@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-12-08 03:25:52
A look at an "etiquette camp" for young founders in San Francisco, which teaches them how to dress, act, and talk, amid shifting expectations for tech founders (Lisa Bonos/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/12/07/te…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-02-09 07:03:06
"COSiE: Community for Open Science in Education" @ OSCU (Open Science Community Utrecht)
https://openscience-utrecht.com/cosie/
"COSiE is an interdisciplinary community of UU and UMC staff members who want to make the process of sharing and using Open Education Resources (OERs) …
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-01-08 19:45:11
Typical american thinking, anything can be bought, it is so pathetic... $10,000 to $100,000 per person is not even that much for giving up freedom , healthcare, cheap education etcetera
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trump-…
@servelan@newsie.social2025-12-10 00:48:17
"On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced that it had reached a settlement with the state of Missouri to end the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) program, which allowed more than 7 million mostly low-income Americans to reduce their federal student loan payments."
Trump admin blasted for 'unrelenting push to jack up costs' with new 'backroom deal' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/linda-mcmahon-2674384567/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-09 11:21:13
Student loan debt tops $1.6 trillion
The average tuition has doubled in the past 30 years.
At the same time, new federal caps on how much parents can borrow for college placing higher education further out of reach for some families.
Against that backdrop, a growing number of schools are making college more affordable
by providing free tuition to undergraduate students from low- and middle-income families.
The movement dates back 20 years but has gained momen…
@ethanwhite@hachyderm.io2025-12-09 22:33:52
There are many key lessons for higher education in @…'s Enshittification. One is about mission:
"...the double edged nature of vocational awe. Sure Googlers [faculty] had been willing to pull long hours, putting work before personal life and health, in order to realize the company's [university's] mission, but the quid pro quo those workers expected was for the company [university] to take that mission as seriously as they did."
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-01-09 22:44:46
Have a beautiful Day of Aphrodite aka Venus' Day aka #FriggsDay aka Friday.
"Frigg, I believe,
knows all that happens,
although she says it not."
Freyja in Lokasenna
🏛 Frigg or Valkyrie, Tuna, Alsike, Uppland, Sweden
#DayOfAphrodite
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-09 14:25:56
RFK Jr.'s vaccine moves put new focus on patchwork of state school standards (Lexi Lonas Cochran/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5677527-rfk-jr-kennedy-cdc-vaccines/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p31#a260109p31
@servelan@newsie.social2026-01-09 00:45:08
Texas agency accused of violating teachers' speech rights on Charlie Kirk
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5676406-texas-teachers-union-charlie-kirk/