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Gordon Gee is emblematic of everything that is wrong with leadership in #highered today. Solidarity with faculty at #WVU who voted 797-100...

Gordon Gee is emblematic of everything that is wrong with leadership in #highered today. Solidarity with faculty at #WVU who voted 797-100 in favor of a no-confidence resolution against Gee. @academicchatter@a.gup.pe https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-faculty-votes-no-confidence-in-president-gordon-gee/

@academicchatter@a.gup.pe a little more context: The article reporting cuts and library hours came from the student newspaper, which is...

@academicchatter@a.gup.pe a little more context: The article reporting cuts and library hours came from the student newspaper, which is facing a 50% budget cut this year and total elimination of funding next year. The article about the esports center came from a university press release. https://triblive.com/local/regional/penn-state-eliminates-funding-for-well-respected-student-run-newspaper-the-daily-collegian/

The bad news: our main campus library just announced it's cutting hours because of budget cuts and reduced student demand.The good news!...

The bad news: our main campus library just announced it's cutting hours because of budget cuts and reduced student demand.

The good news! Our brand new 3,000 square foot E-sports center with 55 new MSI Trident gaming computers, 3 65" and 3 86" screens for livecasting games is now open!

What budget crisis?! Gotta keep looking on the bright side! #highered #academia @academicchatter@a.gup.pe

I applaud the students at #WVU who are standing up for their education. West Virginians deserve the opportunity to attend a high-quality...

I applaud the students at #WVU who are standing up for their education. West Virginians deserve the opportunity to attend a high-quality public university. Invest in students and educators, not buildings and administrators! #highered @academicsunite https://triblive.com/local/regional/west-virginia-university-students-plan-walkout-to-protest-cuts-in-academic-programs/

This article pulls no punches in its description of the debacle at #WVU. In response to funding declines, public universities don't...

This article pulls no punches in its description of the debacle at #WVU. In response to funding declines, public universities don't hunker down, cut unnecessary expenses and invest in retaining high quality programs. No. They swell administrative ranks and hire consultants to do their jobs for them. Then those consultants tell them to raise tuition, make massive expenditures on new buildings and cut faculty and student support. Heartbreaking. #HigherEd @academicchatter@a.gup.pe https://www.thenation.com/article/society/wvu-cuts-higher-education/

The terrible situation at #WVU is a classic illustration of what happens when you run a university like a business to deal with public cuts:...

The terrible situation at #WVU is a classic illustration of what happens when you run a university like a business to deal with public cuts:

1. leadership operating on "fake it 'til you make it" hype;

2. a "perpetual growth mentality" designed to satisfy shareholders rather than serve citizens;

3. building unneeded shiny new features before cutting prices;

4. investment in things rather than in people;

5. executive decision making rather than shared governance.

https://www.chronicle.com/article/why-is-west-virginia-u-making-sweeping-cuts

Gee, thanks #Microsoft Exchange! I really appreciate you recreating a meeting that I deleted because it had been cancelled this month!...

Gee, thanks #Microsoft Exchange! I really appreciate you recreating a meeting that I deleted because it had been cancelled this month! #technology

A Texas A&M Regent says "McElroy’s hiring would derail the “purpose” outlined for the journalism program: “to get...

A Texas A&M Regent says "McElroy’s hiring would derail the “purpose” outlined for the journalism program: “to get high-quality Aggie journalists with conservative values into the market.”

Tell me again how liberals are controlling university values? /s

A jaw-dropper on #conservative political interference in #Texas #HigherEd. From the Chronicle: https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-really-happened-in-texas-a-ms-two-high-profile-controversies-an-investigative-report-explains?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_7412679_nl_Academe-Today_date_20230804&cid=at

@academicchatter@a.gup.pe #tenure #AcademicFreedom #racism #journalism

FFS, Google News. Everything going on in the world, and this is the top item in the news feed?

FFS, Google News. Everything going on in the world, and this is the top item in the news feed?

I've gotta get to Melbourne some day, @chrisadamsecon. But what to do after 3pm?...

I've gotta get to Melbourne some day, @chrisadamsecon. But what to do after 3pm? https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/why-it-s-so-hard-to-get-a-coffee-in-melbourne-after-3pm-20230719-p5dpg0.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Texas A&M professor formally censured and placed on administrative leave for criticizing state policy. #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom...

Texas A&M professor formally censured and placed on administrative leave for criticizing state policy. #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #Texas #1A #Academia https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/25/texas-a-m-professor-opioids-dan-patrick/?utm_source=articleshare&utm_medium=social

Just learned that instead of having a flat salary this year, I'll effectively be getting 3% pay cut (accounting for inflation) until...

Just learned that instead of having a flat salary this year, I'll effectively be getting 3% pay cut (accounting for inflation) until #Republicans in the #Pennsylvania state legislature quit blocking the budget. It's a damn good thing I love what I do... #HigherEd @academicsunite @academicchatter@a.gup.pe

@academicchatter@a.gup.pe Update! (and erratum)Someone fixed the sad jerky! (correction: "Teriyaki Bites")

@academicchatter@a.gup.pe Update! (and erratum)

Someone fixed the sad jerky! (correction: "Teriyaki Bites")

Nothing sadder than a university vending machine in late July. @academicchatter@a.gup.pe

Nothing sadder than a university vending machine in late July. @academicchatter@a.gup.pe

Al Roth's blog doesn't seem to be accepting comments from my account, so here's my response to his post "Harm reduction is...

Al Roth's blog doesn't seem to be accepting comments from my account, so here's my response to his post "Harm reduction is not a panacea: drug use and drug policy in Portugal and San Francisco:

#EconTwitter #crime #drugs #harmreduction #healthcare #portugal #sanfrancisco
@MarketDesignBot @marketdesign
http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2023/07/harm-reduction-is-not-panacea-drug-use.html

Macro/finance/international folks, please help this ignorant applied micro guy understand the logic behind this headline: "Dollar drops...

Macro/finance/international folks, please help this ignorant applied micro guy understand the logic behind this headline: "Dollar drops as traders gear up for weak U.S. inflation"

High inflation implies that a dollar doesn't buy as much stuff as it used to. A weak dollar means that a dollar doesn't buy as much (foreign stuff) as it used to. So, why does lower inflation expectations correspond to a weaker dollar?

#econtwitter

"Move fast; break things" hits different today.

"Move fast; break things" hits different today.

Does anyone in #highered finance have any good case studies in which implementing Responsibility Centered Management budgeting was done...

Does anyone in #highered finance have any good case studies in which implementing Responsibility Centered Management budgeting was done well? Specifically - where costs were reduced while quality was maintained or enhanced? Thanks!

Tell me again how the polarization in the US is because Democrats are going "woke" ... 🙄 Hint: Gallup says the movement in the...

Tell me again how the polarization in the US is because Democrats are going "woke" ... 🙄

Hint: Gallup says the movement in the US seems to be from Republicans and independents steadily marching to the right. #us #uspol #GOP

https://news.gallup.com/poll/506765/social-conservatism-highest-decade.aspx

In honor of 5.25 day, how many people here remember what devious and money-saving trick we used this for?

In honor of 5.25 day, how many people here remember what devious and money-saving trick we used this for?