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<p>&quot;I am an administrator at New York University, responsible for helping faculty adapt to digital tools. Since the arrival of generative AI, I have spent much of the last two years talking with professors and students to try to understand what is going on in their classrooms. In those conversations, faculty have been variously vexed, curious, angry, or excited about AI, but as last year was winding down, for the first time one of the frequently expressed emotions was sadness. This came from faculty who were, by their account, adopting the strategies my colleagues and I have recommended: emphasizing the connection between effort and learning, responding to AI-generated work by offering a second chance rather than simply grading down, and so on. Those faculty were telling us our recommended strategies were not working as well as we’d hoped, and they were saying it with real distress.</p><p>Earlier this semester, an NYU professor told me how he had AI-proofed his assignments, only to have the students complain that the work was too hard. When he told them those were standard assignments, just worded so current AI would fail to answer them, they said he was interfering with their “learning styles.” A student asked for an extension, on the grounds that ChatGPT was down the day the assignment was due. Another said, about work on a problem set, “You’re asking me to go from point A to point B, why wouldn’t I use a car to get there?” And another, when asked about their largely AI-written work, replied, “Everyone is doing it.” Those are stories from a 15-minute conversation with a single professor.</p><p>We are also hearing a growing sense of sadness from our students about AI use. One of my colleagues reports students being “deeply conflicted” about AI use, originally adopting it as an aid to studying but persisting with a mix of justification and unease.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/is-ai-enhancing-education-or-replacing-it" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.chronicle.com/article/is-ai-enhancing-education-or-replacing-it"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.chronicle.com/article/is-a</span><span class="invisible">i-enhancing-education-or-replacing-it</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/universities/" rel="tag">#Universities</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a></p>

<p>Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing<br>—</p><p>ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate the schools, tribal education leaders say.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tri</span><span class="invisible">bal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/college/" rel="tag">#College</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>Hey folks, I&#x27;m adding this pinned post on advice from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> <br>(whom I recommend you follow)</p><p>My interests are <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a>, <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> in general, <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#SciFi</a>, how people network through <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> (less the biz/marketing stuff, though I make exceptions).</p><p>I&#x27;m more active on Bluesky, tbh. I&#x27;m @ harmonygritz.bsky.social. You&#x27;ll find my longtime &quot;rainbow&quot; profile image from Twitter/X there.</p>

There is something really shameful to me about institutions of higher education shilling AI &quot;microcredentials&quot; while simultaneously contributing to making higher education inaccessible to the majority of people.<br><br>They are offering you crumbs of an education, on which they hope to profit still, while hollowing out their own institutions.<br><br>Eating the seed corn.<br><br><a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/academia/" rel="tag">#academia</a> <a href="/tags/usuniversities/" rel="tag">#USUniversities</a> <a href="/tags/microcredentials/" rel="tag">#microcredentials</a><br>

<p>When George Mason University president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”</p><p>But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rge-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/virginia/" rel="tag">#Virginia</a> <a href="/tags/dei/" rel="tag">#DEI</a></p>

<p>ONE WEEK FROM NOW: You&#x27;re invited to join our Publisher and Editor <span class="h-card"><a href="https://journa.host/@alexip718" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alexip718</span></a></span> for a virtual walkthrough and discussion of our new analysis on H-1B skilled workers in America&#x27;s land-grant, sea-grant, and R1 research institutions. </p><p>Sign up: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1744237444149?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.eventbrite.com/e/1744237444149?aff=oddtdtcreator"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.eventbrite.com/e/174423744</span><span class="invisible">4149?aff=oddtdtcreator</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/h1b/" rel="tag">#h1b</a> <a href="/tags/visa/" rel="tag">#visa</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#highered</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/innovation/" rel="tag">#innovation</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#data</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="/tags/webinar/" rel="tag">#webinar</a></p>

<p>A friend shared this Kickstarter and it sounds funny but also too true: Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat (14 days left if you want a copy)</p><p>I love this bit in the overview:<br>&quot;remember, once you hire administrators, they never go away....kinda like fungus&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dietzfoundation/academia" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.kickstarter.com/projects/dietzfoundation/academia"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.kickstarter.com/projects/d</span><span class="invisible">ietzfoundation/academia</span></a><br><a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/boardgames/" rel="tag">#BoardGames</a></p>

<p>New book on the history of McGill University - written and edited by historians, not the university&#x27;s comms department. I wrote a chapter on how Indigenous dispossession and colonial politicians saved McGill when it was in danger of going broke. Others cover McGill&#x27;s ties to chattel slavery, Japanese exclusion, research of various sorts, student lives, queer experiences, and more.</p><p>Check it out: <a href="https://www.mqup.ca/mcgill-in-history-products-9780228025924.php" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mqup.ca/mcgill-in-history-products-9780228025924.php"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mqup.ca/mcgill-in-history-</span><span class="invisible">products-9780228025924.php</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/histodons/" rel="tag">#histodons</a> <a href="/tags/mcgill/" rel="tag">#McGill</a> <a href="/tags/montreal/" rel="tag">#Montreal</a> <a href="/tags/colonialism/" rel="tag">#colonialism</a> <a href="/tags/québec/" rel="tag">#Québec</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a></p>

<p>I just published a new post on my Substack. If you’re a blind and disabled student, this one may hit close to home. I wrote about the quiet panic that comes with syllabi and textbooks and the very real difference between “accessible eventually” and “accessible now.&quot; This isn’t a jab at professors or disability services. It’s about how systems are set up, why timing matters, and why tools like OpenStax can completely change a semester by removing the wait. If you teach, design curricula, or care about access in higher ed, I hope this offers some perspective. Boosts would be appreciated so this can reach educators and more students. <a href="/tags/accessibility/" rel="tag">#Accessibility</a> <a href="/tags/disabilityinstem/" rel="tag">#DisabilityInSTEM</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/openstax/" rel="tag">#OpenStax</a><br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/accessinterrupted/p/i-dont-fear-the-syllabus-i-fear-the?r=5oidmq&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/accessinterrupted/p/i-dont-fear-the-syllabus-i-fear-the?r=5oidmq&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/accessin</span><span class="invisible">terrupted/p/i-dont-fear-the-syllabus-i-fear-the?r=5oidmq&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a></p>

<p>Hello everyone 👋</p><p>This is the official account of the Green Office of the University of Groningen.</p><p>We work to advance sustainability across the university — from strategy and policy to research and community initiatives.📝</p><p>We joined Mastodon to engage in open discussions on sustainability in higher education, academic research, and institutional change.</p><p>We look forward to exchanging ideas and learning from this community! 💚</p><p><a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/universityofgroningen/" rel="tag">#universityofgroningen</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>

<p>Decades after patients first warned Columbia University that one of its doctors sexually abused them, the school is acknowledging a culture of silence that allowed the abuse to continue and some school administrators are finally facing consequences.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-robert-hadden-obgyn-sexual-abuse-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-robert-hadden-obgyn-sexual-abuse-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/col</span><span class="invisible">umbia-university-robert-hadden-obgyn-sexual-abuse-report?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/columbia/" rel="tag">#Columbia</a> <a href="/tags/university/" rel="tag">#University</a> <a href="/tags/doctors/" rel="tag">#Doctors</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/sexualabuse/" rel="tag">#SexualAbuse</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a></p>