DOE THREATENS COLUMBIA'S ACCREDITATION amid antisemitism claims. The university already expelled student protesters, revoked degrees, & facilitated the detention of an internt'l student to appease Trump’s demands. Now Harvard and others may be next.
This isn’t about compliance—it’s a warning shot to academia: obey, or be dismantled.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/04/columbia-university-accreditation-doe-trump #press #acadamia
NIH funding freeze stalls applications on $1.5 billion in medical research funds - #PublicHealth #research #MedicalResearch #acadamia #Medicine #MedicineResearch https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/22/nx-s1-5305276/trump-nih-funding-freeze-medical-research
Dr. Cal Newport is an impressive thought leader with novel approaches to increasing productivity. It is exciting to see academics focused on producing quality work and being prolific while still maintaining a work-life balance!
Ein schlechtes Bild, was da die diversen #Professoren und #Dozenten hinterlassen. #acadamia
https://taz.de/Sexualisierte-Gewalt-an-der-HU-Berlin/!5984516/
I’ll go to my grave insisting that single-author scholarship in the #humanities in #acadamia is a terrible thing: it limits possibilities for feedback, tamps down interdisciplinary collaboration, and promotes unrealistic standards for scholars who are unable to pull in the grant funding or lack the language training to make it possible.
But that last piece is the whole point, and why it persists: a few people get to be superstars because they do have those resources.
The Marx Memorial Library in London are offering an online course starting next month on Marxist economics for £30 (£15 unwaged).
The Whisper Collective have just set live an amazing podcast "Conferencing now and conference futures " at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1510516/12310214
Amazing discussion hosted by @tseenster (and you can find out more about the Whisper Collective here https://thewhispercollective.net)
