Better training. Yep. 
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A huge part. Nobody could be primary advisor until they had passes as secondary. Also, every student had a yearly *independent* check-up
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Thing I learned. 95% of issues are incompatibilities between advisor and student. Institutions need to identity, de-escalate, and solve them
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Some cases needed conciliation/mediation, some change in team/topic. Goal is to find a way forward everyone can accept, ideally embrace
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Improving advising is good, but doesn't address how nowadays
#tenure *reduces* academic vitality. Bc few decent jobs, ppl play it safe.2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
It's more the process typically used to decide tenure. High stakes assessment and stupid metrics. We know that doesn't work ... 1/2
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... (Campbell's Law) and it's the same thing that breaks school education. 2/2
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The more academia pushes out non-aggressive principled people the more it attracts and retains the opposite kind of person.
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The only reason I'm staying is because I'm a nihilist and love being surrounded by douchebags.
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A good reserve of cynicism is invaluable in HE. And there'll be non-douchebags around too. So much fun to work with the good people.
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I live for the non-douchebags don't worry. 
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Keep fighting the good fight
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That's so sweet. Right back at you!
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