Degrees Later
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Setting up a BlueSky feed to embed here: https://www.uncglibraries.com/degreeslater - wanna follow the path of neoliberalism's detrimental effect on higher ed? Check it out. Especially made for students <3
Unreal.
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Unreal.
We see you, Georgetown. I bet there is plenty of administrative bloat you could have trimmed...
dailynous.com/2025/12/24/g...
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Georgetown Philosophy Suspends PhD Admissions for Fall 2026 - Daily Nous
The Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University will not be accepting any PhD students for the 2026-2027 academic year. The decision is owed to "budget constraints" and was directed by the Colle...
dailynous.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We see you, Georgetown. I bet there is plenty of administrative bloat you could have trimmed...
dailynous.com/2025/12/24/g...
dailynous.com/2025/12/24/g...
I hate this for academia.
📑From October: "Pierre Bourdieu famously described sociology as a “martial art“. With this phrase, he emphasised that academic practice is not only a search for truth, but also a form of struggle"
#Bourdieu #ECRchat #AcademicSky
#Bourdieu #ECRchat #AcademicSky
Academic careers have become a professional sport - Impact of Social Sciences
Academia like professional sports is increasingly a system defined by competition, precarity and quantification does this lead to a loss of meaning?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I hate this for academia.
This is why neoliberals and conservatives hate the humanities and social sciences... We study stuff like this, and peace isn't good for the neoliberal agenda.
#AcademicSky
New study:
More women in power ==> less war.
Sign me up.
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New study:
More women in power ==> less war.
Sign me up.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is why neoliberals and conservatives hate the humanities and social sciences... We study stuff like this, and peace isn't good for the neoliberal agenda.
I can't with these people anymore.
New cut-&-paste legislation for lawmakers to propose across the US targets non-STEM faculty research & teaching for additional scrutiny & higher teaching loads, unless they teach courses in Western Civ & ‘Amercanism,’ which then they could go up for tenure without having research reviewed.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I can't with these people anymore.
"metrics" are for marketplaces.
Wisconsin public universities could start shedding programs more rapidly. A committee developed a new metric based on enrollment that could increase the number of degrees that get flagged for review.
www.highereddive.com/news/univers...
www.highereddive.com/news/univers...
Wisconsin public universities could start shedding programs more rapidly
A committee developed a new metric based on enrollment that could increase the number of degrees that get flagged for review.
www.highereddive.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"metrics" are for marketplaces.
"we're just baffled..."
Late stage capitalism couldn't possibly be the reason people are mentally ill.
fortune.com/2025/12/12/r...
Late stage capitalism couldn't possibly be the reason people are mentally ill.
fortune.com/2025/12/12/r...
40% of Stanford undergrads receive disability accommodations—but it’s become a college-wide phenomenon as Gen Z try to succeed in the current climate | Fortune
Demand for disability accommodations is skyrocketing as Gen Z faces intensifying mental-health pressures and experiments with new routes to success.
fortune.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"we're just baffled..."
Late stage capitalism couldn't possibly be the reason people are mentally ill.
fortune.com/2025/12/12/r...
Late stage capitalism couldn't possibly be the reason people are mentally ill.
fortune.com/2025/12/12/r...
Monitor this middle finger.
Lecturer at Indiana University removed from classroom for equating MAGA w/white supremacy returns to teaching but with a monitor. #highereducation #FirstAmendment #academicfreedom www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
Lecturer Sanctioned Over MAGA White Supremacy Lesson Is Back in Class
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Monitor this middle finger.
*sigh*
Here we go again. Now programs are at threat for losing federal loan possibility if they show "low earning potential" www.facebook.com/share/v/17jU...
Here we go again. Now programs are at threat for losing federal loan possibility if they show "low earning potential" www.facebook.com/share/v/17jU...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
*sigh*
Here we go again. Now programs are at threat for losing federal loan possibility if they show "low earning potential" www.facebook.com/share/v/17jU...
Here we go again. Now programs are at threat for losing federal loan possibility if they show "low earning potential" www.facebook.com/share/v/17jU...
I don't think they're going to be too successful in Massachusetts. People are far too educated there.
PERSPECTIVES: New College Becomes Model for Extending Conservative Reach in Higher Education futureu.education/higher-ed/pe...
PERSPECTIVES: New College Becomes Model for Extending Conservative Reach in Higher Education - Future U
Mimi Fuller, New College student: “It’s not promoting that free-thinking, free-speech environment that they brag about. It’s free speech when it comes to what (they) want."
futureu.education
December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I don't think they're going to be too successful in Massachusetts. People are far too educated there.
Northwestern has shown its colors.
PERSPECTIVES: “Northwestern has Abdicated its Duty to Uphold Principles Crucial for Higher Education” futureu.education/fascist-neol...
PERSPECTIVES: "Northwestern has Abdicated its Duty to Uphold Principles Crucial for Higher Education" - Future U
"Concerned alumni ... withhold from NU money to pay off Trump’s extortion and donate to the AAUP Foundation, which is successfully supporting litigation in defense of academic freedom."
futureu.education
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Northwestern has shown its colors.
It actually started in the 1970s when conservative and libertarian think tanks came into being. After 10 years of drafting an agenda to do this, they put ole ronnie puppet in office to carry out their first Mandate for Leadership. And oh did he.
100%!!! The wealth & income disparity started with cutting higher education funding and trickle down propaganda in the '80s & expanded with tax cuts in '01, '03 & '17 & near elimination of estate/inheritance taxes in '11.
This IS the GOP long game of re-establishing a WASP aristocracy.
This IS the GOP long game of re-establishing a WASP aristocracy.
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It actually started in the 1970s when conservative and libertarian think tanks came into being. After 10 years of drafting an agenda to do this, they put ole ronnie puppet in office to carry out their first Mandate for Leadership. And oh did he.
I think we learned from what happened with the encampments what Chapel Hill really stands for these days. Sad but true.
This is the sad and inevitable result of the Supreme Court striking down race-conscious admissions in higher ed: Today, there are fewer Black students at UNC's flagship university, and they feel less welcome. via @batkinson2501.bsky.social (1/1) www.wunc.org/education/20...
Two years on from Supreme Court decision, Black students feel less welcome at UNC-Chapel Hill
Two years after the US Supreme Court outlawed race conscious admissions, Carolina's incoming classes have had 25% fewer Black students. After administrators eliminated DEI support programs, students w...
www.wunc.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I think we learned from what happened with the encampments what Chapel Hill really stands for these days. Sad but true.
Did you know you can join the @aaup.org as a grad student? www.aaup.org/join (but check to see if your institution has a collective bargaining agreement first and if so, join your local chapter).
Join
Joining the AAUP says that you’re concerned about academic freedom, and about the way that basic freedom protects your teaching and research. Join today.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Did you know you can join the @aaup.org as a grad student? www.aaup.org/join (but check to see if your institution has a collective bargaining agreement first and if so, join your local chapter).
I'm not very good at podcasts (listening to radio chatter has never been something I've enjoyed - I'd much rather read an article or, at the very least, a transcript) but... this podcast from Hotel Bar Sessions (and the podcast concept, gotta say) is VALID AF.
Newest episode of @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social podcast just dropped and this week we're taking Cory Doctorow's concept of "enshittification" and applying it to things other than tech platforms, like American democracy, higher education, and criminal justice.
hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/the-...
hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/the-...
Episode 207: The Enshittification of… everything? - Hotel Bar Podcast
How late capitalism turns every click into crap.
hotelbarpodcast.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm not very good at podcasts (listening to radio chatter has never been something I've enjoyed - I'd much rather read an article or, at the very least, a transcript) but... this podcast from Hotel Bar Sessions (and the podcast concept, gotta say) is VALID AF.
Nothing new, just the continuation of a 60+-years+long concerted effort to make higher ed a neoliberal tool for the workforce pipeline. Check out the URL in my bio for a timeline of how this took place (and feel free to send any suggestions I might have missed, this is a graduate project). #highered
"With college graduates increasingly voting for Democrats, the GOP fears universities and higher education."
The Trump regime is cutting financial aid and slowing programs to cancel student debt, which will lead to colleges enrolling fewer students of color and from low-income famlies.
The Trump regime is cutting financial aid and slowing programs to cancel student debt, which will lead to colleges enrolling fewer students of color and from low-income famlies.
Trump’s Anti-Affordability Agenda Has a New Target: College
University of Iowa sociology professor Louise Seamster says that the administration’s changes to financial aid policies are going to make our colleges less racially and economically diverse.
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Nothing new, just the continuation of a 60+-years+long concerted effort to make higher ed a neoliberal tool for the workforce pipeline. Check out the URL in my bio for a timeline of how this took place (and feel free to send any suggestions I might have missed, this is a graduate project). #highered
Things like this are intentional. Learn about ACTA and find out what it's doing on your campus - here's a great guide (if TLDR; scroll all the way to the end for instructions - but highly suggest you read this!)
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Things like this are intentional. Learn about ACTA and find out what it's doing on your campus - here's a great guide (if TLDR; scroll all the way to the end for instructions - but highly suggest you read this!)
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...
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The PA State System of Higher Education is presently in the process of killing viable self sufficient arts programs which teach transferable education skills such as critical thinking and creative problem finding/solving.
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The PA State System of Higher Education is presently in the process of killing viable self sufficient arts programs which teach transferable education skills such as critical thinking and creative problem finding/solving.
Who has the agenda?
From @jtchapman.bsky.social of Second Thought: PragerU is using AI to infiltrate state education departments. Their goal isn't teaching kids to think—it's teaching them to love "freedom" and "America" instead of math, science, or critical thinking. Great.
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QRYQdYaikGk
Watch the full video: youtu.be/QRYQdYaikGk
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Who has the agenda?
What part of TRUMAN do these idiots not understand??? They've spent decades attempting to tear down everything the President's Commission on Higher Education tried to set into place, and still want a piece of the damn pie. GTFO of here with that...
House GOP Accuses Truman Scholarship of Liberal Bias as Dems Talk College Costs
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
House Republicans Accuse Truman Scholarship of Liberal Bias
Republicans held a hearing airing accusations that the prestigious program heavily favors left-leaning candidates. No one from the scholarship foundation was invited.
www.insidehighered.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What part of TRUMAN do these idiots not understand??? They've spent decades attempting to tear down everything the President's Commission on Higher Education tried to set into place, and still want a piece of the damn pie. GTFO of here with that...