Data from the @chronicle: "Nearly 80% of [Americans] with a #college degree said the cost was worth it…[But] the positive attitudes…tend to follow salaries. About 88% of higher earners — those with a household income greater than $100,000 — said their degree benefits outweighed the cost…Only 63% of graduates in households with incomes less than $50,000 said their degree benefits outweighed the cost."
https://www.chronicle.com/newsletter/weekly-briefing/2023-09-09
(#paywalled)

#Academia #Universities
@academicchatter

🗣️The Talk Tent in Trinity's Front Square will host a series of panels for #EuropeanResearchersNight on Friday, September 29th. Check out the programme & make your plan to come along, no need to book. All are welcome! More to be added over the coming weeks! #STARTatERN #researchMATTERS #Dublin #Ireland #PublicEngagement #universities

🔗http://start-ern.org/talk-tent

https://www.uhs.wisc.edu/covid/

The university's guidance for COVID-19 is now basically "lmao IDK check the CDC good luck out there."

#covid #pandemic #publicHealth #higherEducation #universities

Of course #universities #raac https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-66742626

📢Our next #researchMATTERS profile is on Dr Mahnaz Sharafkhani, who explores best practice in Human Factors Ergonomics (HFE) implementation for Irish healthcare. Learn more about about her research here:

🔗http://start-ern.org/dr-mahnaz-sharafkhani

#EuropeanResearchersNight #STARTatERN #PublicEngagement #universities #Dublin #Ireland

ICYMI: Looks like #RishiSunak has agreed with EU that we will (re)join the #Horizon research programme, ending months of delay & likely to be celebrated in UK #universities, even if delay to rejoining has already caused difficulties including EU researchers jumping ship to new in-border projects.

But what will be interesting will be the detail of the deal that Sunak has now agreed to & most importantly, who has given ground on the fees due: the UK or the EU?

My bet's on a climb down by Rishi!

Looks like #RishiSunak has agreed with the EU that we will (re)join the #Horizon research programme, ending months of delay & likely to be celebrated in UK #universities, even if the delay to rejoining has already caused difficulties including EU researchers jumping ship to new in-border projects.

But what will be interesting will be the detail of the deal that Sunak has now agreed to & most importantly, who has given ground on the fees due: the UK or the EU?

My bet's on a climb down by Rishi!

Looking forward to #EuropeanResearchersNight? On Friday the 29th of September drop into the Research Village in Trinity's Front Square from 2-8pm. Browse demos, chat with researchers about manuscripts, bogs, coding & more! #STARTatERN #researchMATTERS #universities #Dublin #Ireland #PublicEngagement #SciComm
🔗http://start-ern.org/research-village

“Universities should see themselves as microcosms of society, where a spirit of exploration encourages people to try new things, to test better options, and to assess the consequences.”

Me, quoted in this article in the Guardian about support for a student-led campaign to make UK university catering entirely plant-based (while obviously still allowing people to bring what they want to eat on campus).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/04/hundreds-academics-call-for-meat-free-meals-british-universities

#PlantBased #Universities #climate

Dalit professor at BHU accuses two colleagues and two students of assault, molestation

The professor alleged that the police filed a case over three months after the incident occurred.

https://scroll.in/latest/1055201/dalit-professor-at-bhu-accuses-two-colleagues-and-two-students-of-assault-molestation

#UttarPradesh #varanasi #BHU #dalits #SexualAssault #CasteViolence #universities #academia #ViolenceAgainstWomen #casteism #india

#UCU Rising - and so are we!
#Unionizing mid-level academic staff✊
There will be organizing events and public screenings at #universities in
• Bale
• Berne
• Fribourg
• Lausanne
• Neuchâtel
• FHNW Campus Olten
• FHNW Windisch-Brugg
• Zurich
• Zurich ZHdK
Join, unionize! Get in touch with the local VPOD/SSP group!
https://vpod.ch/campa/stablejobs-betterscience-en/

Did you notice that members of the university and college union @ucu
have shut down approx 150 universities in the UK in 2022/23?

