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🪻YAS!!!🪻I’m so excited to read these!!

Maybe an indie dissertation?

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January 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Over the coming months, the cohort will form a community of practice to share lessons and develop models that can be adapted across the broader higher education landscape.

Learn more: ma3challenge.org

#HigherEd #OpenScience #ResearchImpact #AcademicReform [5/5]
Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement
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March 18, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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This story didn't make it into my dashboard (thanks to limited RSS alerts), but it is an important one!

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January 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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We must move beyond awareness to institutional action:

🔍 Annual anonymous surveys
🚫 Remove harassers from leadership
📣 Center survivors in policy design

#Neuroscience #EquityInAcademia #GenderEquity #AcademicReform
June 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Excessive self-citation, citation cartels, coercive citations, a citation black market, and more.

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Is there any alternative to the gamification of academic metrics?
Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing…
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January 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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✨ If you could change one thing about academia to make it a safer, more supportive space for students and staff, what would it be? Your voice matters, and your ideas inspire change. 💡
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December 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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😅 Ever felt like academia’s only reward is a 3 a.m. existential crisis? If you’ve been there, let’s talk about it— #EndAcademicAbuse #EduSky #PhDSky #BlackEduSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #FeministSky #MeTooPhD #HigherEd #PhDChat #TimesUpAcademia #TimesUpHigherEd #AcademicReform
Academic Abuse | Data and Resources to Disrupt College Harassment, Bullying, and Misconduct
At Academic Abuse, learn to identify, prevent, and conquer academic injustice, including: power imbalances, discrimination, plagiarism, harassment, bullying, retaliation, sexual misconduct, and more.
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January 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🌎 80 new stories just dropped in the last 2 days! 🌍

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Academic Abuse | Data and Resources to Disrupt College Harassment, Bullying, and Misconduct
At Academic Abuse, learn to identify, prevent, and conquer academic injustice, including: power imbalances, discrimination, plagiarism, harassment, bullying, retaliation, sexual misconduct, and more.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Open access is a step, but not the destination. Paywalls are a symptom. The real issues? Perverse incentives, exclusion, opacity, and profit-driven publishing. Reform means rethinking the whole system. #OpenAccess #OpenScience #AcademicReform
April 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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🌍 Total news stories for today have increased to 30! 🌍

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Academic Abuse | Data and Resources to Disrupt College Harassment, Bullying, and Misconduct
At Academic Abuse, learn to identify, prevent, and conquer academic injustice, including: power imbalances, discrimination, plagiarism, harassment, bullying, retaliation, sexual misconduct, and more.
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January 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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A bold three-year strategic plan for the East Ramapo Central School District has been unveiled, promising over 100 recommendations aimed at transforming education and governance—are you ready to make your voice heard?

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#NY #CitizenPortal #AcademicReform #FinancialTransparency
State monitor presents three‑year long‑term strategic academic and financial plan; public hearing opens
A state monitor presented a three‑year long‑term strategic academic and financial plan for East Ramapo Central School District and opened a public hearing; the plan includes more than 100 recommendations, aligns to recent Regents changes and is open for comment through Oct. 1.
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September 17, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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District leaders are urging a reset of academic baselines after discovering calibration errors in North Dakota's NDAplus assessment, sparking a vital discussion on future educational standards.

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#ND #CitizenPortal #DataTransparency #AcademicReform #AssessmentAccountability
District recommends resetting academic baselines after state recalibrates NDAplus assessment
Superintendent and chief academic officer told the board that calibration errors and delayed reporting on the state's new NDAplus assessment reduce confidence in prior baselines; they recommended adopting 2025–26 NDAplus results as the new baseline and returning with formal recommendations after full recalculations are published.
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September 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Exciting changes are coming to the mentor waiver schedule for the 2026-27 academic year, streamlining the process to ensure better support for educators!

Learn more here

#LA #MentorshipSupport #CitizenPortal #LouisianaEducation #AcademicReform #WaiverProcess
Mentor waiver schedule shifted to align with semesters; waiver process and contacts provided
The Department said mentor waivers for 2026–27 opened June 15 for the fall (closing Oct. 1) and will open Nov. 1 for spring (closing Mar. 1); waivers are approved one school year at a time and applicants should use mentorandcontentleaders@la.gov.
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August 25, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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The district is set to revolutionize learning with major updates to the 2026–27 pupil-progression plan, including new graduation requirements and an expanded remote learning academy!

