" #NEH Pours Millions Into Conservative-Aligned Projects."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/2026/01/20/neh-pours-millions-fehe-network-unc-civic-school-more

PS: I hate see the press fall for the idea that civics and Western civilization are intrinsically "conservative" subjects. Sure, the conservative takes on civics and Western civ are intrinsically conservative. But that's it. The new NEH grants may be going to conservative approaches, but this article isn't careful about disentangling different approaches.

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

🎧 New #OpenScience Bites #podcast episode on #reproducibility!

Felipe Romero, #philosopher of #science at @facultyofphilosophygroningen, shares why he thinks reproducibility is undervalued, how reproducibility has advanced in recent years, and what needs to change for reproducibility to become part of everyday #scientific practice.

🔗 https://www.rug.nl/research/openscience/podcast/#Romero

#academicChatter #AcademicMastodon #philosophy #PhilosophyOfScience #MetaScience

🚀 OER praktisch angehen
In diesem Workshop geht’s um offene Lizenzen, typische Praxisfälle und konkrete Lehr-/Lernszenarien: OER nutzen, anpassen, erstellen – und sinnvoll in Planung, Durchführung und Nachbereitung integrieren. Plus: kurzer Blick in die Funktionen von twillo.de. Ideal für alle, die Orientierung suchen!👀

🔗 Jetzt fix anmelden: https://www.twillo.de/veranstaltung/oer-lehrpraxis-workshop-24-02-2026/

  #OERde #OpenEducation #KI #FediCampus #FediLZ #CCLde #openscience #AcademiaEdu #AcademicMastodon #hochschuldidaktik

🚀 OER praktisch angehen
In diesem Workshop geht’s um offene Lizenzen, typische Praxisfälle und konkrete Lehr-/Lernszenarien: OER nutzen, anpassen, erstellen – und sinnvoll in Planung, Durchführung und Nachbereitung integrieren. Plus: kurzer Blick in die Funktionen von twillo.de. Ideal für alle, die Orientierung suchen!👀

🔗 Jetzt fix anmelden: https://www.twillo.de/veranstaltung/oer-lehrpraxis-workshop-24-02-2026/

  #OERde #OpenEducation #KI #FediCampus #FediLZ #CCLde #openscience #AcademiaEdu #AcademicMastodon #hochschuldidaktik

Hi, I’m Diana! Researcher & writer working on self-regulation, practice, and how technology quietly messes with attention.
Currently PhD-shaped.

Interested in media interaction, learning processes, music practice, and queer life without the algorithmic panic.

Mostly here to interact with people.

Expect mostly replies to stuff and the odd rant about niche topics. Light on hot takes; heavy on “hm, that’s interesting."

#introduction #AcademicMastodon #PhDLife #SlowInternet #Queer

Hi, I’m Diana! Researcher & writer working on self-regulation, practice, and how technology quietly messes with attention.
Currently PhD-shaped.

Interested in media interaction, learning processes, music practice, and queer life without the algorithmic panic.

Mostly here to interact with people.

Expect mostly replies to stuff and the odd rant about niche topics. Light on hot takes; heavy on “hm, that’s interesting."

#introduction #AcademicMastodon #PhDLife #SlowInternet #Queer

Me, last year: Let's not take all my notes with me. Let's just leave them at the office and try to have a proper Xmas break. Also, let's already put some clean, dry, professional clothes in your office, because January might be wet and you might be groggy on the first day and tired and not wanting to carry so much stuff.

Me, this morning: Oof, too much snow to ride my bike. I'll walk, instead. Good thing I don't have to carry all my notes and dry clothes, but have everything waiting for me in my office. Thank you, Anna-of-the-past.

The lock on my office door: hahahhahahhahaha you think I'm going to open for you? Nah.

#Monday #HappyNewYear #ProfessorLife #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon

"Trump Can’t Cap Overhead Rate on #NIH Grants to Research Universities, Appeals Court Rules."
https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-trump-agenda/trump-cant-cap-overhead-rate-on-nih-grants-to-research-universities-appeals-court-rules
( #paywalled)

"A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that the National Institutes of Health cannot unilaterally cap the indirect-cost rate on its grants at 15 percent, continuing a freeze on the controversial policy change that would cost universities billions."

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Funding #Trump #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

Me, last year: Let's not take all my notes with me. Let's just leave them at the office and try to have a proper Xmas break. Also, let's already put some clean, dry, professional clothes in your office, because January might be wet and you might be groggy on the first day and tired and not wanting to carry so much stuff.

Me, this morning: Oof, too much snow to ride my bike. I'll walk, instead. Good thing I don't have to carry all my notes and dry clothes, but have everything waiting for me in my office. Thank you, Anna-of-the-past.

The lock on my office door: hahahhahahhahaha you think I'm going to open for you? Nah.

#Monday #HappyNewYear #ProfessorLife #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon

Jennifer Guiliano and I are happy to share the December issue of Reviews in DH. We bring you projects from our open submissions that focus on women. We hope you enjoy. See you next year! #ReviewsInDH https://reviewsindh.pubpub.org/v6-n12 #DigitalHumanities #AcademicMastodon

Jennifer Guiliano and I are happy to share the December issue of Reviews in DH. We bring you projects from our open submissions that focus on women. We hope you enjoy. See you next year! #ReviewsInDH https://reviewsindh.pubpub.org/v6-n12 #DigitalHumanities #AcademicMastodon

🟥 9 December 2025, noon, Dam Square, Amsterdam: Higher Education strike.

