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Rebecca Natow

@rebeccanatow.com
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#HigherEd #Policy / Associate Prof of Educational Leadership & Policy / Researcher / Author of "Reexamining the Federal Role in Higher Education" / #Philly Sports / #LongIsland is home / #edusky

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Matt Gelb @mattgelb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You might be done with the Phillies. They are not done with you. They're back in the playoffs for a fifth straight year after avoiding a historic collapse: www.nytimes.com/athletic/763...
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Phillies come alive to avoid historic collapse, clinch playoff date with Braves (Gift Article)
It took until the 162nd game of the season, with an existential crisis baked into the final week, but the Phillies are back in the playoffs.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The same employee...pointed to Vanderbilt’s use of funds on new campuses in New York and San Francisco rather than focusing on the established schools the uni already has." One of the reasons that vandy nymag piece was so bad is that it skipped these issues nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/25/v...
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Vanderbilt Divinity School in receivership - Nashville Banner
Vanderbilt Divinity School has been placed into receivership as university administration looks to restructure operations, reevaluate investment.
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 10/09/2026
As a higher ed finance person, I keep emphasizing that more students are enrolling in high cost of educating fields like health and engineering and fewer in lower-cost fields like the humanities. This squeezes institutional budgets as cross-subsidies disappear.
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Report: Humanities Majors Disappearing
Anxiety about job prospects and heavy reading loads have led to dramatic declines in humanities majors since 2012, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 03/09/2026
Vaccines have nothing to do with autism. Also I wish people weren’t afraid of autism because they knew disability can happen to anyone, plus if they DID have a high support autistic child like my son, they would have a solid road map, community, and resources to support them. If only. #VaccinesWork
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
They should not let people with such limited understanding of teaching and learning be deans of entire colleges at the most selective university in the country. AI "encouragement" in writing courses is a declaration that you don't care if students learn to write. college.harvard.edu/about/deans-...
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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We stand with Hofstra faculty
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Johanna Franklin @johannamath.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My union is bargaining, and our contract runs out at the end of the day on Monday (our first day of classes). If you'd sign this in support of my colleagues and me, it would be very much appreciated! #HofFacAAUP actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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Support Hofstra Faculty
This petition is an opportunity for members of the Hofstra community, friends, students, parents, alumni, and more, to show their solidarity with Hofstra faculty as they negotiate their upcoming colle...
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Rebecca Natow @rebeccanatow.com · 25/08/2026
Thank you to our students, alumni, and friends for signing this petition! Your support means the world to us. There is still time to sign the petition and show your support for faculty of Hofstra University for a fair contract: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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Support Hofstra Faculty
This petition is an opportunity for members of the Hofstra community, friends, students, parents, alumni, and more, to show their solidarity with Hofstra faculty as they negotiate their upcoming colle...
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Rebecca Natow @rebeccanatow.com · 25/08/2026
Thank you to our students, alumni, and friends for signing this petition! Your support means the world to us. There is still time to sign the petition and show your support for faculty of Hofstra University for a fair contract: actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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Support Hofstra Faculty
This petition is an opportunity for members of the Hofstra community, friends, students, parents, alumni, and more, to show their solidarity with Hofstra faculty as they negotiate their upcoming colle...
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Northeast folks, still trying to find a home for a pair of cats whose person passed away
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Equal access to a personal AI agent isn't equal power, writes University of Oslo professor Petter Bae Brandtzaeg. Personalization "can create an illusion of decentralization"—power appears handed to individuals while staying concentrated in the infrastructure their agents depend on.
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No Zuckerberg, The Future is Not Just For Individuals
Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of AI promises to empower everyone. But it mistakes personal optimization for a shared society, writes Petter Bae Brandtzaeg.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Red States: We're cutting the humanities at our public universities to spend more money on right-wing indoctrination Blue States: We're cutting the same programs, but to spend more money on AI and the business school.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/07/2026
Gallup finds, not surprisingly, that the thing Americans are most concerned about when they think about American universities is the high price tag. Baumol's Cost Disease appears to be one driver here, since schools at all levels are experiencing similar problems. news.gallup.com/poll/712748/...
