Cc CUNY folks. ADA compliance date just pushed back.

PSA to graduate students: when you apply for a job or a fellowship people who have read literally thousands of cover letters will be reading yours. We read for a living. We will know if you used genAI; and if by some miracle we don't see it and you get an interview, be assured we'll realize then.

You did what you could do within your context to meet the needs of your students. But I don't think that maps to an argument that the LMS is on balance a good thing, or invalidates the concern in the OP.

The argument, then, is about compliance, not about pedagogy or even student preference. It's totally reasonable to accept that and to work within that framework (and you know I know you do great work!). But we don't have to (yet).

But that process was not dependent upon the LMS.

And I don't suppose it would scale across the university any better than DOOO did (which was never DOOO's intent).

CUNY tried to get this for F2F classes, and failed; has same requirement for hybrid and online.

Clarity and accessibility are more important than consistency... neither of which require an LMS, and neither of which the LMS guarantees, despite claims otherwise.

There's a difference between posting a syllabus to a university-wide platform and requiring all faculty use only the LMS for their course activity, which is the scenario the Matts laid out. The former doesn't require an LMS at all. (Also I do not accept that all syllabi must be posted).

Why don’t you just organize the no confidence vote yourself

We built a RAG pipeline for a client that indexed internal wikis and Confluence. The IP question surfaced fast, specifically around contractor contributions mixed into the same docs. Most enterprise contracts have no language for this yet either.

At Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Conference; lots of talk about AI strategy in bargaining.

Does anyone know of any extant contract language that addresses IP implications of RAG within institutional LLM tenants? Or academic policy or procurement that engages this?

"Collective action by universities is impossible. We're too corrupt."

Michael Roth keynote on authoritarianism and academic freedom at National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Conference.

My God.

same

this was a great conversation. Tune in for some roller coaster comments on the state of higher ed, our disciplines, and accreditation!

The University and the Polycrisis YouTube video by GC TLC

And here's the panel discussion on "The University and the Polycrisis" that we @gctlc.bsky.social hosted that evening with Kevin, Lisa, @robingisserles.bsky.social, @sentantiq.bsky.social, and Amy Wan.

youtu.be/WF1Jq33IP3E?...

FI Podcast Ep 1:6 - “Campus Crisis Toolkit” YouTube video by Futures Initiative

Here's @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and Lisa Di Bartalameo on @futuresed.bsky.social podcast discussing "The Campus Crisis Toolkit" with Shelly Eversley during their visit to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social last month.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=an-L...

Edupunk lives.

My condolences Jenna. What a lovely remembrance. May his memory be a blessing.

want

I’m so sorry I missed this. Double booked a workshop.

Bankrupt them.

a man squatting in front of a purple building that says jewelry ALT: a man squatting in front of a purple building that says jewelry

I'm glad to see Ludacrisp on there, but don't think it's properly rated

Thanks for amplifying this Lisa. Pretty astounding to see inside a process that was as crude, stupid, and automated as we all suspected...

more click track/less Jesus

The train has left the station: Agentic AI and the future of social science research | Brookings A new era of agentic AI agents has begun. What does it mean for social scientists? Solomon Messing and Joshua Tucker discuss.

This is a much better, richer, and more sober snapshot of the state of play re: agentic AI and future of social science research than the one that pissed Bluesky off yesterday. From @solmg.bsky.social and @jatucker.bsky.social.

www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

Get the suit!!

It works, and probably a better response than if you had started speaking in tongues

Kinda mad I didn’t come up with “defective altruism” 😕

Big question

Einstein was a mess. Who would want him doing their homework anyway?