Also, from the same essay:
"The department needs papers, because papers justify funding, and funding justifies the department. The student is the means of production. Whether that student walks out the door five years later as an independent thinker or a competent prompt engineer is […]
I have been thinking about how #crypto and #AI are much more similar than we realize. Our thoughts are no longer our own. To anyone in #highered #academia and #publishing, how do we prove what is ours?
This isn't our normal newsletter article.
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When universities police dissent rather than protect it, their claims to ethical purpose ring hollow. The genocide in Gaza has exposed the narrowing space for critique by students and scholars within institutions that once prided themselves on it. #HigherEd www.martijnboersma.com/universities...
We're excited to share that the Textbook & Academic Authors Association awarded 3 of our Communication Studies titles for their scholarly excellence.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sVgXNb
#AcademicSky #Communications #HigherEd @ginaluttrell.bsky.social @adriwall.bsky.social
Australians’ growing disenchantment with universities has occurred against a backdrop of fading trust in many types of institution, with governments and schools arguably faring worse #EduSky #HigherEd
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/universities-truste...
Empty words won’t fix diversity. Show the stats. Set targets. Or step aside. #Accountability #HigherEd
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The college student submits a help ticket to the IT department requesting help with child care. The email looks suspicious... probably not legitimate... but... it is accurate for a large part of our student body. #highered #CommunityCollege
It'll be the large (and the shady) academic publishers using AI in this way. AVOID THEM. These giant publishers, and their sketchy imitators, have never prioritized wisdom or academic principles. Publish somewhere else, ffs. #resistAI #highered
Okay, professor-types. It’s the end of the semester - how many stacks of books/papers do you have in your office? I count 7. 8 if I include the books currently in a bag waiting to be turned into a stack. #academicsky #highered
Join us for a discussion with Moe Hurst about community organizing and mutual aid networks. Moe will share their experience as a community organizer to highlight the importance of prefigurative politics in organizing, and why tying justice to equality from the onset is essential, especially when building networks of care.
📢 Join Justice Studies Association for a free Zoom event Thursday, April 16th at 7:00pm Eastern as we discuss community organizing and mutual aid networks.
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Join us for a discussion with Moe Hurst about community organizing and mutual aid networks. Moe will share their experience as a community organizer to highlight the importance of prefigurative politics in organizing, and why tying justice to equality from the onset is essential, especially when building networks of care.
📢 Join Justice Studies Association for a free Zoom event Thursday, April 16th at 7:00pm Eastern as we discuss community organizing and mutual aid networks.
Direct Message or visit www.justicestudies.org to request Zoom link
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #mutualaid
Patrick ‘Q’ Quilao, Dir of Graduate Admissions at SAIC, is giving the keynote at admitted students ARTBASH day. This is what every college admitted students day should be like. Even if my son doesn’t choose this school, he is being inspired.
#art #Chicago #highered @artinstitutechi.bsky.social
Research Integrity Oversight in Canada: A #Postplagiarism Perspective
#ResearchIntegrity #Policy #HigherEd #Canada
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🤔 "One-size-fits-all” uniforms only fit about 25% of Civil War soldiers. Yet in higher education, we still sometimes design learning that way.
🧰 UDL isn’t about lowering expectations—it’s about building ramps.
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#UDL #HigherEd #Education
Harvard to pilot a partnership in offering less commonly taught foreign languages. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Saturday morning reflections
#HigherEd #Academia #HigherEdSky #PhDSky #AcademicSky
We urgently need to overhaul our academic reward systems to incentivize impactful research that addresses real-world issues like digital health literacy, AI in education, or support for first-generation students, rather than just rewarding publication volume.
#HigherEd #MachineLearning
What happens in accreditation can reshape #HigherEd. And now the Ed Dept wants to reshape the rules of accreditation. This @erickelderman.bsky.social story 👇 explains how.
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Opinion | Evenings and Weekends Revisited
How can we revive the venerable tradition of after-hours classes? By Matt Reed: https://bit.ly/41ZrDi4
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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Opinion | What Do Employers Mean by ‘AI Skills,’ Anyway?
A major survey shows students are anxious about career readiness in the face of AI—pointing to the need for more employer guidance. By Elisa J. Sobo and David M. Goldberg https://bit.ly/4sYopas
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Screenshot from the Chronicle of Higher Education, showing computer science ans engineering as two of the fields with the most faculty seeking buyout offers.
Non-academics may not understand the significance of this, but losing 7 full-time faculty would be devastating to most programs.
Texas is showing us what Florida already learned. When #highered becomes a hostile environment, STEM faculty are often first to leave.
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Three-year degrees are making their way to a growing number of colleges and universities across the U.S. Check out the first installment of a multi-part series in AACRAO Connect, exploring these programs and the institutions piloting them in the U.S.
www.aacrao.org/resources/ne... #Connect #HigherEd
The Chronicle’s interview about our new book on no-confidence votes in higher education. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.chronicle.com/article/is-t...
IATSE and The Juilliard School Reach Tentative Agreement for Production Staff
@iatse members who work in production roles at The Juilliard School have secured a tentative agreement.
Find out more: tinyurl.com/6v3u3dar
#IASolidarity #SafetyOnSet #HigherEd
Textbooks aren’t just expensive—they’re shaping futures.
A statewide survey shows course material costs are influencing major decisions.
Read more: vivalib.org/va/VIVAblog/....
#HigherEd
#AcademicLibraries
#StudentSuccess
#CollegeAffordability
#VIVAlibraries
#VirginiaStudents
#VirginiaHigherEd
A white woman with a constellation-patterned bandanna over her hair and a Hispanic man are looking intently at a piece of equipment.
Student Success | Student-Built Instruments Head to Space
Astrophysics students at the College of Charleston helped develop research instruments now bound for the International Space Station. https://bit.ly/4vkEOaK
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Table with the following description: 15 votes of no confidence in UK university leadership (typically the Vice-Chancellor), showing who was in the firing line, the stated grievances (pay, secrecy, "transformation" cuts, and related managerial folklore), and the aftermath—ranging from resignations and suspensions to the more common outcome of everyone carrying on as if nothing has happened.
15 votes of no confidence in UK university leadership between 2017 and 2025.
Source: O’Brien J (2026): The 2026 Reckoning. Financial sustainability, solvency risk, and policy options for UK higher education, p.16.
#HigherEd
#UKHE
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FEATURED JOB: Program Director, Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley - UC Berkeley
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FEATURED JOB: Ishibashi Foundation Network Leader Fellowship Program in Japanese Arts 2026-27, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures - United Kingdom
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