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Matthew Cheney<p>&quot;Blaming education for the fallout of decisions made by employers &amp; policy makers ultimately established the chronically weak political status of education and provided justification for decades of misplaced reforms in both K–12 and higher education. And the assumption became entrenched that individuals not thriving in the so-called knowledge economy should take personal responsibility for their educational and skill deficits.&quot;<br /><a href="http://www.aaup.org/article/mythical-labor-markets-and-demographic-crises-education-reform-movement" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aaup.org/article/mythical-labo</span><span class="invisible">r-markets-and-demographic-crises-education-reform-movement</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AcademicLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcademicLabor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Education</span></a></p>
anthrodendum<p>What makes a job ad “terrible”?<br />On September 18, 2021, Dada Docot launched what she called “Search for 2021 Worst Anthro Job Ads.” Taking place on Twitter, this “contest” brought public attention to conversations that often happen in private between friends and colleagues who may bemoan the state of the job market and the endlessly multiplying requirements of job ads but feel relati<br /><a href="https://anthrodendum.org/2022/12/13/what-makes-a-job-ad-terrible/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anthrodendum.org/2022/12/13/wh</span><span class="invisible">at-makes-a-job-ad-terrible/</span></a><br /><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BlogPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlogPost</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/academiclabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>academiclabor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Jobhunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jobhunting</span></a></p>
Jill Galvan<p>Hi again: I&#39;m Jill! I&#39;m an associate prof at OSU who&#39;s worked on media/the occult. I still love all things media &amp; my passion now is character, in-marriage stories, realism, aesthetics, &amp; alternate humanisms. Trained in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/c19" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>c19</span></a>, tending heavily these days to <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/c20" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>c20</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/c21" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>c21</span></a> as well. On my school&#39;s AAUP exec board; affordable/equitable ed advocate</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LiteratureStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LiteratureStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/C19Studies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>C19Studies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/21stCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>21stCentury</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/ContemporaryLit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ContemporaryLit</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LitScholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LitScholars</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/VictorianStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VictorianStudies</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Victodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Victodon</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/academiclabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>academiclabor</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/labororganizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>labororganizing</span></a></p>