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium www.wired.com/story/new-yo...
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New York Governor Signs First Statewide Data Center Moratorium
“We have no choice but to address the challenges created by these massive facilities,” New York governor Kathy Hochul said. The executive order will pause construction for one year.
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Rebecca Natow @rebeccanatow.com · 14/07/2026
Everyone's going to regret this in November
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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is a good thread about the clearly converging streams of evidence that students don't like AI, don't want to use AI, but feel they'll be outperformed by the students who use AI. (And, like Dr. Fiesler, I don't know what to do about this dynamic at scale)
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Erin C. @erincikanek.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Having to tap the sign again:
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Lauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
futurism.com/future-socie... lol
As one New York financier told Financial Times journalist Gillian Tett, new hires who were seen as “AI natives” are turning out to have alarmingly shallow ideas. So much so, the anonymous finance worker admitted, that his firm now actively avoids seeking out AI-literate STEM graduates, and opts to comb through humanities students instead.
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
New: Are there truly many, well-paid jobs available for those without a four-year degree? That's the emerging narrative; I looked at the data. Tl:dr: This graph that breaks down occupation by annual wages and the share of workers who hold a four-year degree. www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/23/s...
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 23/06/2026
Wikipedia won't let AI edit articles, cofounder says. The problem of AI "hallucinations" -- in which fabricated output is confidently presented -- has been reduced with newer AI models but remains "very, very bad", Jimmy Wales tells AFP u.afp.com/SzLv
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Earthling @ziyatong.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
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@nluewmist / I’m finally reading Dune. This quote which in the first few pages hit hard; “once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only let other men with machines to enslave them.”
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Dylan Flesch @dylanflesch.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
NYC's three library systems are (finally) asking library patrons to send letters advocating for increased funding. Here's BPL: www.bklynlibrary.org/standup/cont... (1/3)
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Your local library needs you
Support BPL today
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
when I got laid off from Vice, I later found out that members of the c-suite had awarded themselves bonuses that were higher than my annual salary. I hope that answers your question.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/06/2026
Have none of the people involved in this ever heard about “correlation does not imply causation”
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Being CEO of like four companies at the same time sure suggests that being a CEO is easy as hell
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/06/2026
There are currently more bills attacking trans youth’s right to play sports across the U.S. than there are trans youth in school sports.
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
The result of AI boosters getting booed at commencement will NOT be them getting a wake-up call about AI skepticism. They will just stop speaking at commencements. But that’s a small win!
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15/05/2026
Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...
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Engaging with arts and culture can slow biological aging as much as exercise, study suggests | CNN
When it comes to slowing down our biological aging, engaging with arts and culture is as beneficial as physical activity, a new study suggests.
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Sam J Miller @sentencebender.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The discourse around "This is a tell for AI writing" really only serves the AI bros, because (they believe) it will tell them how to change the AI to make it indistinguishable from a human. We need to keep our em dashes. Our rules of three. The tell for AI is: is it hollow, does it say nothing.
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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This dog was a three term mayor of Whoville.
A scruffy looking brown dog with hair coming out of his ears
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
We need to have a long conversation in higher ed (and ed in general tbh) about our dependence on proprietary software platforms, especially learning management systems
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A student who sets out to write a research paper will now encounter chatbots who will offer to do their work in their word document, in their learning management system, in their email, in their web browser, and in certain library database interfaces.
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 06/05/2026
The Universities of Wisconsin got $25 million in the state budget to give pay raises to faculty in "high-demand" fields, plus a $2 million earmark to Madison for conservative thought. State funding models tied to demand are fairly common. Trying to raises is new. captimes.com/news/educati...
