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Erin Eger Nov 8, 2022

jimi adams Nov 8, 2022

While we're (re-)establishing (new?) social media norms, can #academicMastodon please adopt the practice of promoting *other people's* work at least as much as (I'd prefer much more than) one's own?

Erin Eger Nov 8, 2022

Conrad Hackett

Nov 5, 2022

When Harvard, Yale & Princeton didn't top early US News rankings, the statistician was replaced & algorithm adjusted
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2000/09/01/playing-with-numbers/

Erin Eger Nov 8, 2022

Elizabeth Dunn Nov 8, 2022

As my first toot on Sciences.Social, I'm excited to share our lab's new PNAS paper--just out today--showing that wealth redistribution promotes happiness. This #MysteryExperiment began when a wealthy couple partnered with
TED to give away $2 million. 300 participants from 7 countries (Kenya, Indonesia, Brazil, Canada, US, UK, & Australia) joined the experiment without knowing what it was about. Then, 200 of them, chosen at random, received $10,000 each...https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2211123119

Erin Eger Nov 8, 2022

Dr Sarah Taylor Nov 7, 2022

Never thought I'd agree so much with a corporation's work philosophy (all my work experience is in nonprofits and education), but I love these concepts by DoorDash

- No required return to the office
- "The future is flexible"
- Gather in person for "moments that matter"
- Create spaces that feel safe and inviting

I hope more of this philosophy permeates into #HigherEd

Remote work or not? How 4 Bay Area companies are tackling post-pandemic work https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/remote-work-bay-area-17559854.php

Work from home, hybrid model adapted by Bay Area's Doordash, more

DoorDash, Atlassian, CloudFlare and Dropbox are among companies adopting new flexible ways...

San Francisco Chronicle

Erin Eger Nov 7, 2022

Kristian Koerselman Nov 7, 2022

In a recent paper, we use Finnish full population data to look at who gets a PhD, and who lands a job in academia. We find that parental education explains much less than other sibling-shared factors, and that much of the variation in the outcomes is not shared by siblings at all.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00897-7
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Erin Eger Nov 7, 2022

W. Carson Byrd Nov 7, 2022

OK, a small #Introduction.

I’m a sociologist at Michigan in the Center for the Study of Higher & Postsecondary Education.

My most recent book is Behind the Diversity Numbers: Achieving Racial Equity on Campus.

I examine mechanisms of higher ed inequalities & racism using large longitudinal datasets & critical quantitative approaches. I also explore race & racism in science & knowledge production.

#sociology #highered #race #racism #sts #academic

Erin Eger Nov 7, 2022

mathilda åkerlund Nov 7, 2022

#introduction #toot Hi everyone! I'm a postdoc in #sociology with #DIGSUM in #Sweden working on far right #politics online. I study their #discourse but I also combine computational and interpretative #methods to understand the types of users who become influential and the roles different #platforms play in facilitating or preventing the dissemination of far-right ideas

Erin Eger Nov 6, 2022

Gerard Cunningham ✒️Nov 6, 2022

So here's what I've learned.
Mastodon isn't Twitter.
And that's by design.
You've grown used to things designed to give you that anger rush.
Mastodon is very deliberately built to avoid that.
The temptation is to replicate your Twitter experience.
Picking arguments, amplifying trolls.
Please don't.
This isn't your house, people here put time into building it.
Content warnings, ALT tags.
Don't turn it into a replica of the mess you just left.
If you miss the fights, the birdsite is still there.

Erin Eger Nov 6, 2022

As an #introduction - I am a former higher education administrator and current Ph.D. Candidate in Education at the University of Washington.

I study #HigherEd, #institutions, and #organizations.

I love #stata, #IPEDS, #paneldata, and #sociology.

My #dissertation is about the adoption of #DistanceEducation.

I am interested in connecting with others on #academicmastodon who are interested in academic administration, institutional research, education policy, and quantitative research.