RE: https://mastodon.social/@tuomov/116548180733833581

I am exploring writing as one possible escape from #EPNEcuador (Escuela Politécnica Nacional)—a former university with now-buried ambitions of becoming an “university of excellence,” rapidly devolving into a village school.

My first story returns to something that I left a long time ago – #Linux and #OpenSource – but recently tried to return to, only to find that it had not improved at all, being just as rotten as the #academia.

That, too, will be touched upon in future posts.

There has never been real #AcademicFreedom in #EPNEcuador, having to have approved projects to be allowed to allocate time for research, and not just teaching.

Even then, you notice this complete decay of #academic freedom when the administration of the so-called university tries to force massive teaching loads in every possible dirty way they can.

It is time for an exit plan.

https://academic-freedom-index.net