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Global Collaboration and Academic Freedom
A commentary has been published on University World News following the discussion "Perspectives on Academic Freedom" at #OSICU2024 The article explores how international collaboration can help strengthen academic freedom.
Available here: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20250311091253781
#HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #OSICU2024 #UniversityWorldNews #Wissenschaftsfreiheit #InternationaleZusammenarbeit #Forschung #Bildung #TIB
Germany and Ukraine face different pressures when it…
University World NewsI used to enjoy my job, even grading, even midterms. Tonight I forced myself to turn in midterm grades (with 2 minutes to spare) and did not enjoy it. There are many aspects of my job I no longer enjoy.
It's not a mystery why (at least to me). Perhaps it's embodied in this thing: our university senate asked a state-level body to observe issues at our university and create a report. The report is weeks late in coming. We received a message today asking us to wait a little longer because of "...the critical issues at [my university] involving transparency, trust, the relationships among stakeholders, and the status of shared governance..."
Yeah, it's a fucking mess around here, and never in a way that allows faculty to feel better about our jobs.
#highered #transparency #democracy #mismanagement #labor #management
@bicmay@med-mastodon.com"But those new rules were reversed in January after nearly two dozen states sued the Biden administration to block separate parts of the measure aimed at protecting LGBTQ students from discrimination. In January, a federal judge struck down the changes, which tossed out the expanded protections for pregnant and parenting students, too."
#ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #breastfeeding #education #HigherEd #lgbtq #dei #equity #inclusion
When new Title IX rules for LGBTQ students were rolled…
NBC NewsAnd this is the #tech that #academia and #HigherEd, including #librarians who should know better, are rushing to embrace. "Hey, it makes research easier" and other excuses.
> Even premium AI tools distort the news and fabricate links - these are the worst https://www.zdnet.com/article/even-premium-ai-tools-distort-the-news-and-fabricate-links-these-are-the-worst/
You're paying good money for chatbots that return wrong…
ZDNET> Elsevier Launches ScienceDirect AI https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/12/elsevier-launches-sciencedirect-ai/
And the #enshittification continues. I imagine soon calls will come for academic #librarians to teach this tripe (to be chaaritable) in #InformationLiteracy.
From an Elsevier Release: Elsevier today launches ScienceDirect…
Library Journal infoDOCKET
Science thrives when knowledge is open! 
Check out this strategy for #OpenScience: integrating #FAIR & #CARE principles, responsible researcher assessment #DORA, and digital infrastructure for transparent research
@BarcelonaDORI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007508
Let's build a transparent, inclusive, and impactful research ecosystem together! Global impact begins locally!
#OpenAccess #FAIRdata #ResearchIntegrity #CitizenScience #ResearchAssessment #SciComm #EOSC #HigherEd
"Protesters arrested during peaceful walkout at #Cornell University"
“The first protester, who spoke about Livni’s alleged war crimes, left peacefully when asked but was still arrested.”
At least 16 students and community members were arrested…
Fingerlakes1.comHello #CSUN attendees! Where are my #HigherEd folks? Let’s be friends! It looks like there is a fireside chat tomorrow at noon on “Accessibility and education”. I hope to meet you there. #accessibility
Yale Library and Poorvu Center Collaborate on #AI Literacy Framework For Faculty; & More AI Headlines https://www.infodocket.com/2025/03/11/ai-roundup-a-survey-of-large-language-model-empowered-agents-for-recommendation-and-search-towards-next-generation-information-retrieval-building-a-disability-inclusive-ai-ecosystem-a-cross-disabi/ #libraries #ailiteracy #highered
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to our first A.I. symposium! We had an wonderful experience discussing the ethics and skepticism regarding generative A.I. We hope to see you at similar events in the future!
Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy
> ‘SEND HELP!’: 59% of students face insecurities around needs like food and housing
https://www.highereddive.com/news/send-help-59-of-students-face-insecurities-around-needs-like-food-and/741774/
Among students who stopped-out or are in danger of…
Higher Ed DiveI saw that #highered article going around saying, essentially, that LLMs have created a generation of cheaters. Not a fan of LLMs, but it's far more accurate to say they've democratized cheating. Wealthy college students have always had the option to have someone else write their papers.
Kentucky: Doing its best to cut faculty rights and employment. Of course, this just tells out of state applicants to apply elsewhere. Not like we need professors or anything here.
> Bill to give Kentucky colleges new path to firing tenured professors closer to becoming law https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-03-10/bill-to-give-kentucky-colleges-new-path-to-firing-tenured-professors-closer-to-becoming-law
A bill that would give Kentucky’s public universities…
LPMThe pandemic’s impact on #education runs deeper than an embrace of remote learning. New research shows growing mistrust of #teachers, reversing the praise they received during lockdowns. https://theconversation.com/5-ways-schools-have-shifted-in-5-years-since-the-covid-19-246449
#COVID19 #highered #edsky
Public school access to high-quality teachers is shrinking,…
The Conversation“By these actions, by their willingness to scapegoat and vilify the pro-Palestine student movement, these institutions have invited their enemies in, becoming testing grounds for the authoritarianism that threatens our nation.”
https://truthout.org/articles/as-ice-jails-palestinian-protester-universities-must-commit-to-academic-freedom/
Universities may sow their own demise if they continue…
TruthoutSo, if you advocate for a *single* solution that is *best* for all #schools #classrooms #teachers #students you are wrong. #highschool #highered #teaching
H-Net is pleased to announce the creation of two new fellowship opportunities for network and reviews editors: H-Net Editor Project Fellowships and H-Net Editor Recognition Fellowships.
So, if you advocate for a *single* solution that is *best* for all #schools #classrooms #teachers #students you are wrong. #highschool #highered #teaching
Back in 2018-2019 I began a little vanity project*: Trump's pompous, hateful, spiteful, anti-democratic, #authoritarian, etc. pronouncements interspersed with fictional emails based closely on real emails etc. from university administrators (i.e., presidents et al.). The idea was to show that some of the language and many of the actions of the university administrators were nearly identical to Trump's, though in slightly different domains and using differently-coded language.
Maybe I should make time for continuing that. I am of the opinion that Americans' habit of turning everything possible into an authoritarian hierarchy is one of the underlying reasons for the "success" of the current national authoritarian coup.
This would perhaps not have any positive effect for anyone except me*.
*all of my art
#satire #labor #management #uspol #trump #gop #authoritarianism #patterns #highered