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Tessa DeLaquil
@tdelaquil.bsky.social
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Associate professor @NTNU; PhD at Boston College CIHE; international higher education, values & ideas of the university, policy studies; exec board member at the Philosophy & Theory of Higher Ed Society; assoc editor @policyrevhighered
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Jan 7
The first article from my postdoc @aarhusuni.bsky.social with Søren Bengtsen, @agtgibson.bsky.social & Lynn McAlpine, titled “Unveiling university-society engagement - university origin stories in Denmark” is out!

50 free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F7DBJ...
Unveiling university-society engagement – university origin stories from Denmark
While contemporary higher education policy tends to frame the value and contribution of the university through the concept of societal impact, in this paper, we aim to widen how we understand engag...
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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · Aug 19
Pub day! My new book, Authoritarians in the Academy at @hopkinspress.bsky.social, is now officially out and available for purchase. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
photo of my holding a copy of my book Authoritarians in the Academy
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Shikha Dalmia @shikhadalmia.bsky.social · 3d
The real sin of American univs is not that they are too "woke," it is that they are putting their financial interests ahead of their values and appeasing authoritarian regimes. At @theunpopulist.net @aaronrosspowell.com talks to @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social

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China's Authoritarian Regime Is Censoring American Universities: A Conversation with Sarah McLaughlin
Elite universities with deep pockets have no excuse for putting their financial interests ahead of their values
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9d
as an author of a book on reparations I am intimately familiar with the move people make from "the thing you want isn't politically viable right now" to "you shouldn't want it, talk about wanting it, or even think about it" but it never stops being weird to me
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 10d
It is actually peak absurdity that we still have people arguing that voters should bend to the positions of their political representatives instead of the other way around.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Aug 28
"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."

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The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Aug 25
Two references to your piece in the two paragraphs in this section.
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Aug 21
Plus, this was a v. cool finding from the paper - the sheer number of societal connections from the humanities faculty & through the deans specifically!
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Aug 21
They drew from a broad knowledge of researchers' projects to represent faculty contributions in terms of societal engagement to expand networks, collaborate, & demonstrate how to jointly address societal problems - pointing to the underestimated depth of embeddedness of the humanities in society.
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Aug 21
They expressed a shared sense of having to make ‘tough decisions’ & range of values underpinning thinking & action. Responsibilities & values scaffolded how they understood/ enacted commitment to societal engagement, recognising that humanities was a point of contention, esp. in national policies.
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Aug 21
We asked how deans of the humanities understand and enact university-societal engagement within their lived experience of negotiating multiple responsibilities within their roles as leaders.
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Aug 21
The 3rd article from my postdoc @au.dk w/ Lynn McAlpine, Søren Bengtsen, & @agtgibson.bsky.social, titled “How do deans of humanities understand and enact societal engagement within their broader experiences of leading? A Danish case study” is out and available open access here: lnkd.in/dkfqzS5t
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Charles Mathies @cmathies.bsky.social · Aug 7
New pub w/ @hannukarhunen.bsky.social & Steve DesJardins. We examined what happens when tuition fees are implemented on intl students in 🇫🇮. Focusing on intl std price sensitivity, we model (DID) the effects of the implementation of tuition fees. It’s open access link.springer.com/article/10.1....
If You Charge Them, Will They Come? The Effect of Levying Tuition Fees on International Students - Research in Higher Education
In 2017, Finland began levying tuition fees on non-European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) international students. Using data from multiple Finnish government sources, we study the impact of ...
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yusufoldac.bsky.social @yusufoldac.bsky.social · Jul 5
#New journal article, just published in the Minerva journal! #openaccess

Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems: Evidence from Three Contexts

Link: doi.org/10.1007/s110...
Dynamics of International Research Collaboration in Higher Education in the Global Majority Systems: Evidence from Three Contexts - Minerva
A purpose of global research is to address challenges faced by all humanity. To achieve this, it is crucial to foster global collaborations that promote learning from each other on equal terms. Previo...
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · Jun 21
@helendecruz.net (1978-2025), RIP open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
Helen de Cruz (1978-2025), RIP
Please consider donating to this fundraising effort (here) to support Helen de Cruz’s family.
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Baxter Williams @baxterwilliams.bsky.social · Jun 20
For those who don't know, there is a gofundme set up for Helen's family.

They are very humble to not mention it, so I will.

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Donate to Support Helen's Children After Her Passing, organized by Marcus Arvan
Help provide Helen De Cruz's children with a better start in life after her un… Marcus Arvan needs your support for Support Helen's Children After Her Passing
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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · Jun 20
Dear all,

Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.

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Audrey Watters @audreywatters.bsky.social · Jun 16
On AI as a symptom and a cause of grief and trauma -- pandemic related and otherwise 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/grief-and-tr...
Grief and Trauma and "AI"
I recently finished reading Geraldine Brooks's memoir Memorial Days, about the sudden death of her husband, author and journalist Tony Horwitz. It was fine, I thought; others have given the book much ...
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Quill Kukla 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @quillkukla.bsky.social · Jun 17
Fans of @helendecruz.net should try to attend this very unusual and lovely online event to honor her life while she is still with us. It's unclear whether she will be able to join but this feels much more meaningful than a memorial to me
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okay Kelly @kmdoublev.bsky.social · Jun 17
Georgi Gardiner is hosting an online event to celebrate the philosophical art of @helendecruz.net next Tuesday, 6/24, at 11 a.m. CT. All are welcome! Details at www.georgigardiner.com/helen.
flyer that says "A Zoom Chat to Celebrate the Trailblazing Philosophical Artwork of Helen De Cruz. Creative Philosophy in Community. Tuesday, 24th June 11am-12.20 pm CDT. Everybody welcome. No background required. www.georgigardiner.com/helen
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Jun 18
Congrats Íris 🎉 this so exciting and happy news! Can’t wait to hear more about it!
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · Jun 9
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
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World Inequality Lab @wid.world · Jun 9
🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.

@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.

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Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database
In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Jun 6
A structurally strange blog post today, as I basically repost an old post from a previous blog on method in the humanities, and then use that as a launching pad for entering into my academic middle age. I hope that I am aging with grace, but who knows.

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Method in the Humanities
Back when I was in grad school I kept a previous blog that I ended up replacing with this one. The other day I wanted to share Reichenbach's...
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Jun 2
There have been so many people and communities that have supported me on the journey to get here, and I’m very grateful to them and to be here. I’m looking forward to what’s to come on this new road.

And if you’re coming (or want to come) to Trondheim, let me know!
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Tessa DeLaquil @tdelaquil.bsky.social · Jun 2
It has been a wonderful first day at my new role as associate professor with the Uniped group in the Department of Education and Lifelong Learning at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in the beautiful city of Trondheim!
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Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · May 28
Latest post. Don’t know how many I have still in me

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Can’t take it with you
I am in hospice care and reflecting a lot on what a good life is.
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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · May 27
New publication. Not just for people interested in engineering! But for anyone in HE interested in how students come to understand their disciplines.
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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · May 27
Delighted that this Open Access article, with Ashish Agrawal, Mags Blackie, @janmcarthur.bsky.social, Nicole Pitterson and Renee Smit, on students' accounts of chemical engineering is now out. It's from our @cghe.bsky.social project. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Students’ changing accounts of chemical engineering: a longitudinal study in three countries
In this article we examine how students’ accounts of chemical engineering change during their undergraduate degrees and whether these changes were related to the educational intentions of their deg...
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