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Peter Matthews (he/him) đ
urbaneprofessor
A criticism of universities during the current crisis is they are rentiers who have created this mess. A rentier is someone who makes all their income from monopolizing property assets.
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FIRE
TheFIREorg
A recent court ruling from the 1st Circuit involving @BostonCollege illustrates just how much discretion private universities have in crafting their own policies & disciplinary procedures, even when those procedures
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Amy Thunig
AmyThunig
The fun part of calling it upskilling and reskilling is it allows the messaging to imply that the unemployment rate is a reflection of people not being appropriately equipped -
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Anton Muscatelli
UofGVC
Higher Education is at risk at this unprecedented and challenging time. Sector-wide support will be crucial to help universities mitigate the disruption caused by COVID-19...https://twitter.com/alistairjarvis/status/1253214208692543488 The ideas, ski
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Gail Davies
gailfdavies
A few things are getting clearer about #Covid19 in #ukhighered - there are now many cases as @ucu predicted (esp in halls of residence), there is some more private university
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Mark Mac Lean
marktmaclean
Universities in Canada have benefited from increased international student enrolment. The financial benefits of students paying high tuitions are obvious, but we should not underestimate the value of the intellectual,
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CheMichael
CheMichael7
I slept on this. A campaign for *intergenerational fairness* is lobbying to damage the financial viability of Universities based on the logic of the market. I think the conclusion is
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Neil Mosley
neilmosley5
A thread - Good piece exploring capability of UK universities to offer high-quality online learning in Sept. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/apr/25/degrees-of-separation-can-universities-adapt-in-the-rush-to-online-learning I would add a f
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David A. Jaeger
DavidAJaeger
Lots universities, even rich ones like Princeton, freezing hiring and salaries or asking for some percent of salary giveback from faculty (e.g. Ohio St). What gives? I get public universities
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Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley
lottelydia
You need to be careful when marinading your students in neo-marxist ideology -- too little salt, and they will be flavourless, but too much salt and the meat will be
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Eric Stoller
EricStoller
I'm sure the virus will cooperate. â@UNC Chapel Hill is planning to bring back 3,500 students rather than 5,800 for the spring term. Those students will live in single-occupancy rooms,
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Philip Rocco
PhilipRocco
Six months ago, anyone reasonable knew that universities would end up in their untenable position. But rather than mobilize faculty / parents / students to demand federal stabilization, most institutions
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Anne Elias
woodsfern
Written as if campus is separate from town. Who cooks the meals? Operates the library? Maintains the HVAC? Cleans/repairs? Drives the shuttles? Where are all these hypothetical tests? Universities would
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Smita Jamdar
smitajamdar
Universities are taking a lot of flak at the moment, but they really had very little choice once the government refused a financial support package and made the only form
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Adam Steinbaugh
adamsteinbaugh
Threatening to shutter (or âstrongly regulateâ) websites that donât publish favored political views is a threat to violate the First Amendment.https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1265601611310739456 And no surprise that it come
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Jim Dickinson
jim_dickinson
The further into the winter we get the stranger that "keep universities open" sounds. They are not, meaningfully, open now. Collectively there's a cigarette paper between what's happening now and
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