FantasticalEconomics , to AcademicChatter group
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Good news everyone!

"ChatGPT Edu, powered by GPT-4o, is designed for universities to responsibly integrate AI into academic and campus operations. This advanced AI tool supports text and vision reasoning, data analysis, and offers enterprise-level security."

Based on everything we know about AI, I am sure nothing could possibly go wrong with this new tool to integrate it into our and campus operations more broadly.
/Obvious sarcasm

https://neurosciencenews.com/openai-chatgpt-edu-ai-26206/

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ngaylinn ,
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@FantasticalEconomics @academicchatter This is extremely dangerous. Damaging to society at large on multiple levels.

independentpen ,
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@FantasticalEconomics
Did an AI write that article?
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ucaccessnow , to AcademicChatter group
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🧵 What is this? After pushing UC for 4 years now to quit designing buildings where inaccessibility is the default, a main entrance to a building is wheelchair accessible?

What finally convinced UC Davis, one wonders? @disability @academicchatter

ucaccessnow OP ,
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Ah, there's the UC Davis we know. Unnecessary steps because you weren't specifically PAID to do your duty under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act nor to actually make a public university accessible to the public.

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leyonhjelm ,
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@ucaccessnow

Fuck you. It should be steps twice as high

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TheConversationUS , to AcademicChatter group
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With some universities canceling or modifying commencement ceremonies over protests or fear of protests, an anthropologist reminds us that there’s a lot more at stake than just a line of seniors getting a fancy piece of paper.
https://theconversation.com/commencement-isnt-just-about-awarding-degrees-and-cancellations-leave-students-disconnected-and-disillusioned-229425
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shaunyata ,
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East for you to say... did you spend 4 + years of your life and a hundred thousand to get a degree that barely gets you a job? People deserve to celebrate some parts of their short life on earth without political interference.

CStamp ,
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@TheConversationUS @academicchatter Disconnected and disillusioned? Sounds like life preparation. ;)

I barely remember my graduations, more people I celebrated with.

djvanness , to AcademicChatter group
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Oh my. This is what happens when University presidents make decisions without shared governance. What a trip! https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ohio-state-graduation-commencement-speaker-b2542310.html @academicchatter

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@ukuku @djvanness @academicchatter
I'm jealous. 🙃
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bud_t , to AcademicChatter group
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Fellow academic colleagues: please get involved in shared governance at your institution. I know, that kind of service takes up your time and is often thankless, but it is crucially important. And it is on the verge of extinction at many places. The rug is being pulled out from under us while we go about our teaching and research.

If we value our work in we have to do the work to make the institution a place that is fair, equitable, and just.

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It works pretty well at University of Colorado in my opinion.

figstick , to AcademicsUnite group
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The president of College lost a faculty-wide vote of no confidence on Tuesday, as criticism mounts over the school’s response to a pro- 🇵🇸 encampment

It is the first no confidence vote against a president in the college’s history.

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4634350-barnard-president-loses-vote-of-no-confidence-palestine-protest-response/

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@figstick @academicchatter @academicsunite

Is this the same president that killed the tree? Or is it someone new?

MaggyWells ,
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@figstick @academicchatter @academicsunite wow. The GOP strategy to take down higher ed is really working. Dummies.

renordquist , to AcademicChatter group
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What will change for academic institutions as the climate crisis is increasingly not some far-off future, but happening now? And are we preparing our students for these uncomfortable conversations?

Many thanks to @jonippolito for recommending this book by @bryanalexandee ; has given me much food for thought. More ruminations found here: https://rebeccanordquist.edublogs.org/2024/04/29/universities-on-fire/

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renordquist OP ,
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@bryanalexandee @jonippolito @academicchatter

Well, generally the best cooling shelters for cattle (and sheep, and just about any living being for that matter) are trees ;) This is why agroforestry is one of the fields that I think we should be investigating- or one of the reasons, there are a lot of good reasons to stimulate agroforestry in terms of sustainability. It is gaining attention in the EU (though still very niche by comparison to intensive livestock farming).

bryanalexandee ,
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@renordquist @jonippolito @academicchatter
That's fascinating! Another reason for campuses to do more tree planting, too.

leaton01 , to AcademicChatter group
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students at College Unbound are AMAZING! Check out this about how they led the way in developing our institutional policy! So cool to get to play a part in this!

https://www.collegeunbound.edu/apps/news/article/1911138

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moe ,

@leaton01 @academicchatter @edutooters

That's pretty cool, have y'all come across any public or open source trackers of or out there?

There are private companies like fiscalnote that provide the service, but there must be someone else out there?

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    Exclusive: Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape discourse around war

    As the Gaza war rages, Israeli funds target US college campuses and push to redefine in US law

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/24/israel-fund-us-university-protest-gaza-antisemitism

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    Having a college education shapes women’s work and family trajectories—including their marriage, parenting, and employment patterns—but the effects of education differ among Black, Latina, and white women, according to new research.

    Here are 4 key takeaways

    https://www.prb.org/articles/college-shapes-black-white-and-latina-womens-work-and-family-lives-differently/

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    eharlitzkern , to AcademicChatter group
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    Put together some promo flyers for the Honors' course The History of History that I am scheduled to teach in the fall. Because, who can say no to Dolores Huerta with a megaphone? No one can. No one, I say. 😆

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    Promo flyer with the text "Who writes history? Who is included in history? Who is excluded from history? Why? The History of History IDH 3034 U28 Fall 2024 Erika Harlitz Kern" written over a photograph of Dolores Huerta speaking into a megaphone.

    inquiline , to AcademicChatter group
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    Aftermath of last week: colleagues are now sending emails urging the Academic Senate to take up the matter of on campus. Because there was a SERIOUS police presence/perimeter. A number of attendees dropped out in protest of that alone... & I don't blame them one bit

    I think it's gonna take a lot more than eloquent letters... And unf I don't think we should plan any more conferences for police state campuses, ever again

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