#ACADEMIA

Jeffrey Sachs

JeffreyASachs

⁦@Noahpinion⁩ seems to have deleted this tweet, which is a shame, because I think he’s right. But scrolling through his replies, it looks like he’s getting two types of objections.

iamstarnerd

iamstarnord

Just finished writing letters of recommendation for the season! WoooT!There are some things about my letter-writing process that I really like, and ...... there are some really not good things

Jeremy Littau

JeremyLittau

I worked in journalism before academia, and we often relied on experts to help us understand things. So, the UNC news reminds me one of the surprising things about academia

Dana Nawzar

DanaNawzar

You won’t read this in academia or media but Turkish conservatism was the largest non-violent resistance movement in Middle EastIn 80 years of oppression, they never resorted to violence or

Miguel Martínez

fusonegro

Por qué está todo mal en el comunicado de la RAH sobre las estatuas. Empecemos por esta frase: “El presentismo, que valora personajes históricos con parámetros actuales desenfoca la acción

Renaud Egreteau

R_Egreteau

Terrific assessment of the state of social research in #Myanmar by @GDNint, @IDRC_Myanmar (pdf here: http://www.gdn.int/sites/default/files/u115/Doing%20Research%20Mayanmar%20Country%20Report.pdf). Some key takeaways (thread ): 1. Academics

Pascal Marco Caversaccio

pcaversaccio

1/ As governmental bodies rely on academics' expert advice to shape policy regarding #artificialintelligence, it is important that these academics not have conflicts of interests that may cloud or bias

Burhan

tametanias

This situation is more dangerous than it looks. There is a huge crisis of authority here split among academically "verified" scholars and more traditionally verified scholars.The position being claimed is

Daniel A. Barber

DanielABarber

I think the hardest thing for young architects (and others) facing climate is to cultivate new aspirations. Most come in with ambition to be a design star, we have to

Happy Researchers

hapyresearchers

(1/5) Most people don’t realize if they have been engaged in academic bullying. Bullying can consist of passive-aggressive emails, verbal abuse (directly and indirectly) in private or during the lab

Dan Devine

DanJDevine

At the centre of the debate (IMO) about whether Universities are echo chambers, a hide-out for Marxist collaborators, etc, is whether they are ideologically homogenous - at least compared to

Gad Saad

GadSaad

Personal point: One of the reasons that I despise the Left is that they exhibit a form of inauthentic moral and intellectual superiority that viscerally offends me. I'm authentic to

Alisa Hicklin Fryar

AKHicklin

Woke up to a remarkable number of bad takes on the “problem” of too many PhDs in political science. As someone with a 2nd tier PhD working in a 3rd

Taka | Black Lives MATTER

astrobassball

In physics/astronomy, >90% of PhDs will not get a tenure-track position.There are ways to guide+mentor grad students+postdocs to build fulfilling careers and find success in AND out of academia.Blanket attacks

Dr. Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado

jcaroccio

I am happy to announce that I was offered a tenure track Assistant Professor position for the fall 2020. I had to decline the offer. Even though I have no

Tom Forth

thomasforth

Reading the annual survey into racism in France again this morning. I still love the methodologies for getting people to reply truthfully.1/ Interviewer asks question, listen to response.2/ Interviewer asks

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