#Marquette University's administration is falsely blaming budget cuts on unavoidable headwinds (inflation; enrollment cliffs), when instead the money has been irresponsibly spent on underfunded initiatives, buildings and more buildings, and just plain mismanagement, above all a focus on shiny things rather than the core university mission.
Boards of Trustees have been fundamentally failing in their oversight responsibilities.
The documentary "Berkeley in the Sixties" is a must-watch for how student activism revulsed the rich white supremacists in this country, making them slash education funding.
Open letter from North American academics condemning scholasticide in #Gaza
If that's you, please consider signing
"“[T]hree university presidents have been killed in the Israeli attacks, along with more than 95 university deans and professors [...] Meanwhile, 88,000 students have been deprived of receiving their university education"
Statement by #USCAAUP on the #USC administration's decision to cancel 2024 valedictorian Tabassum's commencement speech:
"By casting aside the achievements and USC’s own recognition of such an acclaimed student, the USC administration does not merely create a chilling effect on the academic freedom of the entire USC community. It actively strangles it."
Yet another project we cannot prioritize highly enough with our limited spoons:
Track the % of times newspapers cover University and HS sports vs the % of times they cover actual important education issues at the same institutions and with the same level of long-term interest and detail.
Every time there's a new UC Davis event or initiative rushing to shove AI into everything, we remember that this July will mark 34 years since ADA became law and UC Davis still doesn't meet it.
The contrast in how quickly they adopt AI vs how quickly they adopt accessibility & inclusion is instructive.
Note the event is in person only in a maskless crowd during an ongoing pandemic, advertised without any listing of accessibility available even for the in-person bits.
"the vast majority of people I know in the profession under 50 are not just burned out but burned to a crisp. (I’ll speak mostly of professors in the research side of the universe, which is a small and comparatively privileged perch but also the part I know best)"
"Getting tenure was so profoundly destructive to my health that it prepared my body for severe #LongCovid one Latina researcher in the humanities tells Nature. “I feel like my academic job demands my death.”
The Honors College has given me an office. In an interesting turn of events, I am back where I started. This space used to be the adjuncts' office before the Dept of History moved out. I have no idea how the Dept of History squeezed in four desks, a bookcase, overhead cabinets, and desk chairs while up to three people could be working here at the same time. Either way, I'm grateful to the Honors College for giving me a space.
Dr. Sherita Goldon was forced from her position as chief diversity officer at #JohnsHopkins University for including the following (helpful, accurate, and necessary) definition of privilege in an email newsletter:
"a set of unearned benefits given to people who are in a specific social group. Privilege operates on personal, interpersonal, cultural and institutional levels, and it provides advantages and favors to members of dominant groups at the expense of members of other groups...“ 1/2
"Privilege is characteristically invisible to people who have it. People in dominant groups often believe they have earned the privileges they enjoy or that everyone could have access to these privileges if only they worked to earn them. In fact, privileges are unearned and granted to people in the dominant groups whether they want those privileges or not, and regardless of their stated intent.” 2/2
🚨Petition for ALL #Kentucky residents, pls share widely!🚨
Based on an unscientific study, the Board of Trustees at the #UniversityofKentucky passed a resolution that threatens to eliminate shared governance at the university.
Pls stand w/ United Campus Workers #KY in calling on President Capilouto to oppose and present alternatives to this plan.
If not affiliated with #UKY, tick "Community supporter."
Research published early in the pandemic on #COVID19 is more likely to include lower quality methods and less likely to adhere to reporting standards than research on other topics in the same journals.
Ultimately, it’s a consequence of a “publish-or-perish” culture in #highered.