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Holding the Harvard Extension School to a higher standard, one tweet at a time. By @ilamont, ALM '08. No current #Harvard affiliation. Retweets ≠ endorsements.

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This is how you get change at Harvard. Loud, vocal, public demonstrations & awareness. Harvard Extension School students have put up with a second-class & demeaning degree designation for too long. EQUAL TREATMENT NOW!
Kody Christiansen (@KodyKitty) profile pictureKody Christiansen@KodyKitty4 Oct 2022
Academically Accurate Degrees, NOW! We ask the FAS Faculty Council to put this on their agenda and take a vote on it this year! Do the right thing, Harvard. It is time.
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Harvard Extension School proseminar faculty (Bond brothers) and research advisors always framed liberal arts ALM theses as training for doctoral research. They said a future PhD would be far easier to complete as we understood research reqs and writing/editorial processes.
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"Critics of the donation particularly slammed Griffin’s decision to back Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president" Indefensible. The same guy who is dismantling higher education in Florida and discriminating against gay and trans people.
The Harvard Crimson (@thecrimson) profile pictureThe Harvard Crimson
@thecrimson29 Apr 2023
Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow defended the decision to accept a $300 million donation from Republican megadonor Kenneth C. Griffin ’89 and rename the GSAS in his honor during an interview on Monday. @mherszenhorn & @claireyuan33 report thecrimson.com/article/2023/…

Bacow Defends Decision to Rename Harvard GSAS After Republican Megadonor Ken Griffin

Bacow Defends Decision to Rename Harvard GSAS After Republican Megadonor Ken Griffin

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Here's what happened when MIT took dirty money when I was a student there. rferl.org/a/mit-quietly-unta…
MIT Quietly Untangles Itself From Russian Billionaire

MIT Quietly Untangles Itself From Russian Billionaire

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- one of the world's most prestigious and wealthiest universities -- has moved to erase years of ties with Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg following...

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'MIT quietly scrubbed Vekselberg from its board in 2018, following the U.S. Treasury Department's decision to list him and his business group among the Russian officials, "oligarchs," and companies to be penalized for advancing Moscow's "malign activities."'
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The incident involves a Title IX coordinator @HarvardExt. Some followers may recall HES DSO officers responsible for trying to rig @HarvardESA elections in 2021 and deny the rights of certain students (and then lying about it) were also Title IX coordinators.
HESA : Harvard Extension Student Association (@HarvardESA) profile pictureHESA : Harvard Extension Student Association@HarvardESA10 Apr 2023
We would like to take a moment to affirm our support for and solidarity with all of our fellow Harvard Extension School students. To view the April 8, 2023 General Assembly, please go to: tinyurl.com/HESAgaAPRILrecor…
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"I discovered that the Harvard Extension School DSO Dean and at least one other DSO staff member are listed as Title IX coordinators at Harvard with responsibility for overseeing an important federal civil rights program that governs gender discrimination."
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"I find it hard to believe that people who were assigned such important roles to protect civil rights can turn right around and deny the rights of Harvard students by rigging election roles to exclude an entire class of people from participating in student government elections."
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FINALLY the New York Times stops restricting its higher ed beat to the Ivies and starts paying attention to humble state schools
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This is an amazing program. What an opportunity for someone to get an associates degree or test the community college waters. Harvard Extension used to offer an associates degree but phased it out 10 or 15 years ago. teapaw.org/OnlyInBOS/status/16415… #highereducation
Only In Boston (@OnlyInBOS) profile pictureOnly In Boston
@OnlyInBOS30 Mar 2023
ALERT: Boston will now allow all residents, regardless of age, income, or immigration status, to sign up for its Tuition Free Community College Plan, paying for up to 3 years of tuition and fees for all pursuing an associate degree or certificate program at a partner college. 🎓
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Chris Moran@chrismoranuk29 Mar 2023
Hi students (and, well, EVERYONE)! Just a reminder that if you’re using ChatGPT to research something and it gives you a list of exciting references to news articles, authors, and even a summary, and then you can’t find them on a website… it’s 99% likely they never existed
Chris Moran (@chrismoranuk) profile pictureChris Moran@chrismoranuk19 Mar 2023
A quick thread on AI and misinformation. Open AI’s own Safety Card says it “has the potential to cast doubt on the whole information environment, threatening our ability to distinguish fact from fiction." I’m increasingly interested in this
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Helped my child research summer college costs in 2021 (except for @UMassBoston which shows ~2023 costs for Mass resident) for 3-4 credit classes. The big shock was UVM, more than Harvard Extension or Brandeis! Child ended up doing UC Berkeley in 2021, will do UMass this year.
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Alums (inc new Harvard Extension grads): @HarvardExtAlum annual banquet registration is open. It's a grand event that takes place in late May. Details ⤵️ alumni.extension.harvard.edu…
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Eric Hoover@erichoov28 Feb 2023
Blown away by how many enrollment VPs and admissions deans who’ve told tell me that they’re over it. Done. Finis.
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Reax to New Yorker piece on humanities majors. Read the whole thread ⤵️
Ben Schmidt / @benmschmidt@sigmoid.social (@benmschmidt) profile pictureBen Schmidt / @[email protected]@benmschmidt27 Feb 2023
Replying to @benmschmidt
This here is completely wrong. Degrees didn't hover at 15% decades--they completely collapsed in the 1970s. Nor did they follow the economy--they had a huge boom w/ the baby boom, and a little one around 1990. Chart from my 2018 Atlantic article. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
For decades, the average proportion of humanities students in every class hovered around fifteen per cent nationally, following the American economy up in boom times and down in bearish periods

ALT For decades, the average proportion of humanities students in every class hovered around fifteen per cent nationally, following the American economy up in boom times and down in bearish periods

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Melissa Korn@melissakorn27 Feb 2023
🚨NEW: @ColoradoCollege won't cooperate with @usnews undergrad rankings anymore. Consistent top-30 national liberal arts college, they're the highest ranked school to pull out. "We would love others to join us," says president @LSongRichardson wsj.com/articles/colorado-co… via @WSJ
WSJ News Exclusive | Colorado College Withdraws From U.S. News & World Report Undergrad Ranking

WSJ News Exclusive | Colorado College Withdraws From U.S. News & World Report Undergrad Ranking

The school is the highest-ranked liberal-arts college to stop cooperating with the ranking. Its withdrawal signals that dissatisfaction with the rankings’ methodology and power is continuing to...

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Harvard Extension School proseminar faculty (Bond brothers) and research advisors always framed liberal arts ALM theses as training for doctoral research. They said a future PhD would be far easier to complete as we understood research reqs and writing/editorial processes.
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Marymount University plans to make a sharp turn away from the humanities, eliminating nine liberal-arts majors for undergraduate students. chroni.cl/3Etys09
9 Liberal-Arts Majors Are on the Chopping Block at Marymount U.

9 Liberal-Arts Majors Are on the Chopping Block at Marymount U.

English, history, and mathematics are among the planned cuts as the Virginia university targets low-enrollment programs. Some faculty, students, and alumni are protesting.

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