Why it hurts: Chinese students respond to professor’s racist comment [The News Record]

The flava:
When University of Cincinnati (UC) international Chinese student Keyun Tian saw that a UC professor had used a racist term in an email, he was deeply hurt by the term, “Chinese virus,” used to describe COVID-19.

Earlier this month, a student had posted a screenshot of an screenshot to Twitter, showing an email from UC engineering professor John Ucker that read, “For students testing positive for the Chinese virus, I will give no grade.”

Unfortunately, the term has circulated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently, it has hit too close to home for students like Tian at UC. Tian felt disrespected as an international student in the UC community. 

The article:
https://www.newsrecord.org/news/why-it-hurts-chinese-students-respond-to-professor-s-racist-comment/article_5e9dac42-0140-11eb-84e3-47e046ae25f1.html

COVID On College Campuses [NPR]

Video Message from President O'Day | COVID-19 Required Testing | September 15, 2020 [Austin College]

 

An Evening with Tara Westover [Saint Mary's College]

Texas State Professors Worry Contact Tracing Too Dependent On Students [San Marcos Daily Record]

The flava:
Professors are not allowed to notify their students that someone in the class tested positive, as a positive coronavirus test result is confidential medical information. . . .

The article:
https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/news/texas-state-professors-worry-contact-tracing-too-dependent-students

Continue Your Life’s Education With Free Online Classes [NYTimes]

The flava:
Have extra time at home? Want to keep your brain busy with new things to think about? Consider doing a little remote learning of your own. After all, Benjamin Franklin famously set aside an hour or two each day to study, reflect and experiment so he could fill in the gaps in his own education, and he went on to several successful careers.

Hundreds of major colleges and universities offer online courses that anyone with an internet connection can take. While you won’t get academic credits for taking free classes, you expand your knowledge — and can even show a little solidarity with your children as they head back to school themselves. Here’s a guide to getting started.

The article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/technology/personaltech/education-free-online-classes.html

The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies, by Jessica A. Krug

For the better part of my adult life, every move I’ve made, every relationship I’ve formed, has been rooted in the napalm toxic soil of lies.

Not just any lies. . . .

--Jessica A. Krug
  Associate Professor, George Washington University

Judge bars University of California from all use of SAT, ACT scores in admissions [San Francisco Chronicle]

The flava:
The University of California, which has already stopped requiring applicants to take the SAT or ACT, must go further and prohibit campuses from allowing prospective students to submit their scores, a judge ruled Tuesday in a victory for students with disabilities.

The article:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/Judge-bars-University-of-California-from-all-use-15531662.php