Kyle Saunders

Professor of Political Science working on some things (behavior/elections/parties/#AI-#bitcoin-#crypto politics) & NCAA FAR @ColoradoStateU #firstgen #GoRams

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

Our (w/ @itserinfitz) new work, "Who Considers, Who Owns? Multi-Study Evidence on the Behavioral Process of Cryptocurrency Adoption in the United States" is out in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. Links in 1st reply + abstract! #bitcoin #ethereum #XRP #Dogecoin

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

“Why Higher Education’s AI Backlash Reveals Some of Its Deepest Cracks”

https://t.co/FAhtz2kYIB

[Andy Hall @ahall_research]

Every university student regardless of field should get the chance to learn and use coding agents. Good on Anthropic and UChicago for this and I hope many other universities will follow suit.

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

@sfmcguire79 @Tyler_A_Harper Nor will they (or most other places) fail you. A piece I did a couple of weeks ago…
https://t.co/kV9HJxsRb4

[Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79]

“In 712 Harvard course offerings last year, every enrolled undergraduate received an A.”

“In another 532, A’s were common enough that the class would have violated the…newly approved grade cap.”

“Together, those courses made up more than half of all undergraduate course[s].”
https://t.co/gyi89dv500

[The Chicago Maroon @ChicagoMaroon]

UChicago announced today that it had partnered with AI company Anthropic to give students, faculty, and staff access to Claude Enterprise services on a rolling basis starting in July. All University community members will have access by fall quarter. Story to come.

[Travis Smith @HigherEdAD]

In the last 24 hours I’ve watched a Chronicle of Higher Education panel on college athletics changes, listened to a higher Ed podcast discussing the same thing, & now a senate panel. My opinion? People outside of college athletics, even Chronicle, don’t understand it at all.

[Matt Burgess @matthewgburgess]

If you're in the mountain west and interested in constructive approaches to rebuilding trust in higher ed, consider joining us in Laramie June 22-24 for the @HdxAcademy Mountain West Conference! @UWyonews

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

@EricJBlevins Yes, but it’s finite attention and finite resources and finite eyeballs. Can still grow the pie for sure though.

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

@drridpath @EricJBlevins No argument, but there’s no incentive to re-regionalize yet. Commissioners and presidents aren’t incentivized. This is part of the commissioner argument even but I see no reason to expect conferences and institutions to give up their power/control.

[Siri Terjesen @siriterjesen]

Most statehouses only talk about cutting property taxes. On June 2, Florida actually voted to put it on the November ballot🗳️A genuine win for taxpayers! My take on the Florida model, in @EpochTimes features statements from leaders @RonDeSantis @JayCollinsFL & @GovGoneWild who made it happen🔗⬇️

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

@EricJBlevins also, this is all happening inside the most challenging higher ed environment that perhaps we've ever faced in a century...so every institution is incentivized to use athletics as the only good front porch option and that only works if you raise revenues and win.

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

@EricJBlevins such a good piece...

yes, we *should* have incentivized regionalization. That horse is wayyy too far out of the barn without a real economic threat (which in sports that are more popular and more money making than ever).

[Eric Blevins @EricJBlevins]

Fair point and thanks for the feedback. The funding issue is probably the biggest X factor in a new academic-based model.

I’ll add to the other side of the equation, that the costs of supporting these sports likely (hopefully) go down in an academic model.

No more flying the volleyball and soccer team cross-country for competition, etc. It would probably lead to some reorganization and logistical changes.

You may have seen but just in case, we wrote more about it here. More focused on the legal aspects and doesn’t touch on the funding issue.

https://t.co/2xRq65me3u

[Kevin McNamee 🌻 @kwmcnamee]

The best politician in that room is E Gordon Gee, by miles.

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

@kwmcnamee I just said almost verbatim that last sentence to someone!

And then I pointed them to this: https://t.co/llOrSxqfB1

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

Look folks, if you really want to understand why the college sports landscape is so difficult to reconcile, the graphic below is the why in a nutshell.
What we learn from thinking through it: those who would benefit most from collective stability often lack power. Those with power often benefit from legal and institutional ambiguity.
Sport by sport collective bargaining might work, starting with football, and we could get there. It's really hard though.
A link to my post that tried to explain it from a political economy/incentives point of view: https://t.co/aLBZ7AwIGt

[Kevin McNamee 🌻 @kwmcnamee]

Curious as to the committee’s knowledge of the extensive role Gordon Gee has played in creating the current landscape. He is a wealth of knowledge on the complexity, and is excellent in analyzing it. The committee is nibbling at the perimeter of the issues and not penetrating.

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

@EricJBlevins yes, but then we're likely putting an even greater burden on student populations through fees, and that's a tougher and tougher row to hoe.

[Michael Munger 🏖️🔪👨‍🍳 @mungowitz]

From @profgoose

The first mile....AND the last mile.

To think about AI.

https://t.co/WqnBdwvfF3

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

More here: https://t.co/2uFqUOZYXQ

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

Look folks, if you really want to understand why the college sports landscape is so difficult to reconcile, the graphic below is the why in a nutshell.
What we learn from thinking through it: those who would benefit most from collective stability often lack power. Those with power often benefit from legal and institutional ambiguity.
Sport by sport collective bargaining might work, starting with football, and we could get there. It's really hard though.
A link to my post that tried to explain it from a political economy/incentives point of view: https://t.co/aLBZ7AwIGt

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

A few notes for all you college sports fans/folks actually watching a congressional hearing for the Protect College Sports Act/Cantwell-Cruz:
1. This is just the beginning of this process--it's good politics to do it this way, and yes, this is how it goes. But remember that this is just rhetoric and persuasion. The statements are great, and it's nice to see college athletics' problems being discussed, but it's really complicated, and there is no real legislative equilibrium that exists. Long way to go.
2. Once the @TheBlackCaucus spoke out against this bill this morning (which I just retweeted), the bill as it stands is dead, which means hearings and markup are going to be really difficult and, if it yields at all, it will be a very different piece of legislation.
3. There will be many developments and political shifts here. I stand by my 10% probability that this process yields this cycle because of the political climate, the compressed timeline, and many other variables.
If you want to see my reasoning/layout of the political theater, here's a link: https://t.co/7EZ1gYYYsn

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

@EricJBlevins but even then, you're donor dependent...meaning if you've got the ability to raise the money because of where you are, you will, which just makes the inequities that exist worse. Not being critical of the idea either.