The Chronicle of Higher Education asked 11 scholars for short takes on what's next for higher ed.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/higher-ed-is-at-a-turning-point-11-scholars-predict-whats-next
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Most talked about the turmoil of political repression, slashed funding, declining enrollments, diminishing public trust, and disruptive AI.

Adam Kissel of the #HeritageFoundation had other topics on his mind. "Unlawful funding of minority-serving institutions will cease. And, disappointingly, colleges will largely be negligent or lackluster about celebrating America’s 250th birthday."

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

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#AcademicChatter

I don't think that there's any single test or metric that can define how likely someone is to succeed at any level. I benefitted from the #ACT in high school because I was from a poor family in a rural area. I had no way to pay for school, and scoring well on that test helped to open doors. That can be true, and those types of tests can be problematic and poorly predictive at the same time.

If you weren't aware, essay writing optional. Unfortunately, its worthless.

Most institutions are comfortable discussing either spirituality or sexuality.
Rarely both.
That gap leaves many people isolated.

“Belonging” exists to hold that tension — honestly.

Launching March 5 - Tune in for Episode 1!
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https://www.belongingspiritual.com/

#Belonging #Spirituality #Faith #Science #Church #Academia

I keep hearing about the "slopocalipse" coming to scientific publishing, and I can't but think: it was already happening before LLMs became "good enough" at writing academic prose. What hasn't been addressed is the root cause: the incentives. The publish-or-perish approach to science evaluation, for grants and positions.

Want a solution? Limit publications to one per author per year. You can publish more when in collaboration, i.e., make it fractional. The end goal: make people think what brick they want to supply to the edifice of science. As a bonus, *reward* scientists when they publish *less than* one paper per year.

And the business models based on journal APCs can all die a sudden death now.

#ScientificPublishing #academia #slopocalipse

Today’s Tuesday Tips include new scholarship from Noam Kolt, Paul B. Miller, @mateuszgr.bsky.social, Adam Levitin, @brettfrischmann.bsky.social & Sarah Rajtmajer, Anna Gelpern, and Michelle Cumyn

#law #contracts #academia #scholarship

https://www.contractsprofblog.com/2026/03/tuesday-tips-from-ssrn/

Abrahamic Imprint

https://www.tilley.blog/abrahamic-imprint/

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Spark Space brings internet & electricity to their community. That means remote jobs and classes...which mean food on the table, with autonomy and dignity. Keep it open: https://chuffed.org/project/spark-space-gaza

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I have never wanted to go present and be in dialogue at an academic gathering like I want to go to this one (basically desperately) ... and it's during our Japan trip and I simply cannot. 😞

If you are a PhD student studying in the architectural humanities, this European/North African 3-site conference is open for abstracts

https://ahra-architecture.org/events/en-chantiers-field-notes-in-progress

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#geography