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An update on the loss of my tenured faculty job at a public regional university. There is no much I regret already about writing this. So much I wish were different. https://robinderosa.net/higher-ed/insult-and-injury/
Political attacks on universities are eroding academic freedom, and that threatens the global research collaborations behind major scientific breakthroughs.
There’s a positive correlation between protections for academic freedom and the quality and quantity of STEM research.
https://theconversation.com/research-breakthroughs-often-come-through-collaborations-attacks-on-academic-freedom-threaten-this-vital-work-266644
#highered #science
An update on the loss of my tenured faculty job at a public regional university. There is no much I regret already about writing this. So much I wish were different. https://robinderosa.net/higher-ed/insult-and-injury/
If someone is more interested in the botanical, pomological side of plant breeding than the molecular, bioinformatics side, which European professional society would you recommend joining for learning and networking opportunities?
Particularly if someone is NOT in a cushy situation where they're with an institution that pays for memberships, travel, posters, or anything...
If someone is more interested in the botanical, pomological side of plant breeding than the molecular, bioinformatics side, which European professional society would you recommend joining for learning and networking opportunities?
Particularly if someone is NOT in a cushy situation where they're with an institution that pays for memberships, travel, posters, or anything...
"in some letters declining the compact, much ink was spilled to reassure the Trump administration that universities were already complying with many of the proposed changes—without even being asked! These practices chill academic freedom" - my #USCAAUP chapter pres in LA Times
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-11-13/trump-compact-higher-education-academic-freedom
archive link: https://archive.ph/TxBWo
"in some letters declining the compact, much ink was spilled to reassure the Trump administration that universities were already complying with many of the proposed changes—without even being asked! These practices chill academic freedom" - my #USCAAUP chapter pres in LA Times
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-11-13/trump-compact-higher-education-academic-freedom
archive link: https://archive.ph/TxBWo
I have resisted joining LinkedIn for decades, but there is a job I am really wanting to pursue (at Achieving the Dream, if you want to know and I know you do...) and I was advised that being on LinkedIn would be helpful. So I have taken the plunge. EEEK. Please help me connect with good people! https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinderosa1/
Once upon a time in a university near you, in-person teaching was a thing, as you can see in this image of 1612. Young people with hats came together, regularly and voluntarily, prepared for classes, and enjoying a lively learning situation of *checks notes*, a 90 minutes monolog of someone else ...
Once upon a time in a university near you, in-person teaching was a thing, as you can see in this image of 1612. Young people with hats came together, regularly and voluntarily, prepared for classes, and enjoying a lively learning situation of *checks notes*, a 90 minutes monolog of someone else ...
"Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/student-protest-trump-education-attacks
"Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/student-protest-trump-education-attacks
The Globe and Mail’s Andre Picard on the Canadian Parliamentary committee on academic research and funding and its demands for a database of disagregated personal details on Canadian academic researchers and peer reviewers—against privacy rules and in pursuit of an anti-EDI agenda. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cbb4da2ef035e66b62948e2204205824a6d8457e87520f19f27beafc15828f34/ETWOFKPB7NGPPBFFEGKRNIBLAU/ #highered
The Globe and Mail’s Andre Picard on the Canadian Parliamentary committee on academic research and funding and its demands for a database of disagregated personal details on Canadian academic researchers and peer reviewers—against privacy rules and in pursuit of an anti-EDI agenda. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cbb4da2ef035e66b62948e2204205824a6d8457e87520f19f27beafc15828f34/ETWOFKPB7NGPPBFFEGKRNIBLAU/ #highered
Here are the relevant passages from the Committee’s minutes of proceedings. It looks to me like a right wing EDI-focused data mining operation wrapped in a veil of innuendo. I understand, which may not be correct, that the scene followed questioning of at least one research council president involving the reading out of individual project titles and researcher names, to guffaws. Certainly this has happened in Parliament many times, particularly on results day. https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/SRSR/meeting-6/minutes #highered
The Globe and Mail’s Andre Picard on the Canadian Parliamentary committee on academic research and funding and its demands for a database of disagregated personal details on Canadian academic researchers and peer reviewers—against privacy rules and in pursuit of an anti-EDI agenda. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cbb4da2ef035e66b62948e2204205824a6d8457e87520f19f27beafc15828f34/ETWOFKPB7NGPPBFFEGKRNIBLAU/ #highered
Today is the first time that I've read a term paper that cites a host of fake references (six out of ten)... Such a shame because it was actually a very interesting topic, which I know that the student is genuinely passionate about... Anyway, I now urgently need to find something to cheer me so I don't end my Saturday in a bad mood. Any suggestions?
Happy Halloween, punks! Let's all take a moment to remember the year I made my confused husband dress up as a paywall so I could be Open Access Hero.
#OpenAccess #OA #OER #libraryLife #HigherEd #Elsevier #library #Halloween #AcademicHumor
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