andy hines
@andyhines.bsky.social
political economy of higher ed | socialist and communist education | Black studies | author of OUTSIDE LITERARY STUDIES, editor of UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS
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andy hines
@andyhines.bsky.social
· Sep 9
It's publication day for UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS. Across 27 sharp essays, the book offers a critical account of the political economy of US higher education, how it came to be structured this way, and how together we might build a better university together.
“Attacks on the administrative state, the public sector and unions, and the transformation of border control agents into a personal militia can be understood as parts of a broader programme to extend the rule of master and servant to the entire economy.”
Melinda Cooper on the household servitude economy in general, and in extreme form (Epstein).
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
www.equator.org
February 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
“Attacks on the administrative state, the public sector and unions, and the transformation of border control agents into a personal militia can be understood as parts of a broader programme to extend the rule of master and servant to the entire economy.”
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How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
Stuart Schrader on what Trump’s urban occupations mean for police and the unions that represent them https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-02-14_Schrader-policing-1
Authoritarianism from Below | Stuart Schrader
As National Guard troops and federal officers swarmed Washington, D.C., in August, sent by President Donald Trump to confront what he declared a “crime
www.nybooks.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
How and why police actually support the federal invasions—I have been working on this article for ~6 months, trying to make sense of Trump’s nationwide surge of DHS officers, how it has evolved, what brought us here, and what will remain after it ends.
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Melinda Cooper on the household servitude economy in general, and in extreme form (Epstein).
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR
The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants
www.equator.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Melinda Cooper on the household servitude economy in general, and in extreme form (Epstein).
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
www.equator.org/articles/eps...
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“I don’t understand why so many people have conceded that the university is a left space. Can someone show me a Marxist university president?”
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
“I don’t understand why so many people have conceded that the university is a left space. Can someone show me a Marxist university president?”
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Read this fantastic roundtable that @andyhines.bsky.social put together featuring faves Vineeta Singh, Annie McClanahan, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel. The possibility of the university lives!
“I don’t understand why so many people have conceded that the university is a left space. Can someone show me a Marxist university president?”
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Read this fantastic roundtable that @andyhines.bsky.social put together featuring faves Vineeta Singh, Annie McClanahan, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel. The possibility of the university lives!
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“California College of the Arts gambled on a major campus expansion. Here’s what went wrong” archive.ph/KnydJ
February 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
“California College of the Arts gambled on a major campus expansion. Here’s what went wrong” archive.ph/KnydJ
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and I mean, as @mattseybold.bsky.social put it, "every session of Claude Code is like running a dishwasher" -- if academics aren't fighting the widespread adoption of these things then what are we even doing, and that includes IMO acknowledging the underlying compulsions
February 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
and I mean, as @mattseybold.bsky.social put it, "every session of Claude Code is like running a dishwasher" -- if academics aren't fighting the widespread adoption of these things then what are we even doing, and that includes IMO acknowledging the underlying compulsions
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this has been going on in non-fiction and low content books for a long time -- it was only a matter of time; Ms. Hart is selling access to her technique and developing proprietary tech, just taking advantage of how many people out there are desperate for some kind of income
February 8, 2026 at 5:55 PM
this has been going on in non-fiction and low content books for a long time -- it was only a matter of time; Ms. Hart is selling access to her technique and developing proprietary tech, just taking advantage of how many people out there are desperate for some kind of income
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"Every case (except for Charlie Kirk tweets) I can think of of a professor being suspended or threatened for so-called “race or gender ideology” somewhere in the state of Florida has come from a student in the class filming or complaining. They catch it, go directly to a member of the Board..."
February 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
"Every case (except for Charlie Kirk tweets) I can think of of a professor being suspended or threatened for so-called “race or gender ideology” somewhere in the state of Florida has come from a student in the class filming or complaining. They catch it, go directly to a member of the Board..."
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Why Zach does a great job of explaining here is that these censorship laws are basically bounty hunting laws, à la abortion. Snitch society.
"Staffers for the Board of Governors, not the board members themselves, but staffers for the Board of Governors, will call provosts. I emphasize call."
