Philosophy is tough. My liberal arts education has never felt so useful. My latest for @insidehighered.com: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #AcademicSky

Hi #AcademicSky, I'll be in Chicago for the AAUP biennial meeting for the next two days. If you're also here, I'd love to connect!

One tidbit really stood out to me while reporting: SAIC put Prof Talwar on leave because assigning the case study threatens "immediate harm" to students The only time AAUP standards recommend removing a prof from class is if there's a threat of immediate harm www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

"I doubt that UNK will be able to find an alternative text that doesn’t show sex acts. That would be like a trigonometry text without triangles.” — the author of the textbook being discontinued. @emmawhitford.bsky.social has more: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The vote was split 458 to 201. The "yesses" had it by a significant margin, but there's still hundreds of Harvard professors who oppose the policy. It will take effect in the fall.

You likely heard about Tom Alter when he was fired via Facebook after a right-wing YouTuber accused him of inciting violence during a conference talk on anarchy. His case is emblematic of escalating attacks on academic freedom in Texas, and he took it on tour: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

I've been covering curricular censorship at Texas public universities for awhile, and one question I continue to wonder is: Why isn't SACS responding? I've started to answer it @insidehighered.com: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa... #AcademicSky #highered

Hi #AcademicSky: How many of you have had students dispute their grade or insist that they've followed assignment instructions because an AI tool told them so? Tell me your stories ⬇️

From the first episode of this season’s Love is Blind, I’ve wanted to read more about Vic. And @emmawhitford.bsky.social delivers. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

#AcademicSky: Have you come across AI-generated citations that attach your name to nonexistent papers? Have you reviewed papers that cite made-up published works? If so, tell me your story below 👇

Shout out to the student journalists that have tirelessly covered their professors' ties to Epstein. My job would be much harder without them. See thread for some of my favorite recent student news pieces. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Oklahoma Gov. ended tenure at regional and community colleges. Research university faculty may still earn it, with regular review. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #AcademicSky @insidehighered.com

From @emmawhitford.bsky.social: Texas A&M is also telling English faculty to not teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities. … So no “Heated Rivalry” then? www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Hello #academicsky, I'm working on a piece about how students are more comfortable refusing to participate in discussion than they used to be. I've seen a lot of complaints from professors about the so-called Gen Z stare. Do you have experience with this? Think the concern is overblown? Let me know!

Trump Partially Funds SNAP as Colleges Scramble to Feed Students After court orders, the Trump administration agreed to use emergency reserves to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown. But the funds cover only half of what’s needed. https://bit.ly/4nCXpKb #EDUSky #AcademicSky

As we head into a busy winter season for academic conferences, international scholars are deciding to skip them, part in protest against the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed, and part in caution for their own safety at the border. New from me: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

A growing number of universities are using spoken "policies" to scrub transgender identity from course content and scare faculty members into compliance with legally fuzzy rules that violate academic freedom. More at @insidehighered.com: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #AcademicSky

Hi I'm an @insidehighered.com reporter writing about which universities are cutting travel expenses, freezing hiring or slashing other costs citing the fed government shutdown. Please DM me or email me any examples at [email protected] today (especially statements on websites)!

Breaking: Brown University has declined the invitation to join the Trump administration's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Brown is now the second to do so after MIT rejected the proposal last week.

Deepa Das Acevedo, author of The War on Tenure, talks to @emmawhitford.bsky.social of @insidehighered.com about the erosion of tenure protections. #AcademicSky #EduSky #LawSky 🗺️ 🗃️ https://cup.org/4nuLmQ0

I want to learn more about the experiences of trans and other genderqueer faculty, staff and students at Texas public universities for a potential feature. If this is you and you're open to talk anonymously, get in touch via email (in bio) or on Signal at emmawhitford.96 #academicsky

Texas Tech isn't the only university system handing down chilling, verbal-only directives banning discussions about transgender identity. If this is happening at your institution, I want to know about it--reach me on Signal at emmawhitford.96 www.insidehighered.com/node/192421/...

As of Monday, it appears that Angelo State has softened its policies to allow preferred names and LGBQ content, but not transgender discussions. If anyone at Angelo State wants to chat with me about it, I'm on Signal at emmawhitford.96 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Hey #AcademicSky, got parking woes? I want to hear about them. Tell me about your university's return-to-office plans, parking policies and any petty (or not petty) complaints about spot availability. Reach me here or on Signal: @ emmawhitford.96

As of this morning, we've counted 13 reports of swatting calls--false reports of active shooters on campus--at U.S. colleges since Aug. 19. At many colleges, fall classes began yesterday. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

I'm thrilled to be back! Working on my Bluesky feed, so academics--please say hi!