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Twitter is Awesome! Higher-Ed Version

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by doctorquant, Jul 17, 2015.

  1. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Univ. of Wisconsin professor, dismayed at latest state budget, takes to Twitter to spread a little enlightenment:

    She begins to then hit up incoming Badgers to let them know just how bad things are:

    Faculty "governing group" (maybe the Faculty Senate?), perhaps knowing whence comes its living, is not amused.

    UW professor under fire for tweeting at incoming freshmen
     
  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Saddest phrase ever.
     
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  3. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    College professors are the worst.
     
  4. JohnHammond

    JohnHammond Well-Known Member

    The most outrageous aspect of this for those on eithe side of the issue is Prof. Goldrick-Rab needs grandpa "connect the dots" for her.
     
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  5. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    In her (likely self-penned) bio she's referred to as a "scholar-activist." I would argue that they're the worst.
     
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  6. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Story says she has been very open that she's seeking another job because of Walker.

    Guessing that other job doesn't come through too quickly. OTOH, tenure, suckas!
     
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  7. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Packers fan, I assume.
     
  8. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Thoughts:

    Tenure and Twitter are a bad mix.

    Gov. Walker is better looking than Hitler.

    Discouraging students from attending Wisconsin seems a pretty ineffective form of activism.
     
  9. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Scorecard of 6 million dead Jews > Good looks
     
  10. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    And it might have bad consequences for the Wisconsin deer population too.
     
  11. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Ryan Braun fan, I assume.
     
  12. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    These schools need to do a better job of finding their indoctrinators.
     
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