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#LA #CitizenPortal #LouisianaEducation #AcademicReform #RemoteLearning #StudentSuccess
Committee reviews major updates to 2026–27 pupil-progression plan, including remote-learning changes
Staff presented a summary of the district's 66-page 2026–27 pupil-progression plan: new individual graduation planning (IGP) language, required K–3 KITE numeracy testing, revised transitional 9th-grade schedule and diploma-pathway changes, an expanded remote learning academy with hybrid/live options, and tightened reassessment/reengagement rules.
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July 29, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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Academic fraud in AI research: A controversial take on using explicit fraud to expose systemic issues
https://jacobbuckman.com/2021-05-29-please-commit-more-blatant-academic-fraud/
#academicintegrity #airesearch #scientificethics #researchculture #academicreform
February 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Patronage and loyalty overshadow merit in Pakistan’s universities, eroding academic integrity and stifling innovation.
By Dr. Noreen Saher

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/16-Aug-2025/...

#highereducation #Pakistan #patronage #universities #academicreform #braindrain #meritocracy #education
How Patronage Weakens Pakistan’s Universities And Why It Must End
Patronage and loyalty dominate Pakistan’s universities, stifling merit, eroding credibility, and fuelling brain drain over genuine reform
thefridaytimes.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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The Goose Creek CISD Board has taken a bold step by approving a $2.25 million budget plan for the controversial ‘5 by 5’ master-schedule model after a heated debate, but questions about its impact on education still linger.

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Goose Creek CISD board approves budget scenario that funds ‘5 by 5’ master‑schedule change after lengthy debate
After extended debate and two failed motions, the Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees approved Budget Reduction Plan Scenario 2 — which funds the district’s proposed ‘5 by 5’ schedule — by show of hands (recorded count 5–1). Board members split over academic and CTE impacts while administration emphasized readiness and timelines.
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April 16, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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Uvalde CISD just approved a groundbreaking program to help students recover credits and prevent dropouts, paving the way for a brighter academic future!

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#TX #TexasSchools #CitizenPortal #EducationSupport #AcademicReform #StudentSuccess
School Board approves flexible day program to aid student credit recovery
Board unanimously approves flexible school day program for Crossroads Academy to enhance student outcomes.
citizenportal.ai
June 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The debate tackles systemic vs. individual responsibility for misconduct. While blameless post-mortems are useful, they may not always lead to effective remediation, leaving a gap in addressing individual accountability. #AcademicReform 5/5
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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A crucial long-term solution is to reevaluate academic incentives. Shifting focus from prioritizing publication quantity to emphasizing quality could significantly reduce pressure, fostering more diligent and ethical research. #AcademicReform 6/6
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The Vermont State Colleges are shaking up their academic review process with a new procedural update aimed at enhancing program assessments and standardizing metrics—could this be the change education needs?

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#VT #DataTransparency #CitizenPortal #AcademicReform
Committee advances Policy 101 procedural update and forwards emeritus, faculty‑fellow nominations
An EPPSA/academic policy committee on May 4 recommended a procedural update to Policy 101 (the five‑year program review), following discussion about requiring standardized metrics and annual data, and voted to forward recommendations for Faculty Emeritus status for Helen Mango and the VSC faculty fellow to the full board.
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May 6, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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What if we evaluated scholars not by their publication count, but by their contribution to solving social problems? #AcademicReform #academia

www.publicanthropology.org/books/
Books – Center for a Public Anthropology
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February 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
izxle.bsky.social
The current model hides key contributions: advice, method design, raw data, interim analysis, negative results. It also discourages collaboration, limits reproducibility, and excludes those who don’t fit the "paper author" mold. #AcademicReform #OpenResearch
April 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Call to action: Support university led, non-profit journals. Reform of evaluation metrics. Return control to universities.

Science belongs to humanity, not shareholders. Join the movement for fair academic publishing." #ScienceForAll #AcademicReform

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December 15, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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#UNAM #HigherEducation #UniversityOfNamibia #GraduateProspects #AcademicReform
UNAM Streamlines Degrees to Boost Graduate Prospects
In a major academic reform, the University of Namibia has transitioned to a three-year undergraduate degree structure, moving away from the four-year honours format. The move, implemented in 2023, aligns...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM