Career Quartermaster: When the project of education has been devalued to only job training, this is a natural result. The same type of tools and mentality pervade hiring processes for exactly the same reasons. Efficiency is a poor moral compass.

This is amazing example of the modern neoliberal university. This idea that complex situations can be solved by the application of online quizzes purchased from a third-party vendor.

NYU is punishing those students arrested at the protests by compelling them to write reflection papers and complete “integrity modules” — all managed through an external SaaS vendor called Symplicity Corp, which was itself charged with criminal hacking 🤪 www.instagram.com/p/C66pPceup1...

NYU-FSJP on Instagram: "🚨BREAKING: NYU is embarrassing itself. They are punishing arrested students through forced racist re-education training. But there’s more! While hundreds of universities use Sy...www.instagram.com 2,275 likes, 99 comments - nyu_fsjp on May 13, 2024: "🚨BREAKING: NYU is embarrassing itself. They are punishing arrested students through forced racist re-education training. But there’s...".

When the project of education has been devalued to only job training, this is a natural result. The same type of tools and mentality pervade hiring processes for exactly the same reasons. Efficiency is a poor moral compass.

My employer subscribes to a learning platform which we can use for departmental learning and such. It also has stock content we can use. Since we pay for it and it can spit out metrics, we now have to log in regularly and do something or alerts go up the chain. The university is becoming this, too.

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