Leah DeVun
@ldevun.bsky.social
New here! Author of The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance; historian, photographer & professor at Rutgers University.
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important discussion - one of largest, most public humanities associations, the AHA and democracy
www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/u...
@rooseveltinstitute.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@scholarsforsj.bsky.social
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@demwomencaucus.bsky.social
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@rooseveltinstitute.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@scholarsforsj.bsky.social
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@demwomencaucus.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
important discussion - one of largest, most public humanities associations, the AHA and democracy
www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/u...
@rooseveltinstitute.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@scholarsforsj.bsky.social
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@demwomencaucus.bsky.social
www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/u...
@rooseveltinstitute.org
@higheredlabor.bsky.social
@scholarsforsj.bsky.social
@womenknowhistory.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@demwomencaucus.bsky.social
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"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
arxiv.org
June 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels."
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872
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This State University Has a Plan to Take on Trump
Two professors from Rutgers University in New Jersey went out on a limb to write a “mutual defense compact” for Big Ten schools. Their effort is gaining steam.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Academic Senate resoundingly approved (141 to 4, with 10 abstentions) its version of a Big 10 Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC), originally proposed by Rutgers a month ago! ✊ www.senate.illinois.edu/2024-2025/20...
www.senate.illinois.edu
April 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Academic Senate resoundingly approved (141 to 4, with 10 abstentions) its version of a Big 10 Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC), originally proposed by Rutgers a month ago! ✊ www.senate.illinois.edu/2024-2025/20...
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BREAKING: In a sudden about-face, a DOJ attorney saiys ICE will be RESTORING the status of thousands of foreign students whose SEVIS records were terminated w/o notice earlier this month.
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students
Hundreds of foreign students in the U.S. on F-1 visas said they were informed their SEVIS records were suddenly terminated by DHS.
www.wusa9.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: In a sudden about-face, a DOJ attorney saiys ICE will be RESTORING the status of thousands of foreign students whose SEVIS records were terminated w/o notice earlier this month.
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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BREAKING: 1,600 post docs at Johns Hopkins University are unionizing with @UAW.
April 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BREAKING: 1,600 post docs at Johns Hopkins University are unionizing with @UAW.
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Photographers! Join me and the stellar Elinor Carucci on May 17+18 for our photobook workshop via @photophlo.bsky.social. If you're developing a project that you think is ready for a book, we will guide you through the ins and outs of the publishing process. #photography #photobooks
THE PHOTOGRAPHER EDITOR COLLABORATION
PhotoPhlo: Online photography education and events with top teaching photographers.
www.photophlo.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Photographers! Join me and the stellar Elinor Carucci on May 17+18 for our photobook workshop via @photophlo.bsky.social. If you're developing a project that you think is ready for a book, we will guide you through the ins and outs of the publishing process. #photography #photobooks
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Small colleges have taken the lead -- but they are now joined by 6 of 8 Ivies: Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and -- yes -- Harvard.
And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.
And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.
A powerful call has just gone up on the website of the @aacu.org : “A Call for Constructive Engagement” signed by almost 200 college & university presidents (more sure to join), from community colleges to R1s! #academicsky #edusky @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Small colleges have taken the lead -- but they are now joined by 6 of 8 Ivies: Cornell, Penn, Princeton, Yale, Brown, and -- yes -- Harvard.
And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.
And, finally, by a handful of big publics: U. of Washington, Wisconsin, Rutgers, SUNY Buffalo and Stony Brook, UC Riverside, UVa, UMD.
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I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I knew the U.S. higher education system was a massive draw for foreigners, but I did not know the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it did natural gas and coal combined. Great piece by @crampell.bsky.social
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Harvard, which has long been criticized for its questionable endowment investments and lack of diversity, is refusing to crumble—hopefully a catalyst for other universities to grow a spine and do the same.
Harvard University Announces It Won’t Surrender to Trump
Despite billions in federal funding at risk, Harvard is rejecting Trump’s demands.
newrepublic.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Harvard, which has long been criticized for its questionable endowment investments and lack of diversity, is refusing to crumble—hopefully a catalyst for other universities to grow a spine and do the same.
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I found out about this website update via The Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper. Read the original story here, it’s good: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Will Fight Trump’s Demands | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard will not comply with the Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its diversity programming and limit student protests in exchange for its federal funding, University President Alan M. Garb...
www.thecrimson.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I found out about this website update via The Crimson, Harvard’s student newspaper. Read the original story here, it’s good: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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The Chronicle covers the growing MADC* movement!
Faculty senates at Indiana, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Nebraska state flagships have ALL passed resolutions for Mutual Academic Defense Compacts!!
Will your institution be next? Make it so!
*because we're mad, see? <groan lol>
Faculty senates at Indiana, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Nebraska state flagships have ALL passed resolutions for Mutual Academic Defense Compacts!!
Will your institution be next? Make it so!
*because we're mad, see? <groan lol>
Good article on mutual defense of academic freedom. A movement is growing. www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump
The idea of a compact among institutions is based on the idea that there’s strength in numbers, and it comes amid frustration that few presidents are speaking out against the administration’s actions ...
www.chronicle.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The Chronicle covers the growing MADC* movement!
Faculty senates at Indiana, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Nebraska state flagships have ALL passed resolutions for Mutual Academic Defense Compacts!!
Will your institution be next? Make it so!
