#academiccrisis — Public Fediverse posts

Over 2,177 teachers skip evaluation duty, causing delays in higher secondary exam processing https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/teachers-absent-higher-secondary-evaluation-crisis-h3897l3v?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AcademicCrisis #EducationSystem #ExamEvaluation #SchoolExams

Social Science Research: A Crisis of Replicability

A large study found about 50% of social science research findings are hard to repeat. Data sharing could help fix this problem.

#SocialScience, #ResearchIntegrity, #OpenScience, #AcademicCrisis, #Reproducibility

https://newsletter.tf/social-science-research-replication-crisis-study/

A major study tested nearly 3,900 social science papers and found that about half of the results could not be repeated by other researchers. This is a big problem for trusting science.

#SocialScience, #ResearchIntegrity, #OpenScience, #AcademicCrisis, #Reproducibility
https://newsletter.tf/social-science-research-replication-crisis-study/

AI isn’t hallucinating. It’s confidently gaslighting your bibliography. Like a TA who overslept and made up an entire footnote section at 3am. 📚🤖 #AI #CitationSlop #AcademicCrisis

#Australia faces #academiccrisis
"entrenchment of corp culture tt's prioritised #profit, enriched #university executives & pte consultants, & left academics marginalised, demoralised & burnt out. “Univ administrations r dominated by bizpeople who gen'ly hv little experience … r contemptuous of #teachingstaff .. They've undermined security of employment, eroded pay & working cond'ns, & imposed ever-increasing #teaching & admin workloads … made #academiclife #untenable" 1/2
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/australia-faces-academic-crisis-as-profit-driven-policies-erode-university-standards/ar-AA1qAW1R