This is one of the most significant, and frightening, trends in higher ed. Marketing departments have no business running universities.

No, you can’t unsubscribe from the college email list.

We like to delay our faculty searches until all the good candidates are gone, the person we decide on is just happy to have a job, and we can significantly underpay them relative to the market.

I learned a new term today: seagulling, which is swooping in and shitting all over someone else's stuff. I will definitely be putting this term to use!

Me. And probably you. #AcademicTwitter

Parent parking for Friday's graduation is in the Stadium lot. Helicopter parenting parking is on the college golf course, to minimize damage to campus landscaping arising from crosswinds.

No, your professional reflections on academic twitter don’t count as service. They are good for a laugh though (and I almost never laugh).

Finishing a PhD is like finishing a group project where your partner made a ton of mistakes at the beginning of the assignment. Except your partner is just you 4 years ago.

Can someone explain to me how some college students are traveling the world and I just used quarters for gas

Stop by the #TDOR Wall of Remembrance at #ncfr19 by the windows on the 2nd floor. You are invited to spend some time reading the names of victims of antitransgender violence and reflect on how we can honor these victims' memories.

Packed room at the opening plenary! #ncfr19

#NCFR19 Thank you Stephanie Coontz for helping us to not pathologize the poor, nor romanticize privilege.

Stick around Saturday for our first ever local initiative program. We're excited to learn from Fort Worth social service agencies and how we can partner with them. #ncfr19 ow.ly/iclg50xianU

Dr. Cynthia Garcia plenary point of view. YES! #ncfr19

Recent article on skin-tone trauma. I will definitely be incorporating this framework into my research. Thank you Dr. Landor for sharing your important work during #ncfr19 #ncfrREDF

#ncfr19 #twu Dr. Linda Ladd #FamilyTherapy

Please refrain from day drinking if you are working remotely. Remember you are still working for a state institution. But especially - and I can’t emphasis this enough - please refrain from drunk “respond all” emails to the college listserv.

We aren’t telling you to go ahead and get infected but if you do, you’ll be able to teach f2f in the fall! And, we are offering preferences for faculty who test positive for COVID antibodies.