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Exciting news! Liberal Education magazine won another platinum award at the MarCom Awards in the Association Magazine category for its Spring 2025 issue, which featured articles on the reading crisis and college radio stations. https://bit.ly/4or3NFr #MarComAwards
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Exciting news! Liberal Education magazine won another platinum award at the MarCom Awards in the Association Magazine category for its Spring 2025 issue, which featured articles on the reading crisis and college radio stations. https://bit.ly/4or3NFr #MarComAwards
"Students cannot thrive in an environment where they feel surveilled by federal agents or uncertain about their safety." –Fanta Aw, @nafsa-official.bsky.social, on supporting international students in crisis. https://bit.ly/46OtLvg #LibEdMag
When Crisis Comes to Campus | AAC&U
How to support international students and advance global learning
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November 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"Students cannot thrive in an environment where they feel surveilled by federal agents or uncertain about their safety." –Fanta Aw, @nafsa-official.bsky.social, on supporting international students in crisis. https://bit.ly/46OtLvg #LibEdMag
Limited capacity remains for the AAC&U Symposium on AI Leadership! Lead your campus with confidence in the age of AI. Details: aacu.org/ai-symposium #AACUlead
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Limited capacity remains for the AAC&U Symposium on AI Leadership! Lead your campus with confidence in the age of AI. Details: aacu.org/ai-symposium #AACUlead
The full program is live! Join the 2025 Credo + AAC&U Leadership Institute to lead with energy, build collaborative teams, and gain strategies to thrive in higher education. Don’t miss out—register now: aacu.org/lead #AACUlead
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The full program is live! Join the 2025 Credo + AAC&U Leadership Institute to lead with energy, build collaborative teams, and gain strategies to thrive in higher education. Don’t miss out—register now: aacu.org/lead #AACUlead
Within challenge lies opportunity. Together, we can reimagine higher education and renew our shared mission of educating for democracy. Be part of this #GivingTuesday movement with AAC&U. aacu.org/give
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Within challenge lies opportunity. Together, we can reimagine higher education and renew our shared mission of educating for democracy. Be part of this #GivingTuesday movement with AAC&U. aacu.org/give
Congrats to Marilyn Cooper, associate editor of Liberal Education, for her article "Can We Turn the Page?" winning Platinum at the MarCom Awards, the highest recognition! The piece examines declining college reading rates. https://bit.ly/47GpSKc
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Congrats to Marilyn Cooper, associate editor of Liberal Education, for her article "Can We Turn the Page?" winning Platinum at the MarCom Awards, the highest recognition! The piece examines declining college reading rates. https://bit.ly/47GpSKc
Federal officials revoked visas for 1,800 students as of April 2025, often without due process. How can institutions help students at risk of deportation? Here's what to know: https://bit.ly/4nzL9Lb #LibEdMag @moimmigration
International Students Are Facing Deportation: Here’s What to… | AAC&U
A practical guide
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October 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Federal officials revoked visas for 1,800 students as of April 2025, often without due process. How can institutions help students at risk of deportation? Here's what to know: https://bit.ly/4nzL9Lb #LibEdMag @moimmigration
Higher education faces a defining moment. Academic freedom and institutional autonomy are under attack—but together, we can defend the core values of higher education. Join AAC&U this #GivingTuesday to help turn this moment of challenge into lasting opportunity.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Higher education faces a defining moment. Academic freedom and institutional autonomy are under attack—but together, we can defend the core values of higher education. Join AAC&U this #GivingTuesday to help turn this moment of challenge into lasting opportunity.
aacu.org/give
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Time is running out to register for the Credo + AAC&U Leadership Institute for Women and Gender-Diverse Leaders, December 2-3, Greensboro, NC. Join experienced higher ed leaders for sessions on sustaining leadership energy, panel discussions, and peer reflection. Register: aacu.org/lead
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Time is running out to register for the Credo + AAC&U Leadership Institute for Women and Gender-Diverse Leaders, December 2-3, Greensboro, NC. Join experienced higher ed leaders for sessions on sustaining leadership energy, panel discussions, and peer reflection. Register: aacu.org/lead
Back by demand and built for action. New and returning attendees will find advanced strategies for AI governance, teaching and learning, and operations at the AAC&U Symposium on AI Leadership. Details: aacu.org/ai-symposium #AACUlead
October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Back by demand and built for action. New and returning attendees will find advanced strategies for AI governance, teaching and learning, and operations at the AAC&U Symposium on AI Leadership. Details: aacu.org/ai-symposium #AACUlead
"Critics say the goal is to intimidate students and silence dissent." How can campuses respond to ICE increasingly targeting college students for deportation? This guide offers practical advice. https://bit.ly/4pWtzTp #LibEdMag
ICE on Campus: What to Do | AAC&U
A practical guide
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October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Critics say the goal is to intimidate students and silence dissent." How can campuses respond to ICE increasingly targeting college students for deportation? This guide offers practical advice. https://bit.ly/4pWtzTp #LibEdMag
"The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom," edited by Valerie C. Johnson, Jennifer Ruth, and Ellen Schrecker, and published by @beaconpress.bsky.social, is the 2025 Frederic W. Ness Book Award winner!
Details: https://bit.ly/47rBl06
Details: https://bit.ly/47rBl06
October 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"The Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic Freedom," edited by Valerie C. Johnson, Jennifer Ruth, and Ellen Schrecker, and published by @beaconpress.bsky.social, is the 2025 Frederic W. Ness Book Award winner!
