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alexrbarron.bsky.social Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · 11d
It’s Fall 🍎🍁which means new classes, new textbooks and…tenure packet submissions. My own experience with the tenure process led me to get very curious how institutions do and don’t reward engaged scholarship in the tenure process. 🧵
September 15, 2026 at 1:33 PM
petersuber.bsky.social
At least five profs who were fired for criticizing #CharlieKirk are still out of work and uncompensated for the violation of their First Amendment rights.
theintercept.com/2026/09/10/c...

#Acadsky #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #FirstAmendment #USPol #USPolitics
Fired After the Charlie Kirk Revenge Purge, They’re Still Unemployed
A year after his killing, people who lost their jobs for criticizing Charlie Kirk are still suffering under the erosion of free speech.
theintercept.com
September 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
petersuber.bsky.social
Can someone at the U of Chicago tell us whether it gave college credit for working in #DOGE to ransack the government?

"DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover."
www.wired.com/story/doge-a...

#AcadSky #AcademicSky #USPol #USPolitics
DOGE Affiliate Asked for College Credits for Participating in Takeover
According to new documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, an undergraduate working with DOGE requested that his work for HUD count toward his University of Chicago degree.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
drcompton.bsky.social
Fun read esp if you are teaching soci of emotions or self and society classes. Don't forget to read the comment section!
#acadsky #masculinities #soci
Can’t You Take a Joke? When Trash Talk Crosses the Line
Insult humor among male friends can be about bonding or establishing a pecking order. But how do you know when it goes too far?
www.wsj.com
August 31, 2026 at 1:51 PM
drcompton.bsky.social
#MorningReads Writers will write about you. So will scientists! We turn life into questions, theories, and research. We all just want to make sense of the world and often do that through experience. #acadsky
A writer will turn you into a story
Every writer is carrying someone between the lines
medium.com
July 17, 2026 at 2:55 PM
petersuber.bsky.social
I just signed this petition and hope you will too.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/aa...

#AcadSky #AcademicFreedom #AcademicSky #USPol #USPolitics
@theactionnetwork.bsky.social
Protect Academic Freedom in Higher Education
We represent students, parents, higher education faculty and staff, and concerned citizens united in opposition to the dangerous proposed rules. We write at a grave moment in our country’s history, ...
actionnetwork.org
July 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM
drcompton.bsky.social
I think if you reject a paper because something is "known" then you should at very least provide one cite in doing so. #acadsky #goodpractice
July 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
drcompton.bsky.social
No survey can fully represent the complexity of identity. We can, however, generate reliable data that can reveal inequalities and support evidence-based policy and resource allocation. #SOGIData #whywedoit #acadsky #LGBTstudies #soci #methods #queermethods
July 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
drcompton.bsky.social
My morning hot take: Stop judging surveys by standards of qualitative logics. Surveys trade depth for breadth w/ the goal of measuring patterns across populations, not to fully capture lived experiences. We have other methods for that. #acadsky #SOGIData #methodology
July 1, 2026 at 2:22 PM
drcompton.bsky.social
All I've done today is read, and learned...
Don't forget this is the best part of the job. #acadlife #proflife #acadsky #iloveit
June 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
kraymondh.bsky.social
Review of reviewing AI-generated papers: bad
#acadsky
June 13, 2026 at 9:01 AM
matthwilliams.bsky.social
We are hiring!

New post-doc position at Imperial College London working on wearables and near-patient sensing in brain tumour patients

Please re-skeet
#Medsky #AcadSky

www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
May 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
alexrbarron.bsky.social
Hey #acadsky do you work in an interdisciplinary department that has standard written guidance to external reviewers about interdisciplinary and/or engaged scholarship? If so, I'd love to see it. (Double bonus points if you are an environmentally focused field).
May 7, 2026 at 1:18 PM
petersuber.bsky.social
One year of strife between #Harvard and the #Trump admin, March 2025 - March 2026.
www.harvardmagazine.com/harvard-in-t...

