produce hundreds of thousands of face shields for medics and sell them at cost price in the US.
Disney forces explicit Club Penguin clones offline
Disney has ordered unauthorised copies of its Club Penguin game to close, after the BBC found children were being exposed to explicit messages.
School apologizes after media firestorm over prof’s ‘islamaphobic’ test questions
An Arizona Community College Professor was targeted with violent threats in a campaign against him for asking controversial questions about Islam on a quiz.
Pandemic ‘will drive universities into lifelong education’
Longevity experts predict that with universities forced online and desperate for new revenue, shift to older students will follow
DeVos funnels Coronavirus relief funds to favored private and religious schools
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, using discretion written into the coronavirus stabilization law, is using millions of dollars to pursue long-sought policy goals that Congress has blocked.
Nearly 60 percent of professors criticized Trump, 9 percent criticized Pelosi: poll
33 percent also criticized Republicans compared to 15 percent who criticized Democrats
Not the Same University
Missouri Western cuts 30 percent of the faculty, along with programs in history, political science, sociology, economics, music and more.
UF could soon pay students’ rent for them
The University of Florida Student Government Senate is in the process of passing a $500,000 rent relief bill.
