#Academic

Timothy B. Corcoran

tcorcoran

Spoke to a reporter the other day re: associate bonuses. He chose (so far anyway) not to use my potentially incendiary comments. So here they are: the rush to increase

Sarah Adkins-Jablonsky

admiraladkins

Imagine being first-gen to college, getting a PhD, earning grad GPA /MCAT scores above avg applicant, teaching hundreds of pre-meds & reforming education...but med schools still holding the grades you

Sandra Newman

sannewman

I'm always amazed that, in discussions of standardized tests and how well different demographics do on them, no one mentions the disaffected kids who don't try very hard, or stop

k'eguro

keguro_

this introduction is inviting and generous I like it Prof. Gloria Wekker up now Started engaging with afropessimism because was asked by editor if she wanted to write a review

Joshua Goodman

JoshuaSGoodman

I'm thrilled to announce that this coming academic year I'll be joining the faculty of @BUWheelock and @bu_economics, as both an associate professor education and of economics.I'm excited about this

Dr Wade Kelly

wadekelly

Engagement tip: Every time you submit a bio for an event, also save it in a file organised by audience — academic, public, media, student, industry, etc. It's so handy

Jenni A

jensylvia

Today I heard of a Head of School not going out on #UCUstrikesback because "it wouldn't be fair on the staff, especially the School admins". This is getting it all

Eli Van Allen

VanAllenLab

Interested to see how the forthcoming data behind the ‘TMB > 10 in all cancer types’ approval addresses a few key issues, having spent a long time thinking about this

simonster mcclelland-williamson 🏳️‍🌈

simonwillo

This is a really important thread by a scholar I really like. When I read it earlier I felt better about the whole whore thing but a few hours later

Mr Paul

mrpaul326

There are a lot of people voicing their opinions about public school teachers these days. Many are offering their support, which is much appreciated. That said, while it’s tempting to

Michael Otsuka

MikeOtsuka

A thread on the impending, foreseeable @UniversitiesUK car crash: Cases have been surging since the re-opening of schools & the call to return to work in early September. 1/10 With

Alex Stevens

AlexStevensKent

The #SewellReport really is a verbose, sloppy and intellectually dishonest piece of work. In the bits I know about (drugs and crime), there is a pattern of misleading readers by

Medical Axioms 🇺🇸

medicalaxioms

As I may have mentioned, I mentor a diverse group of students and residents. Sometimes they get a Single Oddball Bad Evaluation (SOBE) and it is due to racism. Now

Dr. Jacquelyn Gill

JacquelynGill

There are now spreadsheets or wikis with academic job listings for most fields now. These can be a helpful resource for finding jobs, but the anonymous comments often reflect some

Thomas Christie Williams

Williams_T_C

as lockdown is lifted across the UK and Ireland, what could happen in paediatric emergency departments and hospitals this summer? a 1/n firstly, some contextin the first year of the

Nathan Benaich

nathanbenaich

Today, EU+UK universities have the ingredients to be spinout powerhouses: world-leading research, ambitious academics, and VC funding. Instead, our unis propagate an unproductive downward spiral of short-termism that hamstrings founders.