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Rich Stein (he/him)<p>University of Pennsylvania website monitoring federal policy changes affecting U.S. institutions of higher education and academic health systems (info from January 28 to present) — <br><a href="https://university-communications.upenn.edu/federal-government-updates" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">university-communications.upen</span><span class="invisible">n.edu/federal-government-updates</span></a></p><p>article/background: <a href="https://www.thedp.com/article/2025/03/penn-federal-updates-website-launch-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedp.com/article/2025/03/penn</span><span class="invisible">-federal-updates-website-launch-trump</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Jesus Margar<p>There are students union elections in my university. It's not a very political union, more like a services one. Of all the sabbatical positions (president, VP education, VP Welfare and VP Activities) the Welfare position has twice as many candidates as any of the other ones. A sign of our times.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKHE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKHE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukhighereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukhighereducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukuni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukuni</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukunis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukunis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukuniversities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukuniversities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ucu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ucu</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>US education department warns schools of ‘enforcement actions’ over antisemitism allegations <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/education-department-university-antisemitism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/11/education-department-university-antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USconstitutionandcivilliberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USconstitutionandcivilliberties</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USuniversities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USuniversities</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>-Gazawar <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeducation</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
UniversityofGroningenLibrary<p>New <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> of Groningen <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> publication 🥳 </p><p>➡️ START Handbook: How can I help my first-year <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> engage, persist and succeed?</p><p>This handbook is an <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenEducation</span></a> 'train-the-trainer' resource designed to support educators in guiding first-year students through their transition to <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a>.</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://opentextbooks.rug.nl/start/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">opentextbooks.rug.nl/start/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>More about University of Groningen Press: <a href="https://www.rug.nl/research/ugp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">rug.nl/research/ugp/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenTextbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTextbook</span></a></p>
Dr. Anna Latour<p>Shout-out to my colleagues from Leiden University, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, and mboRijnland, who are striking today in Leiden and The Hague.</p><p>They are protesting the announced budget cuts on higher education, and represent the start of a staggered Higher Education strike that will continue at least for the coming five weeks or so.</p><p><a href="https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/03/10-march-leiden-university-starts-staggered-strike-against-government-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/10-march-leiden-university-starts-staggered-strike-against-government-cuts</span></a></p><p>🟥 </p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/LeidenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeidenUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/UniversiteitLeiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversiteitLeiden</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CampusDenHaag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusDenHaag</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CampusTheHague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusTheHague</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/MBORijnland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MBORijnland</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TheHague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheHague</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Leiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leiden</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Sleutelstad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sleutelstad</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strike</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Staking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Staking</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/WOInactie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WOInactie</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/HogerOnderwijs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HogerOnderwijs</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AoB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AoB</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FNV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FNV</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Chaos on campuses as schools warn Trump cuts could harm US ‘for decades’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/08/trump-universities-higher-education-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/08/trump-universities-higher-education-cuts</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Medicalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicalresearch</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USuniversities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USuniversities</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USunions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USunions</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Trump administration cancels $400m in funds to Columbia University <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/trump-administration-cancels-columbia-university-funding" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/07/trump-administration-cancels-columbia-university-funding</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>-Gazawar <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USuniversities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USuniversities</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
Architecture News<p>Archdaily : James Cook University Engineering &amp; Innovation Place / KIRK Studio + i4 Architecture + Charles Wright Architects <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/1027666/james-cook-university-engineering-and-innovation-place-kirk-studio-plus-i4-architecture-plus-charles-wright-architects" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">archdaily.com/1027666/james-co</span><span class="invisible">ok-university-engineering-and-innovation-place-kirk-studio-plus-i4-architecture-plus-charles-wright-architects</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EducationalArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a></p>
Architecture News<p>Archdaily : School of the Art Institute of Chicago Flaxman Library Renovation / Kwong Von Glinow <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/1026597/school-of-the-art-institute-of-chicago-flaxman-library-renovation-kwong-von-glinow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">archdaily.com/1026597/school-o</span><span class="invisible">f-the-art-institute-of-chicago-flaxman-library-renovation-kwong-von-glinow</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EducationalArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CulturalArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Refurbishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Refurbishment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Renovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renovation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Library</span></a></p>
Monika Barget<p>🟥 National Strike Schedule Announced 🟥</p><p>The dates for nationwide strikes against budget cuts in Dutch <a href="https://akademienl.social/tags/highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highereducation</span></a> have been confirmed:</p><p>* 10 March: Leiden<br>* 11 March: Utrecht<br>* 13 March: Radboud University (with HAN and ArtEZ)<br>* 17 March: Amsterdam<br>* 18 March: Groningen<br>* 25 March: Twente<br>* 08 April: Rotterdam<br>* 10 April: Tilburg<br>* 14 April: Wageningen<br>* 15 April: Maastricht</p><p>More information: <a href="https://woinactie.blogspot.com/p/stakingen-wo-2025-strikes-he-2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">woinactie.blogspot.com/p/staki</span><span class="invisible">ngen-wo-2025-strikes-he-2025.html</span></a></p><p>Posters, flyers and email banners for download:<br><a href="https://www.aob.nl/actueel/campagne/kabinetsloopthogeronderwijs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aob.nl/actueel/campagne/kabine</span><span class="invisible">tsloopthogeronderwijs/</span></a></p>
Jon Ippolito<p>A surprising Stanford study concludes AI-assisted writing tends to be highest in less-educated areas. Is that bridging gaps or creating dependence? Gaining opportunities or losing skills?</p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito_highered-highereducation-aiethics-activity-7303101691015356418-BIYP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/jonippolito</span><span class="invisible">_highered-highereducation-aiethics-activity-7303101691015356418-BIYP</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIethics</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/AIinEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIinEducation</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/AIliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIliteracy</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a></p>
Mike_V<p>“There are always students who are willing but who feel an automatic resistance to any effort to help them learn. They need, to some degree, to be dragged along. But in the process of completing the assigned coursework, some of them start to feel it. They begin to grasp that thinking well, and in an informed manner, really is different from thinking poorly and from a position of ignorance.”<br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-students-now-i-catch-chatgpt-cheats/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thewalrus.ca/i-used-to-teach-s</span><span class="invisible">tudents-now-i-catch-chatgpt-cheats/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I imagine that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensStudies</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GenderStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderStudies</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanStudies</span></a>, and other history / anthropology studies will be next on the chopping block. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> already is!</p><p>New York's governor orders college to remove <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestinianStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianStudies</span></a> job listing</p><p>February 28, 2025</p><p>"The job posting at Hunter College had called for a historian 'who takes a critical lens to issues pertaining to Palestine including but not limited to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonialism</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> devastation, health, race, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a>, and sexuality,' according to screenshots published by the New York Post, which first reported the job announcement."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/hochul-palestinian-studies-genocide-cuny-hunter-04f5e9bf1b718bf0441f9b6cde260141" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/hochul-pale</span><span class="invisible">stinian-studies-genocide-cuny-hunter-04f5e9bf1b718bf0441f9b6cde260141</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SignsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DenyingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DenyingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DenyingReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DenyingReality</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> </p><p>11. Disdain for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intellectuals</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arts</span></a><br> "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>. It is not uncommon for professors and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> to be censored or even arrested. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts."</p><p>Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine. </p><p><a href="https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23</span><span class="invisible">/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Trump administration quietly shutters online form for student debt repayment <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/trump-student-debt-save-program" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/27/trump-student-debt-save-program</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USstudentfinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USstudentfinance</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USstudentdebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USstudentdebt</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeducation</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@bolts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bolts</span></a></span> Not as many good reasons to pursue <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indiana</span></a> as there used to be! So not a huge loss. 🤷🏻‍♂️</p>
Irene Elmerot<p>"Wallraffande" forskare skapade fejkade citeringar — kan vi sluta bry oss om ranking nu?</p><p><a href="https://mastodonsweden.se/@fof/114063773817697504" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodonsweden.se/@fof/1140637</span><span class="invisible">73817697504</span></a></p><p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonsweden.se/@fof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fof</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://polyglot.city/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <br><a href="https://polyglot.city/tags/highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highereducation</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oslo.town/@unioslo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>unioslo</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/elfenbenstornet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>elfenbenstornet</span></a></span></p>
David Zappelli<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/scholarship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholarship</span></a> for students at historically <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> colleges suspended makes me question the future of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>, but also that of countless degrees in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GovernmentService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentService</span></a>. Various <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/disciplines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disciplines</span></a> devalued and having risk in employment opportunity.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/hbcu-agriculture-scholarship-suspended-black-colleges-8b345f2e0abc2a6b21eed5a7cf720584" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/hbcu-agricu</span><span class="invisible">lture-scholarship-suspended-black-colleges-8b345f2e0abc2a6b21eed5a7cf720584</span></a></p>
Josh Wells<p>Had my social informatics students read work <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> did with Consumer Reports about social media federation and user rights. Also considering what we can learn about society, technology, and ethics from science fiction. </p><p>If anybody is interested in reusing, here's the text of the module. Comments welcome if you plan to use or have used.</p><p>/* ACTIVITY BEGINS</p><p>SETUP: Students work with this material in collaborative file space</p><p>As a group, read these two connected pieces:</p><p>1. “Inside the Clock Tower: An Interoperability Story,” a short story by Cory Doctorow, commissioned by Consumer Reports regarding user experiences on social media and how regulatory legislation might affect those experiences - <a href="https://innovation.consumerreports.org/inside-the-clock-tower" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">innovation.consumerreports.org</span><span class="invisible">/inside-the-clock-tower</span></a> </p><p>2. “An Interview with Tech Activist and Author Cory Doctorow,” about the ACCESS Act by Consumer Reports - <a href="https://www.consumerreports.org/digital-rights/an-interview-with-tech-activist-and-author-cory-doctorow-a1943952645" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">consumerreports.org/digital-ri</span><span class="invisible">ghts/an-interview-with-tech-activist-and-author-cory-doctorow-a1943952645</span></a> </p><p>Answer these questions as a group in the space below:</p><p>1. How can you use our class science fiction readings to connect Doctorow’s assessment of the real social media landscape with his portrayal of a social media landscape in science fiction?</p><p>2. How can you use lessons from Kling, Hanson, and Coleman to explain how Doctorow’s actions here are a kind of folksy social informatics?</p><p>3. How can you connect Doctorow’s work in both pieces to your understanding of the Mastodon social network?</p><p>ACTIVITY ENDS */</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/sts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sts</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/informatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informatics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sociology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/highereducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highereducation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/openeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openeducation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/oer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oer</span></a></p>
Calishat<p>Get it Howard University! </p><p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEducation</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/HBCU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HBCU</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/BlackExcellence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackExcellence</span></a> </p><p>"In a groundbreaking achievement that marks a significant milestone for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Howard University has become the first HBCU to receive the prestigious Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, placing it among the nation's most elite research institutions."</p><p><a href="https://www.diverseeducation.com/institutions/hbcus/article/15737390/howard-university-makes-history-as-first-hbcu-to-achieve-top-research-status" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diverseeducation.com/instituti</span><span class="invisible">ons/hbcus/article/15737390/howard-university-makes-history-as-first-hbcu-to-achieve-top-research-status</span></a></p>
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