#Academic

Dónal Hassett

donalhassett1

We’ve seen some heated debate this week but today let’s celebrate all the excellent work that has been and is being done on questions of Ireland, empire and race. Please

Kerry

kerry62189

Lincoln scholars rush to correct Kamala Harris, but she was almost certainly repeating a lie crafted specifically for the occasion by a historian. It wasn't some sort of "error," nor

Dr Susanne Gruss

susannegruss

A thread: taking time off and/vs. academic overworking. I have just returned from a 3-week family holiday at the North Sea. In Germany, August is also the month where you

University Wankings

UWankings

Don't know who need to hear this*, but reducing tuition fees for *mostly* online learning might seem like common sense, but in fact it's not...universities can't reduce fees for a

Dr. Paula R. Curtis

paularcurtis

Now is as good a time as any to bring back my thread on #sexualassault. It's now been about 5 years since I was attacked in my suburban neighborhood in

Chintan (he/him/his)

aboutchintan

CollegeBoard is the scummiest company in education A Thread The parent organization of tests like SAT, AP, CLEP and Accuplacer made over $1B in revenue and $150-160M in profit

Dr. Nadine Gaab

GaabLab

Myth # 7 for #DyslexiaAwarenessMonth 2020: ALL PEDIATRICIANS SCREEN FOR EARLY INDICATORS OF AUTISM, ADHD, AND DYSLEXIA/READING IMPAIRMENTS. Unfortunately not. While pediatricians often screen for autism and ADHD, they don't

Margaret Crane

margaret_crane1

This is an excellent thread for using Twitter. Here are a few of my thoughts, as a PhD student who enjoys academic Twitter. The TLDR is do what works for

Beatrice Cherrier

Undercoverhist

Seems important for econs (& everyone, in fact) to follow historians of medicine/epidemiology, if only to learn lessons from history of econ & epi side by side. So here's a

𝘢𝘴𝘩

eunsooIim

thread: where to donate to help black skaters figure skating in harlem (donations go to academic resources and enrichment, skating classes, fitness classes, life skills education, career workshops, equipment,

David “HINDSIGHT IS 2021” Walsh

DavidAstinWalsh

Honestly, so much of the modern American left’s contempt for liberalism’s reverence for civic rituals can be traced back to the toxic influence of Aaron Sorkin. There’s a nuanced point

Senator Sehar Kamran T.I.

SeharKamran

Some people are very interested to learn about the School I worked for. So let me tell you #TheSchoolStory Page-1This was the School in Jeddah, that I joined in 1999.

Rob Carver

investingidiocy

My take on the COVID-CODE review scandal (here https://lockdownsceptics.org/code-review-of-fergusons-model/ and reported https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/10/chilling-truth-decision-impose-lockdown-based-crude-mathematical/ amongst other place

Recomposition

communistrecomp

One of the principal failures of mass mobilization during Cultural Revolution was factional fragmentation which occured irrespective of class background, privilege, or economic interest. Quite often, two factions would contain

Effel

flcro

Thread -I’ve spent two years studying gender issues. Discussing here, reading, thinking etc. And I think I have come to the far end and have realised that in fact it’s

D3 Direct

D3Direct

Confused about financial aid at D3 schools?Once you have your list of schools, Google each name along with "scholarships". Most will have clear info w/ the GPA & test scores