#Academic

Amy Thunig

AmyThunig

One of the biggest concerns for many from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, when it comes to higher education, is there’s a gamble involved. A big risk of both time & money,

Kevin Gannon

TheTattooedProf

A #ScholarStrike thread in anticipation of tomorrow and Wednesday's action. #ScholarStrike is, first and foremost a disruption of the everyday routine in academe, an action by folx in higher ed

Tim Dickinson

7im

Police reform in Portland since May has been modest. There was a structural funding cut of about $15 million and the city council shut down school resource officers and a

Kiki ا

UrbanXpat

THE CONCEPT OF #UMMAH IN ISLAM:Ummah is an Arabic word that is usually translated into English as nation. Thus, when someone from an English-speaking background hears the word Ummah, they

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

The area below NYC's Union Square was once called "Book Row" - a six-block stretch boasting nearly 40 bookstores, many of them used and rare bookdealers. Today, the sole survivor

Bryan Carmody

jbcarmody

Well, it’s (all but) official: The AAMC has recommended that residency programs offer only virtual interviews for the upcoming season.Who wins, and who loses? Let’s find out!(thread) WINNER: Homegrown applicants.

Ananya Chakravarti

achakrava

One of the highlights of my teaching career was teaching Cabral (who paved the liberation of FOUR countries), including his moving tribute to Mondlane in which he thinks through what

ergopraxis

ergo_praxis

Piracy is literally the main thing worth praise about the internet. It's unequivocally extremely good. It means freeer and more equal access to culture for people who would otherwise have

el gato malo

boriquagato

and this was an remains the essence of the american dream.work hard, get ahead, and make a better life for yourselves and your children.there were never any promises on this

Aliza Ovadia

OvadiaAliza

The one high brow European Marxist who is worth reading would be Nicos Poulantzas for how he conceptualized capitalism as a system that is ever evolving, how class position is

Kelly Doran MD MHS

KellyMDoran

I appreciate that @AnnalsofEM (study led by Amy Kaji, Richelle Cooper, and others) took a deep dive into gender bias in first authorship, peer review, and the editorial board. Much

coldmackerel 🐟🏳️‍🌈

coldmackerels

1 like = 1 fact about tortoises 1. tortoises understand many languages but speak none of them fluently 2. tortoises do not feel the emotion of jealousy 3. tortoises grow

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VERYCHEOL

jjongjjongies:-I DESPISE YOU GUYS /j-pls let maid outfit & cat ears jeonghan agenda DIE-thinks ur the main character of the story but you aren’t tbh-quiet extroverts-cheated their way through their

Robert Kelchen

rkelchen

Happy July, everyone! Unfortunately, I'm convinced that this month will be one of the worst months that American higher education has experienced in a long time. Thread alert. (1/) First

Bhavna Maharaj

BhavMaharaj

My favourite festival starts today. An annual reminder that I can be every woman, all the women in my head, any woman I choose to be. #Navratri2020 Day 1: Shailaputri,

David Schleicher

ProfSchleich

This @jodyavirgan and @pastpunditry podcast on the 17th amendment with @jbouie is quite good, but misses the most interesting thing about the 17th amendment, that it was justified in part