Then you might be interested:
We have invited John Hegerty, to talk with him about #union organizing, methods, structure tests, headwinds, pink lipstick and #strike.

Join us on October, the 10th. There will be public screenings at at least 9 #universities in Switzerland.

Get in touch with the local VPOD/SSP group! https://www.stablejobs-betterscience.ch
#stablejobsbetrerscience

IQM Quantum Computers Hopes to “Spark” a Quantum Revolution at Universities And Labs https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2358174 #Quantum_Computing_Business #Björn_Pötter #education #IQM #IQM_Quantum_Computers #IQM_Spark #Kuan_Yen_Tan #Pekka_Pursula #research_institutions #universities #VTT #quantumdaily Insider Brief IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) launched IQM Spark to help universities and research labs connect with quantum computers. IQM Spark comes pre-installed with a 5-qubit quantum processing

📢Our next #researchMATTERS profile for #EuropeanResearchersNight is on Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute researcher Dr Naomi Algeo, who identifies the support needs of young cancer survivors for successful return to education & work. #STARTatERN #universities #PublicEngagement #Dublin #SciComm #Mastodaoine
🔗http://start-ern.org/dr-naomi-algeo

The Decline Of Nehru, Tagore & The Rise Of Savarkar: How Delhi University Got Itself A New Syllabus

Since 2019, Hindu right-wing organizations—both student and teachers’ groups—have successfully propelled syllabi changes in Delhi University’s (DU) English, history and other social sciences and humanities subjects. Some teachers are battling against these changes, many pushed through by a secretive ‘oversight committee’ and new policies. Article14 examines the syllabi changes, the ideological influences driving them, and the processes by which they are being brought in at DU, all pointing to Hindu right-wing control over the leading university in India’s capital.

https://article-14.com/post/the-decline-of-nehru-tagore-the-rise-of-savarkar-how-delhi-university-got-itself-a-new-syllabus-64eeaf5f94b31

#DelhiUniversity #universities #education #HinduNationalism #propaganda #RSS #ABVP #NDTF #BJP #misinformation #censorship #AcademicFreedom #history #india

India’s Universities Lack the Freedom to Excel

The abrupt resignation of an economics professor from a prestigious private university has highlighted concerns about academic freedom in India. The country will never be a “vishwaguru” (teacher to the world), as Prime Minister Narendra Modi often boasts, unless the government stops silencing dissenting voices.

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/economics-professor-resignation-ashoka-university-threatens-india-higher-education-aims-by-milan-vaishnav-2023-08

#universities #education #AcademicFreedom #AshokaUniversity #SabyasachiDas #ElectoralFraud #2019elections #research #BJP #hindutva #india

Universities – The BJP-RSS’s Killing Fields

What’s unfolding in Ashoka University reflects the ascendancy of a fascistic state. No country can be self-reliant if its universities are effectively destroyed and reduced to coaching centres.

https://www.newsclick.in/universities-bjp-rsss-killing-fields

#AshokaUniversity #universities #education #AcademicFreedom #RSS #BJP #HinduNationalism #hindutva #india

📢Today's #researchMATTERS profile is on Dr Lauren Buck. She is a Human+ Fellow, exploring how people interact within virtual reality (VR). Her works blend computer graphics and film studies. #EuropeanResearchersNight #STARTatERN #universities #PublicEngagement #SciComm #Dublin #Ireland #Mastodaoine

🔗https://www.tcd.ie/research/researchmatters/lauren-buck.php

Another article (this time on #UCSanta Cruz) on the student admissions <-> local housing market relationship that is very strained in many #cities: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2023/08/28/will-uc-santa-cruzs-admissions-gamble-pay? #Universities #highered

…We’re taking on housing discrimination & increasing #Black homeownership. To date, we’ve invested >$7B in historically Black #colleges & #universities to prepare students for high-growth industries. We’ve approved >$116B in #StudentLoanDebtCancellation for 3.4M #Americans so that #borrowers receive the #relief they deserve. And a new #StudentDebt repayment plan is helping Black #students & #families cut in half their total lifetime payments per dollar borrowed.

#Bidenomics #SystemicRacism