#Institutions

1/ Random Trump thoughts.Trump supporters I encounter (most don't know my dismal opinion of him) increasingly caveat their support with statements like:I don't like his tweetingorI disapprove of his manneretc.
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Okay, I'm going to go at this essay from a crusty old socialist feminist perspective. I'm no scholar, but I am an asshole, so here is my hottest of takes.https://www.marieclaire.com/career-advice/a34019494/caitlin-moran-more-than-a-
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The bank had closed for the weekend when the robbers struck. Apart from the security guards at the entrances and a handful of IT technicians, the rest of the employees
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We need to be clear about what the Home Office video means. Yes, it attacks the integrity of the legal profession. Yes, that effectively undermines the rule of law. Yes,
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Microfinance Institutions on the brink...yet again!!The microfinance industry in India could never really recover from the Andhra crisis of 2009-10. Just when things start to normalise, a new crisis rocks
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1/ For my UK tweeps this AM, I want to walk everyone through the Canadian* system of university admissions, just to show you how low-stakes this process can actually be.*most
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Teaching public policy in Global Cities @GPS_UCSD has clarified for me so many of the central challenges facing cities. Today, the NYT editorial board hit a home run summarizing many
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1) Some thoughts about faculty governance in higher ed. and being in the position to change things for the better. ... 2) Actually governing and running a college is complicated
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#Thread improvisé sur les concepts de #science, #politique et #rationalité où on va parler de #chloroquine.Aujourd'hui on m'a présenté une vidéo de Le Média TV dont le thème était de
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Very sad today that academics at our wonderful universities are having to work out whether to back @NTEUNational and VC proposals to take significant pay cuts to sandbag jobs. 1/?
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On Thursday, 02 April 2020, BOJ announced that effective Monday 06 April, 2020, it was prematurely terminating its 19 March 2020 offer to purchase GOJ instruments and redeem BOJ instruments
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Christie's attacks what it says has been a rise in "unfounded accusations" from academics and the general public who, it says, are increasingly questioning the provenance of "legitimate" historical objects
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Patient Centered Care is:The RIGHT to know if a principle investigator selected me to unknowingly participate in a study while sharing my Dr's appointments, health issues & treatment outcomes via
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We’ve been caught in a stasis trap for four years since the election meant to stop us from organizing and mass mobilizing like we had to do. It works by
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"The last four years were the biggest period of protest in US history. People forget in particular how many protests there were in early 2017, including the April 2017 Tax
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Piracy is a complicated issue for me because on the one hand yes, it does take money from smaller and independent artists making it harder for them to produce their
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