Not all problems have simple solutions, & I think this one is going to take while as we all figure out what education is supposed to be going forward. A belief that people have more value than tech would be a good start. Here's a thought-starting book: wwnorton.com/books/978132...

accommodations due to stigma. While AI does have some accessibility-related uses, mostly it is contributing to a real regression in disability access ( along with the backlash against remote work, MAHA, & related ableism).

Pre-AI, I was allowing students to use computers in open-book exams. Now I am back to closed-book bluebooks. Students get their documented accommodations but the course is less accessible. And more & more ppl are banning tech from classrooms, which means many students won't use it even with

This sounds perfect.

My 3 hour drive to visit my mother would be a 7 hour trip on 5 different public transit lines + a 2.2 mile walk on roads w/out sidewalks & with 45 mph speed limits. My 15-20 minute commute to work would take ~60+ minutes on 2 different busses, as would getting to the dr (plus another unsafe walk).

Humanoid robots that are given commands cannot replace good secretaries who actually took over the executive function. When I was lucky enough to have one there are entire things I didn't even have to remember to keep track of.

Stealing someone's intellectual property so you can get clicks isn't whitsleblowing. And Larry Summers already had many whistles blown about him. The problem is a lack of institutional accountability, not a lack of secret recordings.

I went to a college that was 0% cisgender male & entirely socially healthy.

May her memory be as a blessing to you always. Thinking of you.

And administrators switch institutions without bothering to learn the context of the new place & just try to ratchet up requirements for funsies

Yes! And localities are trying to make that worse with limits on the number of unrelated students sharing housing & other weird legislation--my city currently has a proposal to put a $300 surcharge on any landlord renting to students, which would obviously directly increase student costs.

One big accomplishment this semester for me was figuring out how to make a way for people to select their college from a 2-stage (state then school) in Qualtrics for my MA thesis student.

Same here

This is actually one of the real trust issues I would be up for talking about because I believe (the reality of) elite impunity within higher ed is why people think colleges with 85% acceptance rates are actually only admitting 15% and foregoing their responsibilities to the public