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Sunny Peoples
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Higher Ed Admin. Futurist. Constant Gardener. Social Impact Consultant. Change Agent. Art Commissioner. Human.
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As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.

But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️
People Have Had Non-Binary Genders for Thousands of Years
It's nothing new.
www.teenvogue.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Permanent mood.
January 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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#ICYMI | Here are a few headlines from this week:

📜 Republicans, Back in Charge of Congress, Aim to Increase Higher Ed Accountability
🌧️ Recent Storms Stir Climate Anxiety Among College Students
🔥 Burn It Down: A License for AI Resistance

Read more in this week's update ➡️ bit.ly/48OaZEV
November 17, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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According to @freedom.press : the press and public should proactively download records & datasets from agencies that will likely be targets of a 2nd Trump administration.

This includes the EPA, NOAA, U.S. Census Bureau, the CDC & more.
freedom.press/issues/trump...
Trump’s reelection puts us in uncharted territory over secrecy. Now what?
Steps President Biden, press, public, and members of Congress must take to fight secrecy abuses to come
freedom.press
November 17, 2024 at 5:36 AM
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How Higher Ed Can ‘Safeguard’ for Democracy

Complete College America argues that for higher education, protecting democracy is tied to making colleges accessible and boosting completion. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4frHTxD
Report offers playbook for higher ed's role in democracy
Complete College America argues that for higher education, protecting democracy is tied to making colleges accessible and boosting completion.
bit.ly
November 15, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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"A growing body of research suggests that the quality of teaching needs to improve to reverse trends of lower graduation rates and properly teach an increasingly diverse student body. And I believe this is especially true in STEM disciplines like engineering." theconversation.com/poor-teacher...
Poor teacher training partly to blame for stalled engineering diversity goals
Universities have made little progress diversifying STEM fields in recent years.
theconversation.com
November 15, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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Three daughters of Malcolm X are suing the CIA, FBI, the NYPD and others, accusing them of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader
The daughters of Malcolm X sue the CIA, FBI and NYPD over the civil rights leader's assassination
Three daughters of Malcolm X are accusing multiple law enforcement agencies in a $100 million lawsuit of playing roles in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader.
apnews.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:48 PM
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Ethically speaking, I should be told if an LLM was used to ✌🏽peer✌🏽 review my work. I should also have the option to op out of having my work uploaded into a superficial intelligence program.

I put peer in scare quotes because computer programs are not my peers.

#AcademicSky
"LLMs might, however, make mistakes even when performing low-risk information-retrieval and summarization tasks. Therefore, LLM outputs should be viewed as a starting point, not as the final answer. Users should still cross-check the LLM’s work."

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
ChatGPT is transforming peer review — how can we use it responsibly?
At major computer-science publication venues, up to 17% of the peer reviews are now written by artificial intelligence. We need guidelines before things get out of hand.
www.nature.com
November 12, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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A Second Academic Exodus From X?

Numerous high-profile academics have announced they are leaving X, citing concerns about disinformation and how owner Elon Musk used the platform to support Trump. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3O6aJaz
More academics flee X after election
Numerous high-profile academics have announced they are leaving X, citing concerns about disinformation and how owner Elon Musk used the platform to support Trump.
bit.ly
November 13, 2024 at 9:13 PM
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Hey #academicsky, there's a great opportunity for a visiting fellowship for someone from the Global South in Arts and Humanities, to spend time at Cambridge. Do pass on!
www.cai.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/vi...
Visiting Bye-Fellowship for scholars from the Global South
The Opportunity
www.cai.cam.ac.uk
November 14, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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"In fact, further research from AAUW suggests that there are four key areas which are prohibiting the growth women within the #STEM sector:
- Anxiety...
- Cultures...
- Stereotypes...
- Role Models"
#WomenInSTEM
www.unleash.ai/diversity-eq...
‘We need to actively highlight the unique perspectives women bring to the table,’ says UST on National STEM Day
National STEM Day 2024 shines a spotlight on the necessity for greater gender diversity in the STEM sector. Exclusively, UNLEASH speaks to UST’s Seena Mohan to find out more.
www.unleash.ai
November 14, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Cicero was a very wise man
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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Fascinating U.S. paper correlating partial #communitycollege attendance, as part of a university degree, with better completion and career outcomes. #highered muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - Does Taking a Few Courses at a Community College Improve the Baccalaureate, STEM, and Labor Market Outcomes of Four-Year College Students?
muse.jhu.edu
November 13, 2024 at 5:12 PM