Meta-reviews have been introduced to program committee meetings to summarize the discussion in the PC. I can now see increasingly many PC chairs forcing PC members and area chairs to write meta-reviews for papers which were rejected without any discussion (for instance all early rejects).  These meta-reviews have no content, as they purely summarize the reviews (for what purpose? are authors unable to read the reviews?). Pure make-work with no purpose. And all reviewers need to agree on them, so they generate thousands of emails. We really have better things to do.

Could we just limit the meta-reviews to cases where there was a discussion in a PC?

#academichatter

My day starts with submitting a book manuscript - marvellous! I am so excited to see the book finally coming about.

#AcademiChatter

Perhaps you read about the latest data security incident in higher education: hackers successfully gained access to personal information of estimated 275M Canvas users from round about 9000 universities and schools. Another example of the risks associated with technical dependence on a few big players.

#AcademiChatter #Canvas

Let the journey begin! I am heading to the continent, 1500 km by train for my first meeting with the @W_u_F scientific advisory board.
This also includes leaving at -14 degrees Celsius and arriving at my final destination with spring like temperatures.

#WorkTravel #Train #TrainAdventure #AcademiChatter #AcademicTravel

What are your favourite books on teaching, especially in higher ed?

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