Congratulations to @cplong who has been named provost and senior vice president at University of Oregon! https://around.uoregon.edu/content/chris-long-named-uo-provost-and-senior-vice-president

Chris was my favorite dean at MSU. He is thoughtful, fair, and honest. UO chose an amazing new provost!

#highered #leadership

Chris Long named UO provost and senior vice president

President Karl Scholz announces that the permanent provost will begin his term on June 17

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Challenges in Academia

A pointed article about what is going wrong, in part, with academia.

“The growth of managerial and administrative grades responsible more and more for controlling academics rather than supporting them is one of the most important trends in the modern university. That structure emits a constant white noise and static of demands that don’t seem connected to lecturers’ training or aims”

#AcademicChatter #HigherEd #Education #Academia
https://voicesofacademia.com/2024/04/05/its-not-your-fault-that-academic-life-is-getting-harder-by-glen-ohara/

It’s Not Your Fault That Academic Life is Getting Harder by Glen O’Hara

Universities are in trouble, and it’s not just money we’re talking about. They are living through something of a crisis of confidence, even of trust and faith. More and more, I find myself, and my …

^{Voices of Academia}

The future is here and it is fucking atrocious:

"In response to a grad student worker strike, the school recommends that staff utilize generative AI tools “to give feedback or facilitate ‘discussion’ on readings or assignments.”"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/boston-university-suggests-replacing-striking-grad-students-with-ai

EDIT: If you want to give to the striking BU students' strike fund, here's the link: https://givebutter.com/bugwufund

#AI #HigherEd #unions #strike #HigherEdWorkersUnite

BU Grad Workers Union support fund

Support graduate workers and our campaign for a better BU and a better workplace!

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Nice case study of Kyushu Institute of Technology's, in partnership with other Japanese research institutions, use of #NextCloud for their data analytics and management.

(@Karlitschek)

#opensource #highered #estech

Fantastic investment by the Academic eXchange for Information Environment and Strategy and the broader Japanese #HigherEd community to create the #OpenSource Technology Group.

Obviously I think their mission and work are applicable to other universities, systems, and consortia, but can anyone tell me why wouldn't other institutions want to invest similarly?

(Especially that last part on the slide?)

#EdTech #Educause #EdTechChat #HigherEducation

Last day of #AXIES2023 and starting up with, "Utilizing #OpenSource software in LearningAnalytics," from the Open Source technology committee.

I've seen several @sakailms presentations, posters, and vendors. Also there's a nice bit of @moodle love here too!

#EdTech #HigherEd #Moodle #SakaiLMS #EdTechChat #OpenEdTech #HigherEducation

If you strip away the noise, the Republican takeover of formerly progressive New College boils down to:

1. Paying themselves excessively high salaries from public money.

2. Purging people who might criticize them.

3. Giving campus restaurant and other business contracts to their friends.

4. Lowering academic standards so they can attract tuition payments from students too gullible to notice they’re just marks for a grift.

#NewCollege #HigherEd #Florida

https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/11/15/new-college-florida-desantis-transformation