#AcademicFreedom #AcadSky #AcademicSky #DefendResearch #EduSky #Funding #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
Harvard Weathers a Year of Turmoil | Harvard Magazine
The federal government has launched unprecedented actions against the University. Here’s a guide.
www.harvardmagazine.com
April 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
petersuber.bsky.social
"According to an @insidehighered.com analysis of more than 60 key #HigherEd lawsuits, the [Trump administration] has the upper hand in just 17 cases."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

#AcadSky #AcademicSky #DefendResearch #EduSky #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
As Lawsuits Against Trump Pile Up, Strategies Shift
The government has secured some notable wins, but plaintiffs aiming to rein in Trump’s higher ed agenda still hold the upper hand, an Inside Higher Ed analysis shows.
www.insidehighered.com
April 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
alexrbarron.bsky.social
🔌💡 #acadsky
alexrbarron.bsky.social Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · Mar 10
If you are into climate action (esp. in higher education), check out the new climate action milestone framework just released by Second Nature that offers a useful framework for staff, faculty, and student efforts. A few highlights (🧵).
secondnature.org/climate-lead... (pls share!)
Climate Action Milestones - Second Nature
On this page Milestones Submission Qualification Guiding Principles next generation milestones for higher education The Climate Action Milestone Program is designed for the higher education sector wit...
secondnature.org
March 10, 2026 at 10:42 PM
alexrbarron.bsky.social
If you are working on higher education climate action you may be interested in this Climate Action in Higher Education: Roadmap, just released by UCSC, UC-Berkeley and Harvard. Useful framing about Whole Institution Leadership and lots of examples. escholarship.org/uc/item/82f0... #acadsky
Climate Action in Higher Education: Roadmap
Author(s): Ackerly, David; Bales, Roger; Blumenthal, George; Bunce, Lindsay; Bundy, Kevin; Criss, Anne; Faber, Sandra; Forman, Fonna; Huising, Mark; Lachapelle, Paul; Leauthaud, Alexie; Leauthaud, Cry...
escholarship.org
March 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
drcompton.bsky.social
What do yall cite for gender is one of the most socially salient categories? #genderthings #acadsky
March 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
petersuber.bsky.social
Wow. "Virginia State terminates 6 professors without due process. Campus security escorted the professors —5 tenured and 1 tenure-track— to their cars and issued no-trespass warnings. They have received no written explanation for their dismissals."
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

#AcadSky
VSU Terminates 6 Professors Without Due Process
Campus security escorted the professors—five tenured and one tenure-track—to their cars and issued no-trespass warnings. They have received no written explanation for their dismissals.
www.insidehighered.com
February 25, 2026 at 7:36 PM
timlow3.bsky.social
🚨ALERT🚨
#acadSky #unisky
February 23, 2026 at 11:51 AM
gisele600.bsky.social
You have to watch this and support James Talarico. He is a Bible-thumping PROGRESSIVE Democrat and the only one who can flip Texas. Share this. #Acadsky #universal basic income
February 18, 2026 at 2:08 AM
gisele600.bsky.social
James Talarico is a unicorn: a Bible-thumping progressive Democrat who can justify his pro-abortion stance by quoting that book. He can flip Texas. #acadsky #Universal Basic Income
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 AM
petersuber.bsky.social
I welcome the new Alliance for Higher Ed ( #AHE ).
allianceforhighered.org

"We stand in opposition to authoritarian policy and actions, financial intimidation, and political interference."

#AcadSky #AcademicFreedom #AcademicSky #EduSky
#Universities #USPol #USPolitics
January 28, 2026 at 7:48 PM
petersuber.bsky.social
The 2025 edition of the #AcademicFreedom Index ranks the United States in the fourth decile, below Madagascar and Mongolia. (See Fig 8.)
academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
#AcadSky #AcademicSky #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
alexrbarron.bsky.social
If you think about academic tenure, I highly recommend this piece by Jacquelyn Bridgeman which, among other things, shows what it can look like when _any_ faculty member can sit in on tenure proceedings and review documents. #acadsky

www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/j...
www.jstor.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM