An AI Policy that focuses on the WHEN (and Why): christinakatopodis.com/pedagogy/an-...

New blog post is up! Sharing my revised AI policy which focuses on the "When" to use AI and when not to. christinakatopodis.com/pedagogy/an-...

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Support ACERT's Faculty & Staff Development Initiatives on #HunterGives!

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We are so excited about Tuesday's Red Helicopter event with author James Rhee at Hunter College, 5-7pm ET in Hemmerdinger, co-sponsored with the School of Education. Join us! @huntercollege.bsky.social

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

I'm so proud of The New College Classroom coauthored with expert active learning and pedagogy scholar @katopodis.bsky.social. Thank you Harvard U Press for displaying it so proudly at the #MLA2026 book exhibit and thanks to everyone reading and using the book to inspire today's students.

Hi! Have you eaten something today? Taken your meds? Had a big glass of water? Planned something fun offline this weekend? Naps still count. I know things are really stressful right now and it's hard to focus. Remember to breathe. Try and lower your shoulders. One thing at a time.

Loved spotting The New College Classroom coauthored with Cathy N. Davidson at the Harvard University Press booth at #MLA2026! @cathyndavidson.bsky.social

The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society has an open call for applications! Deadline is Jan 16, 2026: emersonsociety.org/2026-call-fo...

2026 Call for Applications: Emerson Fellowship at the Houghton Library - Emerson Society

Applications for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Fellowship at the Houghton Library are open! The Visiting Fellowship program offers scholars at all stages of their

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If you need inspiration to lift you up so you can keep going, have a listen to this amazing podcast! We need each other now more than ever. Find your people and keep doing what you do. Put love first. feat. @cathyndavidson.bsky.social and @shellyeversley.bsky.social at the @futuresed.bsky.social.

Episode 1:1 Why Innovation Requires Equity

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Congratulations to my @cuny.edu colleague, Xuemeng Li, on the publication of her article, "Policy, Attitudes, Design: Promoting the Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Women in Greater China." www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus... Bravo, Xuemeng! @huntercollege.bsky.social @cunygcsociology.bsky.social

Policies, Attitudes, Design: Promoting the Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Women in Greater China

Thematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025)

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I know I keep saying it but @cuny.edu really is the best, y'all. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/30/b...

These 10 colleges offer the best value in the U.S., says new report—only 1 is an Ivy League

The City University of New York network of colleges offer affordable attendance costs and strong career outcomes.

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I've used student cover letters again this semester, and man these are heartbreakingly beautiful: their commitments to learn & improve themselves despite working multiple jobs; their desire to make space for everyone to speak. They're so genuine & impressive. christinakatopodis.com/pedagogy/stu...

Get your holiday gift wrap and gifts early this year AND help support a public elementary school! 30-40% of every purchase goes to the school to fund educational enrichments like hands-on science, folktale theatre, studio art, yoga and mindfulness! registercw.com/gateway?utm_...

The upside to AI being foisted on educators is maybe we'll see arevolution in pedagogical styles and champion active, engaged, participatory (i.e. real, Freirian, hooksian) learning, K-doctoral. Lots of helpful pre-AI Tips in @katopodis.bsky.social and my www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

The New College Classroom — Harvard University Press

Frederic W. Ness Book Award, American Association of Colleges and Universities A Forbes Best Higher Education Book “A practical guide to more effective and engaged college teaching.”—Forbes “Everyone...

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Academics! Tell me! What are your favorite AI guidelines, approaches, policies? We're crowd-sourcing favs! padlet.com/huntercolleg...

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Really proud of the work that Hunter College's ACERT (@hunteracert.bsky.social) is doing! If you are at Hunter, join us on Zoom for our Lunchtime Seminara, Aug 18-21 @ 12-1pm ET!

Tomorrow is Margaret Fuller's 215th birthday! Celebrate intellectual community and social reform by making a gift to the Margaret Fuller Society. 25% goes to Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House: margaretfullersociety.org/announcement...

So excited to talk with the UW Madison faculty and staff today about active learning and the science behind peer learning! One of today's discussions will be a fishbowl and I can't wait.

We cannot have a single-issue movement because we don’t live single-issue lives. Audre Lorde

@shellyeversley.bsky.social asks for final thoughts: Wallace reflects on the excitement in the room, people are full of conviction; Lowe wants us to assess what we already have in resources & ensure they're accessible to more ppl; Kelly's goal is to make the private public, for public good (1/2)

Shelly Lowe speaks to the question of what higher ed doesn't see. "How do we define 'public good' and how does the public define it? I don't think those definitions are the same. We need to understand the public good when it comes from a conservative angle. We have to." @futuresed.bsky.social

@cathyndavidson.bsky.social speaks about college debt and that most have $40K in debt but for profit college debt is three times that plus higher dropout rates. It exacerbates the problem but we're seeing a push for privatization and that's precisely what we don't want. @futuresed.bsky.social

@cathyndavidson.bsky.social speaks with admiration about people who engage in lifelong learning at CUNY and how many people take courses while holding full time jobs, raising children, or even in their retirement to keep learning and be curious. @cuny.edu

Shelly Lowe laughs about how exciting it is to be in this moment and how staff have said, "We are going to be in the history books for this moment!" And it is a hopeful outlook to think about this opportunity we have right now.

"If funding is going to be tied to politics, we need to be tied to each other. Transform competitive spaces into collaborative ones." - Nancy Cantor, President of CUNY's Hunter College.

How can I be real about the situation we're in and be hopeful? The reality is we need you (graduates). We need all those brilliant, well-trained students. But it takes a lot of fortitude to be hopeful right now. - @cathyndavidson.bsky.social

Nancy Cantor adds that we have to be doing things together. We cannot be an isolated institution competing against one another. We need collaboration. We can't be simply looking for funding for individual agencies. We have to work together. @huntercollege.bsky.social Brava!! Well said!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Prof. @shellyeversley.bsky.social reminds us that her ancestors were enslaved, and they had to imagine freedom and see it in their minds before they could create it. This is a moment when we make things, maybe from a ruin, from the challenges in our moment, and think big so we can endure.

Shelly Lowe (Chair of NEH, 2022-2025), remembering her time working with @cathyndavidson.bsky.social as an @barackobama.bsky.social appointee: "What are we doing [in higher education] to ensure that we're putting democracy front and center?" At Futures of Higher Ed (@futuresed.bsky.social)