*because we're mad, see? <groan lol>
Faculty senates at Indiana, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Nebraska state flagships have ALL passed resolutions for Mutual Academic Defense Compacts!!
Will your institution be next? Make it so!
*because we're mad, see? <groan lol>
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"If universities are not willing to stand up for the free speech and academic freedom of their students and faculty, then what, if any, values do they stand for?"
April 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"If universities are not willing to stand up for the free speech and academic freedom of their students and faculty, then what, if any, values do they stand for?"
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THURS! national day of action for higher ed!
U.S. universities serve 20 million students, largest employers in dozens of regions, provide essential healthcare in rural areas, drive economic growth + wellbeing!
find or host an action, in person and virtual!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org/agenda
U.S. universities serve 20 million students, largest employers in dozens of regions, provide essential healthcare in rural areas, drive economic growth + wellbeing!
find or host an action, in person and virtual!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org/agenda
Why We're Taking Action — A National Day of Action for Higher Ed
www.dayofactionforhighered.org
April 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
THURS! national day of action for higher ed!
U.S. universities serve 20 million students, largest employers in dozens of regions, provide essential healthcare in rural areas, drive economic growth + wellbeing!
find or host an action, in person and virtual!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org/agenda
U.S. universities serve 20 million students, largest employers in dozens of regions, provide essential healthcare in rural areas, drive economic growth + wellbeing!
find or host an action, in person and virtual!
www.dayofactionforhighered.org/agenda
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Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Block Trump's Campus Attacks www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...
Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Block Trump's Campus Attacks | Common Dreams
Rutgers University Senate takes a stand against Trump's attacks on First Amendment rights, forming a mutual defense compact with other Big Ten schools. Will this bold move inspire other institutions t...
www.commondreams.org
April 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Block Trump's Campus Attacks www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...
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BREAKING: Harvard AAUP & the nat'l AAUP have jointly filed a lawsuit & TRO to block the Trump admin from demanding that Harvard restrict speech & undermine academic freedom or else lose $8.7 billion in federal funds. This action challenges the Trump admin's misuse of funds for coercion. Stay tuned.
April 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
BREAKING: Harvard AAUP & the nat'l AAUP have jointly filed a lawsuit & TRO to block the Trump admin from demanding that Harvard restrict speech & undermine academic freedom or else lose $8.7 billion in federal funds. This action challenges the Trump admin's misuse of funds for coercion. Stay tuned.
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RIGHT NOW:
Researchers, healthcare, and education workers at the University of Washington are staging a die-in to get the point across:
Slashing NIH funding puts critical research & healthcare at risk. To put it simply: Trump’s Cuts Kill.
#KilltheCuts
Researchers, healthcare, and education workers at the University of Washington are staging a die-in to get the point across:
Slashing NIH funding puts critical research & healthcare at risk. To put it simply: Trump’s Cuts Kill.
#KilltheCuts
April 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
RIGHT NOW:
Researchers, healthcare, and education workers at the University of Washington are staging a die-in to get the point across:
Slashing NIH funding puts critical research & healthcare at risk. To put it simply: Trump’s Cuts Kill.
#KilltheCuts
Researchers, healthcare, and education workers at the University of Washington are staging a die-in to get the point across:
Slashing NIH funding puts critical research & healthcare at risk. To put it simply: Trump’s Cuts Kill.
#KilltheCuts
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AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...
Institutions Should Not Provide Student and Faculty Info To Enable Deportations
In response to news reports that the Office for Civil Rights in the US Department of Education has requested the names and nationalities of students and faculty who may have been involved in alleged T...
www.aaup.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
AAUP has just published a memo laying out the many legal reasons why universities should not hand over the names & nationalities of their students or faculty, as the Trump admin has asked. Please share freely with your friendly university admin! @aaup.bsky.social www.aaup.org/news/institu...
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Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
Important article on trustees who run unis but aren’t academics and have no experience teaching or doing research. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who actually runs Columbia University? | Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock
Trustees aren’t academics – and they’re often political wolves in sheep’s clothing. We need reform to save the American university as we know it
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Important article on trustees who run unis but aren’t academics and have no experience teaching or doing research. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Happening today! @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
Not sure how cuts to the U.S. Dept of Education will impact higher ed? Join @higheredlabor.bsky.social for a virtual discussion of what higher ed loses when the DoEd is destroyed and how we can respond collectively. 4/1 at 8pm on Zoom.
tinyurl.com/Apr1HELU
tinyurl.com/Apr1HELU
April 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Happening today! @ruaaup-aft.bsky.social @higheredlabor.bsky.social
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I ❤️ Rutgers Faculty Senate.
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I ❤️ Rutgers Faculty Senate.
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Solidarity against tyranny is a wonderful thing. Go, Rutgers!
Let's hope this starts the logical, the only step forward out of this morass. And let's hope Lawfirms can get free of the Paul Weisses of the world to do something similar.
This administration is targeting the brains, witnesses and those that have the ability to stand up against it. Do not shrink.
This administration is targeting the brains, witnesses and those that have the ability to stand up against it. Do not shrink.
March 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Solidarity against tyranny is a wonderful thing. Go, Rutgers!
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Rutgers University Senate proposal for a mutual defense pact of Big Ten schools. Rutgers faculty, show them the way!
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Rutgers University Senate proposal for a mutual defense pact of Big Ten schools. Rutgers faculty, show them the way!
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This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.
March 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.