Northwestern U journalism prof Steven Thrasher was on #DemocracyNow this morning and they referenced this article.
It's bittersweet. These protest camps are beautiful and inspiring, but attempts -- by college admins, politicians, police, and journalists to extinguish and discredit them is disgusting.
> I’ve also met more caring, compassionate colleagues at their camps than in any other venue over my years in Chicago. The shared goals of these encampments—to divest from an apartheid state and end the genocide in Gaza—are not anything to be ashamed about. They are moral and righteous desires. Nor are these fringe positions; they are desired by the majority of the people on this planet.
"For more than 50 years, Asian American studies has been a recognized field at American colleges and universities. But outside of California, students who want to study it as a major or minor are usually out of luck.
Dear UK #Students, get yourselves on the #ElectoralRoll right now as you will be at home in July. Tell you families, tell your neighbours, tell your friends.
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to give a commencement address this Sunday at Morehouse, a historically Black college in Atlanta that counts Dr. Martin Luther King among its graduates. But the president’s coming speech has sparked consternation from the graduating class. Some students see Biden using Morehouse as a political tool for Black votes in an election year, and others are considering ways to protest his Middle East policies without overshadowing the celebration for their families. NPR has more.
#College professors are facing the same challenges we see at the secondary level: students who struggle with #reading, writing, and completing homework. It explores the reasons behind these trends, dives into relevant research, and showcases how some professors are adapting their teaching methods in response.
The article is free, but you may have to create an account to read it. #education
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Interesting note at the end about "Index Funds":
If the college is invested in an Index Fund that includes companies that do business with #Israel, they can't simply exclude the undesirable companies. They would have to sell the ENTIRE Index Fund."
Whos ready for something new? Who here wants to experience the greatness of senses that are not normally talked about? Who here wants to enlighten themselves to a new way of life? a way where loving and being loved is different? If so, #boost and favorite this post. If you want to know what this is about, DM me. #College, #CollegeProject, #Love, #Romance.
I've been drawing strips for years about attacks on students' right to protest, yet strangely I've never been invited to give a TED Talk, speak at an "ideas festival," or pen a column for the Atlantic.
@jensorensen This is a perfect example of how power and money can silence marginalized voices. When those with privilege feel threatened, they'll stop at nothing to suppress dissent.
In the late ‘60s, to right-wing activists, communists were over-running #college campuses and #university administrators needed to be subpoenaed and law enforcement sent in to forcibly end protests.
In 2024, to right-wing activists, antisemites are over-running college campuses and university administrators need to be subpoenaed and law enforcement sent in to forcibly end protests.
"The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case, however, we must arrest and slander them.
“We will not look back and regret this decision. Although we were wrong about not admitting women, abolitioning racial quotas, US involvement in Vietnam, and divesting from apartheid South Africa, we are confident that this time is different."
@jonoabroad I kinda wish I could scrub it of personal info and post it here. But that would be massively unprofessional of me and I will not do it for that reason. But effin hell.
I firmly believe that living in a college town helps keep you feeling young.
I have the windows open tonight. It's the first pleasant weekend evening of the spring, and I hear groups of the kids laughing and talking, on their way to various house parties. It makes the years just kind of fall away, and that's a great feeling.
Turned off music and am trying to buckle down for a study session. Can I just say, this new #college world of often only having a digital option for a textbook, is AWFUL. It's SO bad for neurodivergent folks.
My textbook is only readable in an app. I can't easily take notes from it. I can't make my usual process of tabs and sticky notes. I can't bounce around the book as I reference things.
It's a wildly negative experience for my brain, inspiring so much resistance to learning the material.
@MsHearthWitch@hollie yes! 👏🏻 That fits. Uses multiple senses. Apparently there are studies showing handwriting activates the brain differently than typing or something. And that it's more memorable.
@dyani@hollie I believe that. My first go-round thru uni I would take really good notes during lectures and then just... never have to look at them again and flew through my courses with straight As.
The act of writing it down while listening to the lecture was enough for me to internalize the concepts.
ECOLE DESERTE EN LOIRE ATLANTIQUE
Les parents d'élèves se mobilisent contre le "choc des savoirs" décidé par Gabriel Attal. Le 28 mars ne mettons pas nos enfants au collège. #ecole#lycée #collège#chocdessavoirs
