DATA takes over the academy
New issue of Academe gets at quantification issues that plague us The winter issue of Academe takes a critical look at the “higher ed data juggernaut.” Guest-edited by Siobhan Senier, professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of New Hampshire and vice president of UNH-AAUP, this special issue considers “the headache-inducing proliferation of tools and platforms that are increasing our workloads, shrinking our workforce, abrogating our academic freedom, interfering with our pedagogy, and generally policing us and our students.” Articles examine the spread of corporate educational technology on campus, the quantification of learning, compliance-driven demands for institutional data, and the biases underlying the data that shape public perceptions of higher education. You can make a difference on your campus by joining the AAUP and getting involved with an existing chapter or starting a new one. AAUP members have access to full-issue PDFs of Academe, can opt to rece