#Tag
A large fraction of submission reviews for a big academic conference on AI were ... AI crap ...
... according to AI.
From now on everything will be stupid bullshit because progress is inevitable
Despite being extremely vocal against #LLM , I strongly suspect that too many juniors (not just students) are using it for reports and manuscripts. I have no problem in dedicating my time to edit a draft so that someone with less experience will improve their #academicWriting , but editing #AiSlop is really starting to annoy me.
How are other people in #academia (including juniors) dealing with this? How to tag (or self-tag) someone's own work?
"Following direction from the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the Department of Education determined that nursing was among the programs that would now be excluded from the 'professional degree' list. This would affect how those seeking a nursing degree would be reimbursed for student loan payments."
#healthcare #education #HigherEd #StudentLoans #nurses #nursing #DOE #labor #hospitals #massachusetts #USpol
Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
#HackerNews #Americans #CollegeDegrees #WorthCost #Education #Trends #HigherEd
Yes, rising tuition is partially to blame for the perceived decline the value of a college degree, and there are many reasons for that.
But the article fails to mention the sustained right wing propaganda campaign against #HigherEd that almost certainly plays a role as well.
FYI FWIW I make *less* than a professor with my title made a generation ago.
A large fraction of submission reviews for a big academic conference on AI were ... AI crap ...
... according to AI.
From now on everything will be stupid bullshit because progress is inevitable
Despite being extremely vocal against #LLM , I strongly suspect that too many juniors (not just students) are using it for reports and manuscripts. I have no problem in dedicating my time to edit a draft so that someone with less experience will improve their #academicWriting , but editing #AiSlop is really starting to annoy me.
How are other people in #academia (including juniors) dealing with this? How to tag (or self-tag) someone's own work?
Yes, rising tuition is partially to blame for the perceived decline the value of a college degree, and there are many reasons for that.
But the article fails to mention the sustained right wing propaganda campaign against #HigherEd that almost certainly plays a role as well.
FYI FWIW I make *less* than a professor with my title made a generation ago.
"Following direction from the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the Department of Education determined that nursing was among the programs that would now be excluded from the 'professional degree' list. This would affect how those seeking a nursing degree would be reimbursed for student loan payments."
#healthcare #education #HigherEd #StudentLoans #nurses #nursing #DOE #labor #hospitals #massachusetts #USpol
⏰ Save the date! #IWMLecture by Christian Kohls: The impact of learning space design – lessons from HybridLR
➡️ Tuesday, 9 Dec 2025, 13 – 15 pm (large conference room 2, IWM/Schleichstr. 6, Tübingen).
✔️ Participation online: please send an 📧 e-mail to redaktion(at)iwm-tuebingen.de
ℹ️ More information:
https://iwm-tuebingen.de/en/research/lectures/christian_kohl_hybridlr
#LearningSpaceDesign #Learning #HybridLearningSpaces #HybridLR #highereducation #highered #universities
For those new to or needing a refresher on the attempted remaking of #IndianaUniversity as a bastion of repression and group-think, a brief thread on some recent authoritarian and anti-intellectual moves by the administration.
On its assault on the student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student:
https://hannahalani.substack.com/p/our-letter-to-iu-media-school-leadership
/3
Indiana University's flagship campus in Bloomington was a center for expertise in global cultures and languages, among many other strengths. Now, its President and the state legislature are destroying it. And the Board of Trustees is cheering them on. A story being repeated, with variations, at campuses across the country.
Johannes Tuerk, chair of Germanic Studies, explains why the faculty voted overwhelmingly no-confidence in the President:
"During the faculty deliberation, a large variety of concrete grievances were discussed, ranging from the lack of advocacy for the university, a failure to engage graduate students and their unionization effort, the suspension of a professor without due process, the cancelation of an art exhibit years in the making, the potential severing of the renowned Kinsey Institute from the university, and the impression that the Whitten administration was encroaching on shared governance and academic freedom." 1/2
https://utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/anatomy-of-fall-case-of-indiana.html
#HigherEd
On the disciplining of an #IndianaUniversity professor for daring to discuss contemporary issues (and take a position on them) in a class on political thought:
/5
On how #IndianaUniversity's problems reflect and connect to broader issues around democracy and expertise:
Two medical school faculty in the Indy Star:
"This isn’t a partisan issue. No matter your politics, the loss of open, thoughtful decision-making should be alarming. Processes like faculty governance, peer review and public advisory boards aren’t meant to slow things down or push a political agenda. They exist because they lead to better decisions. When they’re ignored, we don’t just lose transparency. We lose trust."
https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2025/06/12/iu-whitten-faculty-shared-governance/84152852007/
/6
On the #Indiana State Legislature's "assault on public education"
https://againstthecurrent.org/atc238/indianas-assault-on-public-education/
/4
On the disciplining of an #IndianaUniversity professor for daring to discuss contemporary issues (and take a position on them) in a class on political thought:
/5
For those new to or needing a refresher on the attempted remaking of #IndianaUniversity as a bastion of repression and group-think, a brief thread on some recent authoritarian and anti-intellectual moves by the administration.
On its assault on the student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student:
https://hannahalani.substack.com/p/our-letter-to-iu-media-school-leadership
/3
On the #Indiana State Legislature's "assault on public education"
https://againstthecurrent.org/atc238/indianas-assault-on-public-education/
/4
For those new to or needing a refresher on the attempted remaking of #IndianaUniversity as a bastion of repression and group-think, a brief thread on some recent authoritarian and anti-intellectual moves by the administration.
On its assault on the student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student:
https://hannahalani.substack.com/p/our-letter-to-iu-media-school-leadership
/3
Indiana University's flagship campus in Bloomington was a center for expertise in global cultures and languages, among many other strengths. Now, its President and the state legislature are destroying it. And the Board of Trustees is cheering them on. A story being repeated, with variations, at campuses across the country.
Johannes Tuerk, chair of Germanic Studies, explains why the faculty voted overwhelmingly no-confidence in the President:
"During the faculty deliberation, a large variety of concrete grievances were discussed, ranging from the lack of advocacy for the university, a failure to engage graduate students and their unionization effort, the suspension of a professor without due process, the cancelation of an art exhibit years in the making, the potential severing of the renowned Kinsey Institute from the university, and the impression that the Whitten administration was encroaching on shared governance and academic freedom." 1/2
https://utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/11/anatomy-of-fall-case-of-indiana.html
#HigherEd
"History shows us that the right to literacy came at a heavy cost for many Americans, ranging from ostracism to death. Those in power recognized that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate, and those oppressed recognized that literacy is liberation. To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so."
Will Teague on #AI ( #GenAI / #ChatGPT) and #history education.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/history-professor-ai-cheating-students_n_69178150e4b0781acfd62540
Walking, writing, and practicing #PKM through @HaroldJarche’s #PKMastery workshop have given me space to think, notice, and learn out loud.
https://teachinginhighered.com/2025/11/22/17b-walking-with-pkm/
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