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The case for Luddism against ChatGPT (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Let us return to Scott’s “pedagogical mistake.” That is a desirable goal, especially in democratic societies whose health depends on informed citizens who can debate in reciprocally intelligible ways. In short, epistemological Luddism helps us maintain our autonomy in the face of autonomous technology.

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Gunman Kills 3 and Injures 5 at Michigan State

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, said this morning, “Certain places are supposed to be about community, learning or joy—elementary schools and college campuses, movie theaters and dance halls, grocery stores and workplaces. They should not be the sites of bloodshed,” The Detroit News reported.

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The Good, The Bad & The Ugy of Microcredentials

Parchment

Noah Geisel walks us through what we’re getting right, the challenge of adoption, and the complicated nature of reinventing the recognition of what people know. Tell us a little bit more about your role and what your responsibility is with microcredentialing. Noah, welcome to the podcast. This is also regional four-year schools.

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Memo to Universities UK: don’t let this crisis go to waste

SRHE

And it was Horace much longer ago who urged us to seize the day, and put little faith in the future. Rather, they are making proper use of the powers Parliament gave to them and that feels entirely democratic to me.” And a democratically elected government gets to make those decisions.”. But her timing was bad.

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Preserving Democracy: The Vital Role of Liberal Arts in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 156 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Jeff Scheuer

The Change Leader, Inc.

The US became a superpower in the last 170 years since the Civil War, with primarily a liberal arts model of higher education. In under 200 pages, “Inside the Liberal Arts” outlines the history, conceptual core, and critical democratic role of liberal education. I’m glad you’re able to join us.

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The College Classroom as an Arena of Contention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Those are just a few of the words that two Fox News critics used in 2007 to describe Rupert Murdock’s agenda-driven rightwing propaganda machine in their riotously funny, profanity-laced takedown, Fair and Balanced My Ass! Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Outrageous. Outlandish. Mendacious, malevolent, misleading. Skewed, slanted, shoddy.

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Progressives aim their fury at legacy admissions: ‘Affirmative action for the privileged’

The Guardian Higher Education

Critics argue that university’s preference toward legacy applicants exacerbates existing inequalities in higher education In the aftermath of the supreme court’s decision to strike down race-conscious admissions at universities in June, progressive Democrats have turned their outrage into motivation.