Details: https://bit.ly/47rBl06
Details: https://bit.ly/47rBl06
AI is already reshaping campuses. Learn how to lead responsibly and effectively at AAC&U’s Symposium on AI Leadership, November 20–21. Save your seat: aacu.org/ai-symposium #AACUlead
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
AI is already reshaping campuses. Learn how to lead responsibly and effectively at AAC&U’s Symposium on AI Leadership, November 20–21. Save your seat: aacu.org/ai-symposium #AACUlead
Higher Education’s Compact with America: Shared Principles for the Common Good https://bit.ly/3WbZv8K
October 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Higher Education’s Compact with America: Shared Principles for the Common Good https://bit.ly/3WbZv8K
"This is a moment for courage, and courage is contagious." Cecilia Muñoz, former White House Domestic Policy director, reflects on how higher education must respond to the Trump administration's systematic dismantling of DEI initiatives. Read more: https://bit.ly/3WvYok5 #LibEdMag
The Identity Reckoning | AAC&U
The New Policy Playbook, Part III: The Trump administration is wiping out decades of gains in campus diversity
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October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"This is a moment for courage, and courage is contagious." Cecilia Muñoz, former White House Domestic Policy director, reflects on how higher education must respond to the Trump administration's systematic dismantling of DEI initiatives. Read more: https://bit.ly/3WvYok5 #LibEdMag
Women and gender-diverse leaders across #HigherEd—don’t miss the Credo + AAC&U Leadership Institute, December 2–3 in Greensboro, NC. Two immersive days to build clarity, authenticity, and energy in your leadership. Register now: aacu.org/lead #AACUlead
October 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Women and gender-diverse leaders across #HigherEd—don’t miss the Credo + AAC&U Leadership Institute, December 2–3 in Greensboro, NC. Two immersive days to build clarity, authenticity, and energy in your leadership. Register now: aacu.org/lead #AACUlead
“Surviving for a purpose means keeping the mission of an institution at the forefront of decision-making.” Read AAC&U's @jeremycyoung.bsky.social’s “Survive for a Purpose.” https://bit.ly/4h1cUtE #LibEdMag
Survive for a Purpose | AAC&U
In responding to the administration’s Compact, college and university presidents need to rest on their mission
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October 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Surviving for a purpose means keeping the mission of an institution at the forefront of decision-making.” Read AAC&U's @jeremycyoung.bsky.social’s “Survive for a Purpose.” https://bit.ly/4h1cUtE #LibEdMag
AAC&U Launches Initiative to Restore Public Trust in Higher Education: https://bit.ly/46JDLqN
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
AAC&U Launches Initiative to Restore Public Trust in Higher Education: https://bit.ly/46JDLqN
"Silence really does invite cuts. Collective pressure has more of a potential to stop them." –Gloria L. Blackwell, CEO of the American Association of University Women, on fighting the dismantling of the Department of Education in this recent #LibEdMag article: https://bit.ly/4ol6qsj
Dismantled and Decentered | AAC&U
The New Policy Playbook, Part II: The attack on the Department of Education threatens higher ed access and funding
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October 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"Silence really does invite cuts. Collective pressure has more of a potential to stop them." –Gloria L. Blackwell, CEO of the American Association of University Women, on fighting the dismantling of the Department of Education in this recent #LibEdMag article: https://bit.ly/4ol6qsj
AI is here. Are your policies, practices, and plans ready? Presidents, provosts, CIOs, deans, and strategy leaders—this symposium is for you. Learn more and register: aacu.org/ai-symposium #AACUlead
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
AI is here. Are your policies, practices, and plans ready? Presidents, provosts, CIOs, deans, and strategy leaders—this symposium is for you. Learn more and register: aacu.org/ai-symposium #AACUlead
AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx
October 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx
Time's running out! Submit your proposal for #AACUCLASS before tonight's (October 3) deadline. Share your work on courageous care. Details: aacu.org/class
October 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Time's running out! Submit your proposal for #AACUCLASS before tonight's (October 3) deadline. Share your work on courageous care. Details: aacu.org/class
"It is narratively, rhetorically, politically, morally more powerful for researchers to make their case to the public, individually, not subsumed by a big, faceless institution," says @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Claudia Polsky. https://bit.ly/4pZ77Jp #LibEdMag
Clinical Trials and Tribulations | AAC&U
The New Policy Playbook, Part 1: The Trump Administration’s war on research is devastating science. Can colleges and universities fight back?
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October 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"It is narratively, rhetorically, politically, morally more powerful for researchers to make their case to the public, individually, not subsumed by a big, faceless institution," says @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Claudia Polsky. https://bit.ly/4pZ77Jp #LibEdMag
The call for proposals for the 2026 AAC&U Conference on Learning and Student Success closes tomorrow, Friday, October 3. Submit your proposal before time runs out: aacu.org/class #AACUCLASS
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The call for proposals for the 2026 AAC&U Conference on Learning and Student Success closes tomorrow, Friday, October 3. Submit your proposal before time runs out: aacu.org/class #AACUCLASS
AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella will be a featured speaker at the #USUniversitiesSummit, hosted by @timeshighered.bsky.social and @insidehighered.com. Join her in Hoboken on October 13–14 for a forward-looking conversation on the future of higher ed. https://bit.ly/45ukvLZ
September 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
AAC&U President Lynn Pasquerella will be a featured speaker at the #USUniversitiesSummit, hosted by @timeshighered.bsky.social and @insidehighered.com. Join her in Hoboken on October 13–14 for a forward-looking conversation on the future of higher ed. https://bit.ly/45ukvLZ