At #UTAustin, you can watch what a fascist takeover of a once respected major university looks like in real time. Purges, beating and jailing of students, a culture of fear and intimidation. #HigherEd #Texas

https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11-22/the-right-wingification-of-ut/

The Republican attack on higher ed pretends to be ideological. But follow the money: it's just grift.

They see a giant pot of taxpayer dollars and have figured out how to take it for themselves and their friends while driving students into debt and diverting resources from the people who actually do the work that makes universities what they're supposed to be.

#HigherEd #Sasse #Corruption

https://www.alligator.org/article/2024/08/sasse-s-spending-spree-former-uf-president-channeled-millions-to-gop-allies-secretive-contracts

Sasse’s spending spree: Former UF president channeled millions to GOP allies, secretive contracts

In his 17-month stint as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts and high-paying positions for his GOP allies. 

^{Garrett Shanley (The Independent Florida Alligator)}

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

^{around.uoregon.edu}

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!

^{Boston University Graduate Workers Union}

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