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Sheila Liming

@seeshespeak.bsky.social

reader | writer | professor | Edith Wharton impersonator Champlain College (Burlington, VT) HANGING OUT — hardcover / audiobook / paperback / ebook https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717263/hanging-out-by-sheila-liming/

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Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · 2d ago

Had to grade a ton of student writing this week and developed a list of “real talk” questions to ask them about common issues I saw in their papers. It turned into a surprisingly productive conversation.

Screenshot showing a list of questions: “8. Why do you cite from random shitbags on the internet instead of from any of the qualified, vetted, peer-reviewed, reputable, expert sources I assigned for our class readings? 9. Why did I spend 13 years in college earning a Ph.D. in order to be called “Ms. Liming” in papers written by my own students? 10. Why do you love prepositions—like, love, love, loooooooove them – and hate me
Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · 4d ago

Congratulations to CMU for taking dirty hedge fund money from a guy who believes neither in education nor in free speech! We always knew you had it in you!

Text of article from The Financial Times with the following material highlighted, “. In January, he called Harvard students “whiny snowflakes” and halted his donations to the school, which have topped $500 million. On Monday, he said the protests were the result of a “failed education system,” adding that the situation at Harvard looked better than at Columbia, where police raids last month cleared out protesters and their encampment. When asked by the Financial Times what Harvard should do next, Griffin replied, “Harvard should put front and center [that it] stands for meritocracy in America and will educate the next generation of leaders in American business, government, healthcare, and the philanthropic community. Harvard will embrace our Western values that have built one of the greatest nations in the world, foster those values with students, and ask them to manifest these values throughout the rest of their life.”
Carnegie Mellon University@cmu.edu · 4d ago

Today, Carnegie Mellon University and Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel and founder of Griffin Catalyst, announced a historic $3 billion gift to elevate Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh and launch Carnegie Mellon University Miami. #CMUMiami Read more: cmu.is/Miami-new-b

Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · 6d ago

IDEA: rehabilitation centers for the modern, digitally ravaged attention span They could feature activities like lectures, seminar-style discussions, and reading. They could be called colleges, or maybe universities.

Erin Grievances@erinbartram.bsky.social · 6d ago

One reason to learn about things outside your major is so that you have something to talk about with people at parties and on dates. No amount of money will make up for you being a crushing bore. History majors learn this early but I guess it takes other people longer.

Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · 7d ago

And now, raise your hand if *your* small college recently launched a new degree program in AI, in spite of this rather foreseeable turn of events? 🙋‍♀️

Betty C. Jung@bettycjung.bsky.social · 2w ago

Poll: Most Americans think AI is doing more harm than good in schools Last year, a slim majority thought schools that integrated AI would be better for students. Now a majority say schools that ban AI are better, according to the NBC News Decision Desk Poll. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · last wk.

Just completed a new athletic feat that I believe has Olympic-style potential, it’s called walking around all day with not one but TWO copies of Mike Davis’ CITY OF QUARTZ* in your backpack *hardback editions, obvs

Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Historically, automation tech has commonly made more work for people: the issue is WHICH people. Whether as an excuse for owners to increase the requirements for expectations in a given day, lessen the labor expected of men while raising the expectations for women, etc. "AI" isn't exceptional.

Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · 2w ago

Last night, I had to stop by a music student’s house because she was having a bagpipe emergency and I felt like a c. 1800s country doctor, making a house call (The bagpipe is fine. I tucked it into bed and gave it a hot compress.)

Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · 2w ago

Actual agenda items from an actual faculty meeting I was supposed to attend yesterday but couldn’t because I had another meeting I was supposed to attend scheduled for the same exact time. My colleagues might be lacking in time, but not in humor.

Lyrics of the song “Stand” by R.E.M. formatted as bullet points on a meeting agenda
Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · 2w ago

Threw some Baudrillard at the kids yesterday and they ate it up. One reason I teach theory is that I’ve seen how it can grant students the permission and vocabulary to be smart, and to view their own lives as objects worthy of smart analysis, in ways way pure “skills”-based education cannot.

Sheila Liming@seeshespeak.bsky.social · 2w ago

“Preventing further declines in humanities enrollment will require restoring students’ reading ability, he added, perhaps by making reading skills part of the required introductory college courses.”

Brooke Newman@brookenewman.bsky.social · 2w ago

Why? Concerns about jobs and the reading load. “Traditionally, the coursework for those majors require students to read high volumes of material. ‘Many students just don’t feel comfortable with long-form reading that they’d do in an English or history class.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/student...