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Appendix: Table 1 
CIP CODES CATEGORY/HIGH DEMAND FIELDS 
ACCOUNTING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
AGRICULTURAL/ANIMAL/PLANT/VETERINARY SCIENCE AND RELATED FIELDS
BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES
COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES
DATA ANALYTICS
DATA SCIENCE
DIGITAL MARKETING
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH
ENGINEERING
ENGINEERING/ENGINEERING-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES/TECHNICIANS
FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES/HUMAN SCIENCES
GRAPHIC DESIGN
HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS
HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS
HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING AND RELATED 
PROTECTIVE SERVICES 
LINGUISTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
PARKS, RECREATION, LEISURE, FITNESS, AND KINESIOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONS
SOCIAL SCIENCES
SOCIAL WORK
THANATOLOGY
VETERINARY MEDICINE
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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 05/05/2026
States Lack Policies on Dual Enrollment Quality In wide-ranging report, the association for dual-enrollment programs argues that fewer than half of states currently have “holistic” policies governing quality of dual-enrollment programs. bit.ly/4wa4qaP #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
A photo illustration of a student standing at a train station with two different-colored backpacks, one over each shoulder.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 06/08/2023
Someone tell Webster I want to propose a new word errogance (n) : the state of being very confident and very wrong
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 25/04/2026
I'll say it again, one of the worst things this rampant push to cram "generative AI" into everything has done is make people suspect bright kids of cheating when they're just nerdy or bookish or neurodivergent, sanding down their unique edges to fit into people's lowered, homogenized expectations.
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edifiedlistener.bsky.social @edifiedlistener.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Institutions do not, cannot and will never love. Period.
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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 20/04/2026
From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks
It's the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogue-
"Homer, I don't want you to do that."
"Then I won't do it."Then the next day, when I get up, the script's been written.
It's lousy, but it's a script. The hard part is done. It's like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I've taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
That Yale report on what's wrong with U.S. college saw some trees (high cost, unfair admission, etc.) but missed the forest: the 60-year right-wing crusade to undermine higher ed, from slashing budgets to stifling speech How to really fix college. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/yale...
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Why Yale’s term paper on what’s wrong with college gets a ‘D-’ | Will Bunch
An Ivy League university's report on the loss of faith in higher ed ignores what really killed the American Dream of college.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The closing of a college is deeply sad in the moment, but is a long-term rolling catastrophe. What happens to the buildings, grounds, and extended footprint of the campus? How does it gut the local economies that routed through its stability? What happens to the validity of its past diplomas?
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Union leader: “We demand AI to be a subject of collective bargaining.”
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The Jer Witch Project @neveronbrand.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
How it feels doing literally any task right now.
Viral photo from some years back of a man nonchalantly mowing his yard with a tornado on the horizon .
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026
There's a nice #Artemis II mission tracker here: artemis.cdnspace.ca LOTS of data about its current position, crew activities, and whether or not the toilet is currently "Go"
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Artemis II Tracker — Live Mission Control
Real-time mission control dashboard tracking NASA's Artemis II crewed lunar flyby. Live telemetry, DSN comms, orbit visualization, and crew activities.
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Isn’t it weird how “AI literacy” being pushed on students isn’t about learning how it works, the cost of how it works, learning to spot disinformation, media and tech literacy. But instead is just “employers will like it if you get it to write your emails :)”
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 31/03/2026
Boy, what a terrible headline. We *need* the wealthy to participate in public services. If only poor people ride the bus, then rich people won't wield their power in support of public transit or, worse, will wield their power *against* it.
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Should Rich New Yorkers Get Free Stuff, Too? Mamdani Says Yes.
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"But universities are desperate and hungry for a dwindling student base right now." Bull. Shit. "total undergraduate enrollment is projected to increase by 9 percent (from 15.4 million to 16.8 million students) between 2021 and 2031" nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/di...
From link, plot of 2010 to 2021 actual and 2021 to 2031 projected undergraduate enrollments in the US. Small decrease in the early 2020s followed by a return to early 2010s or higher numbers. Not so much an enrollment cliff as an enrollment small dip.
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