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It’s the metrics, not the Matrix, part 3: Degenerative AI

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Social media metrics further entrench this commodification, transforming intellectual achievements into social capital. For one, we do not prohibit the academic study of leisure, especially if it attracts big grants). Shoshana Zuboff calls this “behavioural surplus” – a term that might as well fit within the academic landscape.

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A new generation of conservative student newspapers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Nathaniel Greve launched an alternative student newspaper at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a way to help heal what he saw as the flawed political speech environment on campus. “We believe it is our job to present information on the candidates so that our readers can make their own decisions,” he said.