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In September 2024, #CCCOER held a panel discussion on "Faculty for OER"

In May, Kimberlee Carter, OER Consultant on the Open Learning team at Conestoga College ITAL, shared her reflections on the session's key insights ...

- Collaboration is essential
- Build upon prep work
- Consider ancillaries
- You don't have to be the only expert
- Connect the dots for administrators

What else would you add?

Read – cccoer.org/2025/05/05/reflecti

CCCOER · Reflections: Faculty for OERIn September 2024, the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) held a panel discussion titled, Faculty for OER. This blog post, written by Kimberlee Carter, OER Consultant who leads the Open Learning team at Conestoga College ITAL, offers reflections on the session and the insights shared. We
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Many #students & #faculty justifiably feel that these #schools failed to take #harassment of #Jews seriously enough during the protests that erupted after the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on #Israel by #Hamas. By centering its critique on that issue, the #Trump admin was cannily appropriating for its own ends one of the progressive left’s highest priorities: protecting a minority from hostile acts.

Now, however, the mask is off.

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“Already, #Trump has threatened to pull #funding from #colleges that don’t purge #language he considers #woke. He’s demanded new oversight of certain regional studies depts. Next he could #ban, as #Florida has, 'political or social #activism.' He could weaken the protections provided by #tenure & #faculty #unions. I saw this happen on my campus, & I know the toll it took. If the Trump admin has its way, my experience could offer a preview of what’s coming for other #universities.”

Hey #SantaOno
Before the🚪hits you on your ass as you flee…
The #UofM to your new job in #florida

The kind of tactics used at #UTexasAustin
Are common in #florida.

I wish #michigan could’ve spared our…
Been spared the damage anti-DEI or RACISM…
Done to our #students #faculty & city!

“…the arrests show "the desire of the leadership at UT Austin, the gov's office, & elsewhere, to punish those exercising their 1st Amend rights simply because they disagree w/them."
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apple.news'What Are They Doing Illegal?' Officer Says Before Arresting Pro-Palestine Students — Rolling StoneAudio reveals an officer admitting UT Austin students weren’t breaking the law before they were arrested. The students are now suing Greg Abbott

edition.cnn.com/2025/04/09/us/ More than 500 student visas revoked as the government expands reasons for #deportation

CNN has reviewed court filings, statements from attorneys and announcements from more than 80 universities and colleges around the country and confirmed that more than 525 #students, #faculty and #researchers have had their #visas revoked this year.

CNN · More than 500 student visas revoked as the government expands reasons for deportationBy Andy Rose
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"As is required, #Harvard's reports include information on gifts & contracts from foreign sources exceeding $250K annually. This includes contracts to provide executive #education, other training, & academic publications," the #university said.

Among info also sought by #Trump within 30 days are records relating to expelled foreign #students…, #research by those who were expelled & a #list of visiting researchers, students & #faculty at Harvard who are *affiliated* w/ foreign govts.

alojapan.com/1242104/paul-hoff Paul Hoffman wins Kyoto Prize #awards #Earth&OceanSciences #Earthquake #Faculty&Staff #innovation #International #Kyoto #KyotoNews #news #PeoplePlace&Planet #京都 #京都府 Paul Hoffman has been steadfast in his explorations of hypotheses that other scientists have ignored. Despite backlash against his research at various times throughout his career, the geologist and adjunct professor in UVic’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences has mad…

alojapan.com/1241509/paul-hoff Paul Hoffman wins Kyoto Prize #awards #Earth&OceanSciences #Earthquake #Faculty&Staff #innovation #International #Kyoto #KyotoTopics #PeoplePlace&Planet #京都 #京都府 Paul Hoffman has been steadfast in his explorations of hypotheses that other scientists have ignored. Despite backlash against his research at various times throughout his career, the geologist and adjunct professor in UVic’s School of Earth and Ocean Sciences has made gr…