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#HigherEd instructors: I used an article of mine to see how well ChatGPT answered prompts to: summarize the key findings, create quiz questions, and create group discussion questions. The results are interesting! If you want to see them, log in or join Prof2Prof.com and see Recent additions.

NIH grant termination/stop-work order information survey

🧪 A court has ruled some #NIH grant terminations for disfavored topics were illegal, but the legal case is ongoing. APHA & UAW are collecting information on affected grants & applications. If you are a member and your work was impacted, please fill out the link below (due 8/4) #AcademicSky #MedSky 🛟

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Important new work on EITC and healthy food purchasing.

More evidence on how less complicated/restrictive safety net programs can be helpful for diet and health.

Gets us out of a “people are just doing poverty wrong” mentality and more toward addressing root causes.

#academicsky 🛟 🥗

To all those quick-thinking researchers who downloaded and saved these datasets before such action was taken—thank you.

putting this back out there. i welcome any suggestions!
#AcademicSky #Sociology #HigherEd #TeacherSky

JOB - Information Researcher - State of Illinois - Chicago IL

"doctoral degree in course of study requiring advanced statistics, such as social science, computer/data sciences"
#altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #highered #academic #academia
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Excellent food for thought.

Even LinkedIn is getting a bit toxic now.

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

Spencer Foundation joins Kapor Foundation, the William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to launch a rapid response bridge funding program (up to $25,000) for education scholars impacted by the abrupt grant cancellations by the National Science Foundation (NSF)!

#AcademicSky

The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do

🚨 This MUST READ essay and call to action spells out, in very clear terms, how the Trump administration could get away with slashing the NIH budget. NIH scientists and Dems in congress need to read and understand it. This is where we win or lose the battle to save the NIH and US science. 🧪 🧠 🧬 🔊

This hugely compounds the effects of mass project closures.

Partially finished multi-colored cross-stitched pattern of a bicyclist

Thankful that this individual’s back and head involve only 4 colors.

Interesting, given this unequivocal defense of academic freedom from a few years back: president.uchicago.edu/en/from-the-...

I've come across a few great resources lately for job seekers (especially those in the education/social science research space). Just thought I would drop them here for anyone who is looking. ☀️

1. www.purposephilcareer.com
2. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
3. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

With so many doc students relying on tenuous/stopped grant support, it needs to be all faculty hands on deck to help them find other opportunities for moving them expeditiously to degree. This collective mentoring model offers ideas on how faculty can help. #AcademicSky
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You’re most welcome!

I developed these career guidance tools when I was the director of a PhD program several years back. I used them myself when I was considering leaving academia. For anyone struggling with career next steps, take a look. prof2prof.com/resource/car...

Anyone in Denver area looking for a job? Several openings to be found here.

It's time to strengthen our academic networks.

Here’s an infographic I made for social work PhDs. We need to stop pushing a view that a TT professor path is always the optimal choice for people. (Some disciplines and pgms already get this.) There are other avenues for creating impact with your doctoral degree. www.prof2prof.com/resource/car...

#Academicsky, #Sciencesky, what do you consider to be “threshold concepts” in your discipline? These are concepts that are tricky to learn but transformative on the road to mastering your discipline. Here’s more detail on the concept. I’d appreciate your thoughts! www.prof2prof.com/blog/making-...

Some tips for those trying to decide on a PhD or doctoral program: www.prof2prof.com/blog/what-fu...

Hang in there. You will find a home for it. Don’t do what I did early in my career! www.prof2prof.com/blog/revisit...

Free to sign up for Inside Higher Ed. This needs to be widely distributed and leaders need to come together across institutions and organizations to colllectively act.

The general public does not grasp on how devastating it is to shut down data collection on critical studies & monitoring systems. We’ll be flying blind on $ allocation/policy development/prevention. This allows those in power to dictate w/o evidence what should be done to address societal problems.

National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being (NSCAW). Cohort III data just released!

Data and Research Manager Job Description Posted Friday, March 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM | Expires Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM  Job purpose:  The Data and Research Manager will play a key role in ensuring CJI continues t...

JOB - Data and Research Manager - Community Resources For Justice (CRJ) - REMOTE (US)

"Understanding of quantitative and/or qualitative research methods"
💵$98,000/yr
#altac #Academia #adjunct #postdoc #PhD #highered
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Senior Director of Research Salary Range: $180,000.00 To $200,000.00 Annually Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (“Everytown for Gun Safety”), the nation’s largest gun violence prevention advocacy group, is seeking a Senior...

JOB - Senior Director of Research - Everytown for Gun Safety - REMOTE (US)

💵$180-200K | "Advanced degree in a social science discipline"
#socialscience #academia #adjunct #postdoc #highered
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