First class with my students in German linguistics this morning, I have a bad cold, can barely talk, and blocked my neck--the semester can begin! 😵‍💫 #AcademicChatter #Teaching #HigherEd

APEREO SEEKING COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF #HIGHERED

National Cyber Director, Office of Management & Budget, and Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency seeks feedback on #OpenSource security.

Officials hope to advance national cybersecurity, focusing on ubiquitous presence of #OSS.

Apereo is now coordinating responses from #HIgherEducation on policy solutions and invites your campus to participate.

Responses due 5PM, Oct 9, 2023.

CONATCT APEREO TO PARTICIPATE.

https://fedscoop.com/wh-requests-feedback-on-open-source-software-security/

Chatham U faces budget woes. The fiscal flu that is coursing through higher ed is shaking the staff at one of Pittsburgh's universities, Emma Folts tells us in an investigative scoop https://www.publicsource.org/chatham-university-pittsburgh-budget-deficit-layoffs-rhonda-phillips/ #highered #Pittsburgh

More on the #exodus forming in #academia out of the red US states from The Chronicle of Higher Ed.

>In These Red States, Professors Are Eyeing the Exits
https://www.chronicle.com/article/in-these-red-states-professors-are-eyeing-the-exits

#HigherEd #BrainDrain #PartyOfStupid #Christofascists #boycott

She was fired w/o cause while on medical leave (good prognosis), so I honestly wonder wtf she did to piss them off to fire her w/o cause, basically they said "we are grateful for your service now GTFO, oh but please help your successor transition in." This is cold. #academia #HigherEd #chismes

>Arkansas Tech president, out on medical leave, fired by board
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/sep/10/arkansas-tech-president-out-on-medical-leave/

#Floriduh continues efforts to make their #HigherEd degrees worthless outside of the state.

>Florida university system approves classical admissions test, an SAT and ACT alternative https://www.highereddive.com/news/florida-university-system-approves-classical-admissions-test-an-sat-and-ac/693200/

#academia #PartyOfStupid #Christofascists

Planning ahead. Self monitoring. Better predictors of success than IQ or test scores. And they keep developing into our 20s. High school & college students still need teaching in these areas. #education #K12 #highered https://www.edutopia.org/video/whats-executive-function-and-why-does-it-matter/

With so many universities in the U.S. racing toward the coveted R1(Carnegie Very High Research) status, will grant funding opportunities increase accordingly or will it become harder for everyone to compete for limited dollars?

#AcademicChatter
#HigherEd

A thread requested by a colleague who is admirably live-tweeting #ACRA2023 #Archaeology conference, asking about my opinions for #HigherEd #AcademicChatter #Anthropology connections to private sector cultural resource management:
1/n. Reach Out – request a meeting with the chair of your local college departments that house anthropology or other programs of interest, get their dean in on that meeting (or a second meeting). Prime an information-and-activity pipeline.

Stemming “male drift,” or trying to reach “gender parity” in #college enrollment, or affirmative action for men: the latest #highereducation #highered trend. Wow. #admissions https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/magazine/men-college-enrollment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"Prairie View is the first HBCU in Texas to offer a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Arts in public health...The School of Allied and Public Health offers bachelor’s degrees in health, public health and kinesiology, as well as master’s degrees in health and physical education...a master of science in sports management, a master of science in kinesiology and a master of public health, Branch-Vital said."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/prairie-view-a-m-starts-school-public-allied-18348011.php

#publichealth #education #highered #texas #hbcu #BlackMastodon

I blogged about how what's going on in Florida, Texas, West Virginia, etc, indicates worsening inequality in America https://charleskennethroberts.wordpress.com/2023/09/08/the-future-of-higher-education-is-inequality/ #highered #academia

Charles Roberts, a historian
I blogged about how what's going on in Florida, Texas, West Virginia, etc, indicates worsening inequality in America https://charleskennethroberts.wordpress.com/2023/09/08/the-future-of-higher-education-is-inequality/ #highered #academia

New OpEd (with Liz Ziff) out now in @TheProgressive about the importance of general education courses for teaching students crucial skills and preparing them to be successful in their careers and lives after college. https://progressive.org/op-eds/general-education-classes-strengthen-democracy-wynn-ziff-230907/

#sociology #generaleducation #highered #highereducation #gened

"Confusion over the fate of a single lesson reflects broader anxiety among many faculty and students about what the new Texas law banning activities related to diversity, equity and inclusion...will mean for what is taught, who is hired and how universities support students. The closure of campus DEI offices in the state, a central feature of the measure, is already underway. At least one school has also shuttered an LGBTQ resource center."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/09/05/texas-am-university-diversity-sb17/

#dei #highered #texas

University of Hawai’i Associate General Counsel (Compliance). Position No. #89097. Apply at https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/jobs/4194719-0/university-associate-general-counsel-compliance-89097 #hiring #highered #lawyer

Thank you, University of Edinburgh, for supporting the Apereo Foundation through renewed membership and contributing directly to the work of the CAS and uPortal communities through the software subscription program.

Thank you for championing the work of #opensource for #highereducation by #highered

On the fatal disconnection between nostalgic paeans to intellectual exploration and the crushing reality of higher ed today.

#HigherEd

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/just-visiting/2023/09/07/students-looking-growth-may-not-find-it-college?mc_cid=3ae0327712&mc_eid=db3047c5fc

I'm surprised how #highered courses often take #climateanxiety as a given: a justified response to the facts of climate change. But this research in #germany suggests otherwise. Maybe the fuller facts might help reduce climate anxiety? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-023-03518-z

Ron DeSantis’ efforts to shake up the #education establishment, or #highereducation #highered, now include #college #admissions testing. The Classical Learning Test, with an emphasis on the western, Judeo-Christian canon, will replace College Board exams (SAT & ACT). One #student says the new test feels like it was written by humans. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/sat-alternative-florida-classical-learning-test.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare