I’m on my local D town committee. I think if you are active in the party political sense, this win can mean a lot. I’m also in a neighboring state where our total population is smaller than that of NYC, so it’s meaningful to us.

Fascinating. In the US taking attendance institutionally (or not) triggers different federal financial aid requirements. We’re non-attendance taking, so push for ways to have active engagement recorded at the individual course/module level. No $$ spent on this type of thing.

Yikes! My eldest child had cavities when very young and we discovered we had well water with zero fluoride. Supplements were super important for us, and I’m sure are a reason that my second kid stayed cavity free.

The movie is like the reality. It’s amazing - the best of Europe. If only the UK had set the Brexit referendum for the same week as Eurovision. Maybe the result would have been different.

Some have data on time use. Also many problems with use, but it is another interesting point to compare with attendance.

Do you ever analyze this in the context of other data points (e.g., LMS engagement). Does correlation with attendance break down if students have high engagement in other areas? Or is class attendance also highly correlated with all other engagement? What about prior achievement?

Lower level admin is a particular space for knowing when you have to keep quiet about the things that are central to your job. The absences are growing ever more notable.

I also started out confused by why so few of my colleagues at that initial institution had been to public universities. That’s so funny to think about how naive I was back then.

She did! But she was from LA, did her PhD at Berkeley, and ended up at the University of Manchester. She had distance from east coast elite instructions. The Little Ivies (one of which I landed at) are also defined by their athletic league.

I knew this because my US PhD advisor explained the American institutional hierarchy to me back in the UK before applying to US jobs.

Another terrible thing in a long list of terrible things. But I hope things get figured out for you at a local level.