Kiernan Mathews
@faculty.bsky.social
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I study faculty, direct a university consortium, and reveal the known universe of #highered scholarship to people who never thought to ask. Trying to change a 19th century academy for a 21st century professoriate. Failing daily.
![Lydia [to Mary]: Have you checked the New York Times weddings section?
Mary: Yes, that's how I found out about Elizabeth's wedding.
Lydia [looking up from her computer, surprised]: Does Elizabeth have an announcement?
Mary [nodding yes]: Have you checked Weddingchannel[.com]? [She brings up a listing and later finds Elizabeth's wedding
registry.]
Lydia visits site, too. She then shows her computer to Ronald, who begins looking at the registry and commenting on the gifts.
Ronald: Do people really need this stuff?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dikheh6r7gms2hd6hpkiyrom/bafkreicaforr26dhtlbuazhgr6qig4o3j35wgxpmerhmnjxksrhmpiqhgm)
![Excerpt from the UK report. It reads “…financial stability for universities has potentially harmful repercussions for students, staff and the economy. For example, in the last year we have seen several universities make decisions to close degree courses that have low student demand but are of national strategic importance, such as courses in modern foreign languages and arts and humanities. There is a real risk that certain courses will only be available in a limited number of institutions and so become out of reach to students who cannot travel to study or who cannot meet highly competitive entry requirements. [highlighted] The OfS has identified that the steps universities are taking to respond to individual financial pressures pose an aggregate risk to the size, shape and reputation of the higher education sector. [end highlighted] Universities and government both have a role in the change needed to create a more secure, sustainable higher education sector that serves national as well as individual interests.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dikheh6r7gms2hd6hpkiyrom/bafkreig77zzvuvgcsikialbx6w5a6454vdz2n7nab5guyvhtfeic6l3rkq)
!["Compared to what is known from research on experiences of climate within research groups and departments, less scholarly attention has been paid to understanding marginalized science scholars’ perceptions of climate at the level of the profession (i.e., climate of scholarly inclusion). Our results suggest that scholars with multiple marginalized identities experience climate at the level of their profession as being less open to diversity and as devaluing scholarship by people from marginalized groups. [HIGHLIGHTED BY POSTER] In fact, across the three academic levels studied, climate at the level of the profession was the strongest mediator of the relationship between marginalized identities and all three career outcomes." [END HIGHLIGHT]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dikheh6r7gms2hd6hpkiyrom/bafkreig5dzlqpsxeo26f54diak5c6qnxfsy75o23su6y674cnl636wfw3e)