We have a packed stage program, followed by a march through Amsterdam.

Stage program:

📢 Reality check
- Programs and students share how budget cuts are already hitting.
- Discussion: the right to demonstrate in higher education under pressure.

✊ Looking ahead
Organize the RUG, TU Delft secretariats, and Earth Sciences at VU explain:
- Why local organizing matters.
- What you can achieve together.

🟥 Political debate
- Politicians from D66, GroenLinks-PvdA, and SP take the stage.
- We challenge them to take a stand: how will they reverse the cuts?

Join us at December 9 at Dam Square!

🚄 Free train ticket for FNV members → claim via https://fnv.nl/ho and AoB members → https://www.aob.nl/en/actueel/staking/stop-sloop-hoger-onderwijs/

Register before December 8, 12:00 pm

#WOInActie #Strike #HigherEducation #HogerOnderwijs #TradeUnion #FNV #AoB #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #Staking #Education #GroenLinksPvdA #SP #D66 #RUG #TUDelft #VrijeUniversiteitAmsterdam #Amsterdam

"Research Groups Oppose Capping #NIH Funding of Publisher Fees."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2025/12/16/research-groups-oppose-capping-nih-funding

PS: These universities seem to be saying: "We accept the growth of the APC model. We just need help paying APCs." They don't take any responsibility for steering authors toward high-prestige, high-JIF, high-APC journals, and don't acknowledge their ability to change those incentives while upholding their historic standards of quality. They could say instead, "We will revise our research assessment (promotion and tenure) procedures to focus on the quality of research more than where it is published." Insofar as universities succeed at shifting those incentives -- admittedly a long game -- authors could submit work to no-fee or diamond OA journals, bypass APC-based journals, and face no blowback from their P&T committees. All researchers and research institutions would win, including those institutions that now want govt help in paying APCs.

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #APCs #Assessment #DiamondOA #OAintheUSA #OpenAccess #ScholComm #Universities

"Research Groups Oppose Capping #NIH Funding of Publisher Fees."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/science-research-policy/2025/12/16/research-groups-oppose-capping-nih-funding

PS: These universities seem to be saying: "We accept the growth of the APC model. We just need help paying APCs." They don't take any responsibility for steering authors toward high-prestige, high-JIF, high-APC journals, and don't acknowledge their ability to change those incentives while upholding their historic standards of quality. They could say instead, "We will revise our research assessment (promotion and tenure) procedures to focus on the quality of research more than where it is published." Insofar as universities succeed at shifting those incentives -- admittedly a long game -- authors could submit work to no-fee or diamond OA journals, bypass APC-based journals, and face no blowback from their P&T committees. All researchers and research institutions would win, including those institutions that now want govt help in paying APCs.

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #APCs #Assessment #DiamondOA #OAintheUSA #OpenAccess #ScholComm #Universities

Surprise: "Researchers believe their institution values publication in highly cited journals more than any real-world impact their work might have."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/12/12/social-scientists-policy-impact-undervalued-universities

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Assessment #Impact #Prestige #SocialScience #Universities

Surprise: "Researchers believe their institution values publication in highly cited journals more than any real-world impact their work might have."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2025/12/12/social-scientists-policy-impact-undervalued-universities

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Assessment #Impact #Prestige #SocialScience #Universities

Das Jahr geht rasant zu Ende, aber wir stehen bereits mit einigen tollen Ideen in den Startlöchern für ✨ 2026. Mitte Januar gehen z.B. unsere 🚀 Workshops rund um #OER und #KI weiter und das nächste 🤝 Netzwerktreffen KI in der offenen Hochschullehre steht auch schon an. Alle Infos und Anmeldung hier 👉 https://www.twillo.de/veranstaltungen/

#OERde #OpenEducation #FediCampus #FediLZ #CCLde #openscience #AcademiaEdu #AcademicMastodon #hochschuldidaktik

Das Jahr geht rasant zu Ende, aber wir stehen bereits mit einigen tollen Ideen in den Startlöchern für ✨ 2026. Mitte Januar gehen z.B. unsere 🚀 Workshops rund um #OER und #KI weiter und das nächste 🤝 Netzwerktreffen KI in der offenen Hochschullehre steht auch schon an. Alle Infos und Anmeldung hier 👉 https://www.twillo.de/veranstaltungen/

#OERde #OpenEducation #FediCampus #FediLZ #CCLde #openscience #AcademiaEdu #AcademicMastodon #hochschuldidaktik

I'm a bit late to the party and somehow missed this, but here's an open letter to Dutch Universities (both academic and of applied sciences) and their executive boards, to ask that they stop the uncritical adoption of AI technologies in higher education.

openletter.earth/open-letter-stop-the-uncritical-adoption-of-ai-technologies-in-academia-b65bba1e

Please sign!

#AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #GenAI #AI #StochasticParrots #HigherEducation #Netherlands #DutchAcademia