The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

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Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

Don LePan traces the motivation to start Broadview Press to an experience he had while working at Oxford University Press in the early 1980s. Click here for the full story: https://bit.ly/4hvz4V4

Oh no! Merriam-Webster ys usinge Gen A.I. too! Please repost! (& plese watch to the ende)

The recording is chilling. Solidarity with my colleagues in Texas who teach gender studies & are facing these coordinated attacks on academic freedom.

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.

Turns out studying philosophy is actually valuable. Philosophy majors don’t just argue well, they actually become better thinkers and do better on tests.

Data from 600k students shows they outscore every other major on reasoning, curiosity and open-mindedness.

Public spending on PSE institutions in Canada hit an all-time high of $37B (in 2023$) just after the 2008-9 recession. It's now $35B.

If spending had kept pace with student # growth it would now be $37B
If it had kept pace w/ pop growth: $42B
With GDP growth: $49B
With govt spending growth: $53B