Jane Chamberlain

College & Career Coach. I help students navigate transitions and discern vocations at

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

Re: “Students appreciated having their arguments…tested rather than just validated”…people who recognize the sycophantic GPT-ification of modern discourse may appreciate that push-back can be a gift.

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

🗣️ Universities must be places where students learn constructive disagreement, not hide from it.

Stanford’s HxA Chapter is using a new formula to make this happen:

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@HdxAcademy This unbundling trend will induce not only exits of the non-conforming intellectual but also the choices that non-conforming or entrepreneurial types make about where to attend. Alternative credentials are the big hurdle.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@CoughsOnWombats Grok:”Yes, this pattern is a reasonably accurate reference for the situation unfolding with arXiv (and broader academic preprint/publishing dynamics) regarding AI-generated content. 
It captures a classic “Tragedy of the Commons” or competitive degradation dynamic…”

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

“Builders have always had the last word over commentators. Always. Because in the end, what remains is what has been built, and nothing of what has been deconstructed.

So today I deconstruct deconstruction. And tomorrow I build.”

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

A brilliant explanation of the sources of wokeism and the foundation behind most of the West’s challenges in recent years.

A very important read.

I would never have found this post except for @X’s auto-translation feature. The original post in French.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@j49576 @LuizaJarovsky Sadly, “the system” doesn’t currently support the grading of pen and paper assessments.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@matthewgburgess @sfmcguire79 @UWyonews Thank you, U Wyoming and UNC Chapel Hill for your support of free expression on campus.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@JamesWHankins1 Yes, families want more choices, and the option to combine classical learning with a wider range of majors (and football) would appeal to many students. I hope things go well at U of F / Hamilton.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@waltduro @educatedandfree Good example of how system incentives work against students.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

Yes, please. Making academic achievement the top priority for admissions and publishing a minimum standard would enhance trust in the admissions process. If top colleges did this, ratings algorithms would adapt to put less emphasis on yield rates.

[Josh Kalla @j_kalla]

This Report of the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Education is well-worth reading in full. I hope my colleagues will take these recommendations seriously https://t.co/Tf58xMtWoY

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@HorwitzIlana @kayleetmatheny @ASA_SoE @ASAnews @ucpress @AEIeducation @BrookingsInst @aibm_org @Tulane @NewcombTulane @chronicle @HEPI_news @insidehighered The only choices on Amazon now are a $90 hardcover or $30 paperback. I will probably wait for the Kindle version.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

When hearing contrasting messaging from different representatives of a University, it can help to consider their different incentives. Someone who wants to boost numbers of applications will say different things to students than someone concerned about yield, and the President has a much wider audience.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@PrestonCooper93 Excellent on all fronts. And yes, important that accreditors be “separate and independent from related trade associations.”

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

Thanks for this excellent and important work. I appreciate that the ROI comparisons for college vs. no-college integrate geography. While beyond scope here, in the future it would be nice to see geographically-dependent Cost of Living factored into comparisons of ROI by major at different colleges.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

Choose your college major carefully and don’t take on more than you can handle—for 4-5 years—financially.

[Preston Cooper @PrestonCooper93]

Excellent review of what we know about bachelor's degree ROI from @dougwebberecon: https://t.co/agir0uoUzd

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@blainemad @alynch1102 @SecScottBessent @FT The secretary’s views were falsely represented and the “exclusive” article meretricious.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@profgoose @JonBoeckenstedt @AnthropicAI Love this.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@thetect0nic @pmarca It’s also not dystopian for the user who has the app that does exactly what they want without a lot of bloat.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@johnarnold Greed rationalizes corruption. After engaging a lot of young men interested in finance, instead of supporting an investment mindset, Robinhood is corrupting it by promoting self-destructive habits.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@PrestonCooper93 Yep. “Unintended consequences”…easily anticipated…incentives to get students to enroll without concern for impact on student, and often family, finances.

[Jane Chamberlain @ChambJane]

@TheRobertBshow Michigan