She/her. Asst Prof of Higher Ed, big old nerd. Social movement learning. Playful/resistant pedagogy. Politics of funding. And dog pics
Ali Watts
Wrote a little about the work the U.S. put into helping academics escape fascism during WWII and why we can't rely on that for our future
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Absolutely pumped to be part of the incoming cohort of Free Speech and Civic Engagement Fellows! See below for more about the Center and Fellows projects
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Reject HB 698-Stop Attacking Higher Education. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/re...
As we wrote, turning NIH and NSF program officers into political appointees, combined with the proposed rule to weaken peer review, will fundamentally shift the agency from science driven by knowledge and expertise to science driven by politics. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
âď¸Please join with AAUP, AFT, and Stand Up for Science to stop OMBâs proposed âRegulation for Federal Financial Assistanceâ rule by adding your feedback and comments to the Federal Register during the public comment period, open until July 13, 2026.âď¸
fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/164...
The AIM Committee and Education Department are considering proposals to limit the freedom to teach, learn, and research.
We asked experts about the potential impact. Spoiler alert: long-term prosperity, intellectual diversity, democracy, and access to knowledge are at risk.
Itâs truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
BREAKING MS NOW:
FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative â a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search.
I finally got a chance to study the Yale Report on Trust in Higher Education. A quick thread about the trope of "trust" in this context:
Who/what does the conceit that universities have "lost the public trust" and must atone for it really serve? The Yale report (inadvertently) has answers. 1/5
The realization can either break you or liberate you.
Ohio's public colleges and universities are under attack and the people who will pay the price are students, workers, and communities across the state. House Bill 698 doubles down on a troubling patte...
