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- "The university is worth more than £100m a year to Southend’s economy ... Small local businesses including cafes, bars, taxi firms and shops are braced for the loss of student customers." #HigherEd #AcademicSky #Essex #Southend #University #students
- " the campus housed a GP surgery and a new dental clinic offering free treatment to local people. This was followed later by the forum – a library and art gallery shared by the university and local people." #HigherEd #AcademicSky #Essex #Southend #University #students
- Essex University, Southend campus closure: 800 students and staff afected. "but it will also have a huge impact on a city that has come to depend on the university in many ways." #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Long read: King’s vice-chancellor Shitij Kapur made waves last month when he said that a degree is no longer a passport to professional success. But was it ever? Could it ever be? And what does it mean for universities if it is not? Patrick Jack reports #edusky #highered ow.ly/rQmm50Y66mU
- "Handling rare books with gloves should be illegal." www.blackdograrebooks.com/post/how-to-... #library #archives #HigherEd #research #literature #academicSky #antiquarian
- A USC film prof tells @theatlantic.com that “his students remind him of nicotine addicts going through withdrawal during screenings: The longer they go without checking their phone, the more they fidget.” #film #highered #movies @rosehorowitch.bsky.social
- Texas A&M eliminates women’s and gender studies degree program. #Texas #highered 19thnews.org/2026/01/texa...
- Leading PhD programs are not admitting students. International applicants are turning to other counties. PhD staff are fleeing federal agencies in droves. Efforts to bring more minority students into the fold are under attack. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
- New blog: we need more policies and guidelines that help us navigate professional disagreements and conflicts over genAI use and deliver fair and equitable outcomes for individuals #AcademicSky #HigherEd ecologyisnotadirtyword.com/2026/01/30/e...
- Imagine sociology without being able to discuss race, gender, or sexuality. State control of educational content is incompatible with free society. #AcademicSky #HigherEd
- Major Academic Press Calls for ‘Publish or Perish’ Reform Just one-third of researchers, publishers, funders and librarians believe academic reward and recognition systems are working well, according to a survey from @cambridge.org. bit.ly/3WiBjS8 #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
- One of my favorite professors EVER wrote a piece about how attacks on DEI are a trojan horse to resegregate #highered. @mwkraus.bsky.social is the gift that keeps on giving. #blacksky
- In today's @chicagotribune.com I wrote about how federal policy on diversity, as well as university surrender, is based on lies, misperceptions, and distortions all aimed at resegregating higher education. Combating these lies is a battleground: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/26/o...
