#Universities

Michelle Law

ms_michellelaw

No offence to universities (I went to uni, taught at uni) but I feel like academia can sometimes suck the heart out of storytelling by making it SO intellectual and

Juliéte is 4 climate justice

someWeirdBitxh

How to piss off a dane. Say sweden is better even though you barely know anything about danemarkhttps://twitter.com/hoeminsupreme/status/1265352775950577664 But actually sweden has better architecture universities soooooooo

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Students at the Australian National University and other Australian educational institutions have signed up with US "invigilation" companies that produce anti-cheating spyware for students' computers. Students and faculty are furious.ht

Dr. Nicole Bedera

NBedera

I keep seeing these think pieces suggesting that informal resolution is going to be some great thing for campus sexual assault survivors. Let me explain why this is wrong. From

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erinscafe

The belief that making public universities free is a bad idea because it would help rich kids is like believing felons shouldn’t get a vote because then so would the

Mass for Shut-ins (is a podcast)

edburmila

I respect everyone's concern for the health and wellbeing of the campus community, but it's pretty easy to say "OBVIOUSLY universities can't reopen in the fall!" when you have tenure

Wentao Zhai

WentaoZhai

The idea that the mere presence of Chinese students on a liberal US campus can change their minds is absurdly naive. Maybe this was true 30 years ago, but certainly

Bill Fitzgerald

funnymonkey

Over the next few days and weeks, as time permits, I'll share some additional thoughts and details from the research that shows how the College Board shares student data, in

Aaron Bady

zunguzungu

To me, the key thing about Buttigieg's higher ed statement is that he's indicating he doesn't want to fundamentally change the system, just make it a little more progressive. He

Loren King

lorenantonyking

A thread on concerns in #cdnPSE that #COVID19 threatens to push us to an online-only Fall term. @AlexUsherHESA, for instance, worries that we’ll face disaster without national collaboration for online

David Graham

dgrahamqc

So I have a few, perhaps poorly formed and unwelcome, thoughts. Obviously the author raises pertinent and important questions. I hate to firehose, but I think the piece significantly understates

Kevin R. McClure

kevinrmcclure

Today, I’m thinking about the ways in which the large public research university is the higher education institution type most incompatible with Covid-19. Some of the things I’ll list aren’t

Akin Oyebode

AO1379

Not sure if @nonso2 picked Ekiti as a random example, but this is exactly why we are promoting Ekiti Knowledge Zone as a Special Economic Zone for the digital economy.

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LeoSimha

IMHO, Kanchi mutt is not a *recent* phenomenon as claimed but has gained *prominence* in 20th Century due to the sheer austerity and spirituality of HH Kanchi Paramacharyal. It is

Liz Lewis

LizLewisPhD

Question: I keep reading about canceled academic searches + people not getting considered for tenure b/c of COVID. What’s the reasoning? Why will universities suffer so much financial hardship +

Corey Goergen, PhD

CoreyGoergen

Now, according to this agenda for a @BORUSG meeting about this email, their control amounts to picking 1 of 3 options: 1. Lease out all P3 beds regardless of risk2.