Concepts in Educationalist Thought Series

The Irretractable Argument

The Irretractable Argument

  AI Overview: "Irretractable" means something that cannot be taken back, reversed, or retracted. It's the opposite of "retractable". Essentially, if something is irretractable, it's final and cannot be undone.       In an email group discussion,...

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Why Aren’t Students Reading? From the Chronicle

Why Aren’t Students Reading? From the Chronicle

  Graham Vyse, Why Aren’t Students Reading?  The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 10, 2025.     It’s hard to get today’s college students to read.     Many are unable — or unwilling — to do it, especially if they’re assigned longer texts....

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Australian Universities: The Australia Institute Report

Australian Universities: The Australia Institute Report

  The Australia Institute Media Release     Australian universities slash costs, staff and courses, while lavishing hundreds of millions on themselves April 30, 2025 Economics Law, Society & Culture Australia’s universities spend hundreds of...

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CHASS  Election Statement: what makes us human

CHASS Election Statement: what makes us human

The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) has just released its 2025 Federal Election Statement, urging Australia’s next government to strengthen national capabilities in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS).     HASS plays...

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The New Carnegie classifications

The New Carnegie classifications

The New Carnegie classifications: https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/saec/         This is the new system for American Universities:         From The Chronicle: New Carnegie Classification Aims to Shake Up How Higher Ed...

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Not to Duck and Cover

Not to Duck and Cover

From the Daily Briefing of The Chronicle of Higher Education: Duck-and-cover is over.     Colleges close ranks More than a week after Harvard University galvanized higher ed by rejecting demands from the Trump administration, the sector continues to emerge...

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Changeling Leadership

Changeling Leadership

A changeling, also historically referred to as an auf or oaf, is a human-like creature found throughout much of European folklore. According to folklore, a changeling was a substitute left by a supernatural being when kidnapping a human being. Sometimes the changeling...

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