#Tag · bonfire.cafe

If you still have an account on academia.edu, you should probably delete it.

I'm not sure how their new terms are legal: they give the site the right to use your data *in any manner*. This is mainly to help them scrape academic work and republish/mangle parts of it through AI without credit: but these terms go way beyond that into your likeness, your voice, even your signature.

Please boost this to academics you know. Further PSA elements in thread:

#academia #science #history #universities

Text "By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services." Middle portion is highlighted.

James Baillie

@JubalBarca@scholar.social · 3 days ago

If you still have an account on academia.edu, you should probably delete it.

Please boost this to academics you know. Further PSA elements in thread:

#academia #science #history #universities

Nicolas Fressengeas boosted

petersuber

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 4 days ago

Update. Kudos to the Sorbonne for refusing to take part in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
https://www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorbonne-university-decides-withdraw-times-higher-education-world-university-rankings

#Academia #Rankings #Sorbonne #Universities

Sorbonne Université

Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings

As of 2026, Sorbonne University will no longer submit data to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The decision comes as part of a wider approach to promote open science and reform research assessment, in accordance with the university’s commitment to the CoARA Agreement and the Barcelona Declaration. Sorbonne University is choosing open and transparent databases to assess its academic performance.

petersuber

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 4 days ago

#Academia #Rankings #Sorbonne #Universities

Sorbonne Université

Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Ito Mayor Maki Takubo dissolved the municipal assembly of the city in Shizuoka Prefecture on Wednesday after it passed a no-confidence motion against her in the wake of allegations she had falsified her academic record. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/politics/ito-mayor-dissolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ito #shizuoka #makitakubo #japanesepolice #universities #education

Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us · 2 weeks ago

As Richard Budd (LancasterU) suggests, anyone thinking undergraduate fees are a good move for Scotland clearly hasn't been paying attention to how they've played out in England.

While originally justified as a 'top up' to Govt. funding they came to replace such funding, and the associated fee-based business model lies at the heart of the crisis engulfing universities across England & Wales.

Better to find a different strategy for Scottish universities!

#universities
https://ddubdrahcir.wordpress.com/2025/09/03/fees-for-scotland-best-not-to/

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last month

Japanese students are increasingly looking away from London and New York in favor of places such as Seoul and Taipei when considering their plans to study abroad, due to economic reasons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/japanese-students-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universities #students #education #taiwan #malaysia #singapore #southkorea

Andrew C.A. Elliott boosted

Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us · last month

As Zoe Williams correctly observes, when it comes to university education: 'the idea of education as a public good, which we all benefit from even if we didn’t personally undertake it, has vanished from debate; yet nothing systematic or in any way realistic has replaced it'!

The dysfunctional political economy of Higher Education in England & Wales cannot go on like it is, slowly but surely damaging the very university system its meant to support.

#universities
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/tuition-fees-rising-broken-university-england-wales

Alex Akselrod boosted

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · last month

#Trump issued a directive that would require #colleges & #universities to submit reams of new data on #students to check whether they are complying with a #SCOTUS decision that ended race-based #AffirmativeAction. The White House also intensified its campaign against #UCLA which it stripped of hundreds of millions in research funds over a list of issues.

#extortion #education #law #Constitution #AcademicFreedom