"Staffers for the Board of Governors, not the board members themselves, but staffers for the Board of Governors, will call provosts. I emphasize call."
February 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Why Zach does a great job of explaining here is that these censorship laws are basically bounty hunting laws, à la abortion. Snitch society.
"Staffers for the Board of Governors, not the board members themselves, but staffers for the Board of Governors, will call provosts. I emphasize call."
"Staffers for the Board of Governors, not the board members themselves, but staffers for the Board of Governors, will call provosts. I emphasize call."
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For our roundtable on “University Keywords,” Dan Nemser offers “revenue” and highlights four flows: 1) state appropriations; 2) tuition and housing; 3) research funding (whether public or private); and 4) distributions from endowments and gifts.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM
For our roundtable on “University Keywords,” Dan Nemser offers “revenue” and highlights four flows: 1) state appropriations; 2) tuition and housing; 3) research funding (whether public or private); and 4) distributions from endowments and gifts.
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Whether you’re most excited for the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, or the Superb Owl, tailgate with my 262nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, team! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 262 (2/8/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Whether you’re most excited for the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, or the Superb Owl, start tailgating early with my 262nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming b...
blackwhiteandread.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Whether you’re most excited for the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, or the Superb Owl, tailgate with my 262nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, team! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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I’m pretty psyched about this visit to Penn State’s Humanities Institute next month.
February 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I’m pretty psyched about this visit to Penn State’s Humanities Institute next month.
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What are the keywords of the university? Vineeta Singh answers: “Discipline. I wrote about how scholarly disciplines arrange labor time in space; and, in so doing, disciplines impose a scarcity model on knowledge production.”
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
What are the keywords of the university? Vineeta Singh answers: “Discipline. I wrote about how scholarly disciplines arrange labor time in space; and, in so doing, disciplines impose a scarcity model on knowledge production.”
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My book is now available for pre-order!
Beneath The Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work - Zone Books
Zone Books
www.zonebooks.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:16 PM
My book is now available for pre-order!
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Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
www.chronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
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The federal stuff gets the most oxygen, the state stuff never stopped.
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The federal stuff gets the most oxygen, the state stuff never stopped.
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What a useful resource for organizing.
🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.
Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...
February 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
What a useful resource for organizing.
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“Defending the university is not about defending the institution itself, but rather understanding the institution as a condition of possibility for other things to emerge.“
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:57 AM
“Defending the university is not about defending the institution itself, but rather understanding the institution as a condition of possibility for other things to emerge.“
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Rana Jaleel, Vineeta Singh, Andy Hines, Dan Nemser, and Annie McLanahan on the University Keywords edited volume at Public Books www.publicbooks.org/defending-th...
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Rana Jaleel, Vineeta Singh, Andy Hines, Dan Nemser, and Annie McLanahan on the University Keywords edited volume at Public Books www.publicbooks.org/defending-th...
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“Defending the university is not about defending the institution itself, but rather understanding the institution as a condition of possibility for other things to emerge.”
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“Defending the university is not about defending the institution itself, but rather understanding the institution as a condition of possibility for other things to emerge.”
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This is a wonderful read about (among other timely topics) the interaction of autonomous learning and organizing within institutionalized spaces.. and both of their interaction with the left.
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This is a wonderful read about (among other timely topics) the interaction of autonomous learning and organizing within institutionalized spaces.. and both of their interaction with the left.
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“One of the mistakes that we make is defending the university as it is, rather than defending its possibility.”
This volume looks excellent: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
This volume looks excellent: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“One of the mistakes that we make is defending the university as it is, rather than defending its possibility.”
This volume looks excellent: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
This volume looks excellent: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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New at PB: In a new roundtable commissioned by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @andyhines.bsky.social discusses the new edited collection “University Keywords” with Rana M. Jaleel, Vineeta Singh, @anniemcc.bsky.social, and Dan Nemser.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
New at PB: In a new roundtable commissioned by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @andyhines.bsky.social discusses the new edited collection “University Keywords” with Rana M. Jaleel, Vineeta Singh, @anniemcc.bsky.social, and Dan Nemser.
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Don't miss this!
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Don't miss this!