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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-08 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)
washingtonpost.com/technology/

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-02-09 07:03:06

"COSiE: Community for Open Science in Education" @ OSCU (Open Science Community Utrecht)
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.social
2026-01-08 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
reuters.com/world/europe/trump

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-12-10 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
rawstory.com/linda-mcmahon-267

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.io
2025-12-09 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."
us.macmillan.com/books/9780374

@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-01-09 22:44:46
Content warning:

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

Metal image with traces of gilding of Frigg or a Valkyrie. She has a long braid and what might be earrings. Around her upper body there is a shawl or cloak and she wears a long dress with a short train and decorations that look to me like tablet-woven bands.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-01-09 14:25:56

RFK Jr.'s vaccine moves put new focus on patchwork of state school standards (Lexi Lonas Cochran/The Hill)
thehill.com/homenews/education
memeorandum.com/260109/p31#a26

@servelan@newsie.social
2026-01-09 00:45:08

Texas agency accused of violating teachers' speech rights on Charlie Kirk
thehill.com/homenews/education