#Universities

Dr Giorgia Michelini

GiorgiaMiche

This is a must-read to make sure academia doesn’t become even more of an old boys club after COVID-19. The much larger effect of current times on women (especially on

La Profe

lorgia_pena

A thread on the Anti-Racist University: As universities embark in drafting anti-racist plans, I want to urge administrators to invest less time on task forces, meetings and memos and take

Austen Allred

Austen

Eliminating objective measures of performance doesn’t usually stop people from measuring, it just forces them to adopt subjective measures instead.Subjective measures are almost never good news for people who are

Luke Dyks

LukeDyks

There is a problem with this line of thinking. The major technological developments of the 20th century were only made possible by blue skies research, funded by governments through universities

Alex Usher

AlexUsherHESA

1/ Work is making me think a lot more about how producers of research (mostly unis) transfer knowledge into the economy in a way that drives economic growth and whether/how

Navid 🧢🇺🇸

NYCNavid

My heart aches for the loneliness of Afghan seculars. On the one hand, many US lefties believe the US is the source of all the evil in the world. And

Matthew Chapman

fawfulfan

Because unlike auto debt and mortgage debt, the largest creditor for student debt is the federal government itself. Therefore, student debt is less a market transaction and more a direct

Doug Clow

dougclow

All the very best to all involved in UK universities as we hit last-minute decision time for the new term/semester. As of 1.18am today, we now have as much guidance

Kaneez Khan

kaneezkhan31

Puttin it out there, taking the risk:As a governor of my children’s high school I experienced horrendous and traumatic racist bully from the white middle class governors and staff. After

Palestine Deep Dive

PDeepdive

THREAD on the IHRA Definition: Given that IHRA has been in the news recently, with Education Secretary @GavinWilliamson urging UK universities to adopt it by Christmas, here is a thread

James Millward 米華健

JimMillward

Because of academic freedom concerns, Georgetown's Executive Faculty considers alternatives to Zoom, examines university contracts. Here's the resolution under consideration this Friday 11/20. Please RT, share, feel free to adapt:

Katie Mack

AstroKatie

I wanna say a little bit about math. Pandemic math, specifically.I hear a lot of people saying that the risk of dying from COVID-19, especially when young & healthy, is

Christopher Newfield

cnewf

very good @TeresaWatanabe coverage of UC Regents' power grab over chancellorial appointments, in which they propose to replace faculty evaluation with an outside search firm.https://lat.ms/3jSBQWj because there are no real

Julie Bindel

bindelj

1/4Talcum X is absolutely right. There is no cancel culture, it's just about rich, privileged white people complaining about not being able to be racist and transphobic. Aside from the

Ben Trott

bentrott

Free speech advocate love to cite (if not necessary read) JS Mill on utilitarianism.But what if asking students & faculty to constantly debate racists & transphobes in the name of

unseen1

unseen1_unseen

I wonder if those tearing down the statues, rioting, burning, and looting know that once Hitler took power he killed off all his brownshirts first? I wonder if those tearing

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.