Laten we allereerst vaststellen dat de geschiedenis van academische gemeenschappen niet geschreven wordt door vice-decanen die een nieuwe procedure voor tentamenevaluatie met programmadirecteuren en examenadministratie afstemmen. Die geschiedenis wordt geschreven door precies datgene waarvan de bestuurders denken dat het er incompatibel mee is: protesten.
Willem Schinkel: Lof der platheid. Over campusprotest en academische gemeenschap
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But maybe you overrate the value of discussing things. There is a reason why I don’t hire a lot of Ph.D.s. I have a Ph.D., Dr. Castelein. I seen how the sausage is made. And the problem with Ph.D.-havers is overthinking. Y’all live in this alternate universe where everything has to be made perfect sense of before y’all can do anything.
Neal Stephenson: Termination Shock
We
- a coalition of parents, IT professionals, teachers, privacy advocates, recognise ourselves in this manifesto
observe
- that the current digital educational system are dominated by tech giants
- that fundamental rights - like the privacy of children, parents and educators - are insufficiently secured
and request
- an alternative design for digital educational systems in which public values and the autonomy of the individual can be secured.
It was a terrible, endless job. After a day of it, I decided I was going to write a book — that way, all of this drudgery was a fascinating contribution to my artistic growth.
Neal Stephenson: The BIg U
Neues Gebäude, neues Glück?
