Scot Evans

heading out. see you at bsky.app/profile/evanss…

@isaac_kamola @AAUP @ALAtterbury @politico and make them complicitous with the neoliberal and racist political and economic forces that impose misery and suffering upon their lives.” ~Giroux, Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education

@isaac_kamola @AAUP @ALAtterbury @politico “manufactured illiteracy is a political and educational project central to a right-wing corporatist ideology and set of policies that work aggressively to depoliticize people

Important reporting by @ALAtterbury @politico FL universities are culling hundreds of general education courses from the curriculum w/o faculty oversight. Remember axing of "Principles of Sociology?" It's happening across FL politi.co/4dOMY1k

It is appalling that Cornell University appears ready to deport an international student without regard for due process, simply because of their presence at a protest. It is wrong, and I urge the university to reverse course immediately.

@tatereeves Mississippi #highered faculty were part of the 2024 @aaup faculty in the south survey that shows 60% would not recommend their state as a desirable place to work for colleagues, while 28% are planning to apply in another state in the coming year. academeblog.org/2024/09/05/res…

@TheStateOfTheU Still relax?

If the defense doesn't wanna tackle this is gonna be a long game

“All of this alarmist rhetoric stands in sharp contrast with the reasonable and moderate language in the AAUP statement itself.” #academicboycotts

"It is likely Harris will win the election. That doesn't mean she will get to be the president."

We see you @EliseStefanik & @virginiafoxx. Attacking public and private higher education while bringing in campaign donations from for-profit higher education. This is despicable. @AAUP @HigherEdLabor @AFTunion theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

In the “free” state of Florida, where the freedom to learn goes to die. This is the equivalent to burning books — it’s backwards, politically motivated, and a preview of Project 2025. Don’t let this happen to America. Trust me; you don’t want this extremism nationwide.

When university presidential searches are done in secret with no faculty input & no oversight you end up with corruption, malfeasance, & a colossal failure of leadership. If only someone could have seen this coming…👀 aaup.org/article/aaup-p…

why is higher pay the FIRST thing universities offer to administrators but the LAST thing to the employees who actually make the place work? @WesternMichU @AAUP @AFTacademics @AFTHigherEd @Teamsters @UAW @CaliforniaLabor @CaliforniaLabor @DKLabor @afscmemichigan #PhD

@AAUP Meanwhile the administrative bloat at every single university has been widely expanding in that same period of time aaupuc.org/aaup-uc-works/…

There are only 2 problems with using tests to assess learning: Right answers often don’t reflect real understanding, and wrong answers often don’t reflect the absence of understanding. (Because the kind of learning tests are designed to assess isn't really about understanding.)

Guess What Gets Rid of Homeless Encampments: Housing First

U.S. professors - as you update your syllabi for fall, consider leaving November 5 open. Need to reduce as many barriers to voting as we can!

And of course Florida failed to apply, the Times reports.... E.P.A. Announces $4.3 Billion in Funding for 25 Climate Projects nytimes.com/2024/07/22/cli…

🔥 WATCH — PETE DISMANTLES J.D. VANCE: “I hope things work out better for him than they did for Mike Pence.”

MIA>>BNA #reoverimagined