Dr. Crystal E. Garcia
@crystalegarcia.bsky.social
Associate Prof studying #college students/higher ed environments using #critical frameworks. Posts are my own.
Have folks been paying attention to what’s going on at Auburn University? Faculty are being asked to sign neo loyalty oaths — this will have a chilling effect on faculty’s freedom to teach and students’ freedom to learn. This is not what college education should be. www.al.com/news/2025/11...
Auburn University requires faculty to review courses to comply with anti-DEI law
Auburn's provost office posted a web site on how to comply with state and federal DEI mandates on Oct. 31.
www.al.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Have folks been paying attention to what’s going on at Auburn University? Faculty are being asked to sign neo loyalty oaths — this will have a chilling effect on faculty’s freedom to teach and students’ freedom to learn. This is not what college education should be. www.al.com/news/2025/11...
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
Listen in to the Student Affairs Now Campus Context Podcast. I joined alongside @heather-shea.bsky.social & @cantb.bsky.social deciphering between noise and real policy signals in higher ed. I also discussed the proposed elimination of our EDAD Department at UNL studentaffairsnow.com/current-camp...
Current Campus Context: Making Sense of the Signals Amid the Noise
In this September episode of Current Campus Context, host Heather Shea welcomes back Dr. Crystal Garcia and Dr. Brendan Cantwell for a timely conversation on the state of higher education. The discuss...
studentaffairsnow.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Listen in to the Student Affairs Now Campus Context Podcast. I joined alongside @heather-shea.bsky.social & @cantb.bsky.social deciphering between noise and real policy signals in higher ed. I also discussed the proposed elimination of our EDAD Department at UNL studentaffairsnow.com/current-camp...
When educators say that educational leadership preparation within a university is expendable, we are in a scary place. This is about my department, my university and is cause for alarm for educators everywhere. If they cut the only ed leadership PhD program in our state, whose will be next? (1/2)
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Proposes Cutting Ed Administration Programs
University leaders say they need to slash the budget. Education administration professors say it’ll sever a pipeline to education leadership roles. https://bit.ly/42D0qCw
University leaders say they need to slash the budget. Education administration professors say it’ll sever a pipeline to education leadership roles. https://bit.ly/42D0qCw
September 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When educators say that educational leadership preparation within a university is expendable, we are in a scary place. This is about my department, my university and is cause for alarm for educators everywhere. If they cut the only ed leadership PhD program in our state, whose will be next? (1/2)
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I can live without Disney.
I can live without CBS.
I can live without NBC.
America cannot live without the Freedom Of Speech
I can live without CBS.
I can live without NBC.
America cannot live without the Freedom Of Speech
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I can live without Disney.
I can live without CBS.
I can live without NBC.
America cannot live without the Freedom Of Speech
I can live without CBS.
I can live without NBC.
America cannot live without the Freedom Of Speech
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
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Every time I feel like I know a lot about the rise of fascism in Germany, I learn something new.
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?"
Turns out, mom was right.
Turns out, mom was right.
September 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Every time I feel like I know a lot about the rise of fascism in Germany, I learn something new.
📢 Our latest issue of the Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice (JSFLRP) is now available! You can read the full issue here: journal.libraries.wm.edu/jsflrp
Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice
journal.libraries.wm.edu
September 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📢 Our latest issue of the Journal of Sorority and Fraternity Life Research and Practice (JSFLRP) is now available! You can read the full issue here: journal.libraries.wm.edu/jsflrp
Higher Ed colleagues, join us today for a session on Higher Ed Advocacy in This Moment!
August 26, 1pm-2pm EST
We will discuss current advocacy needs and resources available.
Registering with a non-university affiliated email address is recommended us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 26, 1pm-2pm EST
We will discuss current advocacy needs and resources available.
Registering with a non-university affiliated email address is recommended us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Higher Ed colleagues, join us today for a session on Higher Ed Advocacy in This Moment!
August 26, 1pm-2pm EST
We will discuss current advocacy needs and resources available.
Registering with a non-university affiliated email address is recommended us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 26, 1pm-2pm EST
We will discuss current advocacy needs and resources available.
Registering with a non-university affiliated email address is recommended us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Getting our @unlincoln.bsky.social EDAD study abroad in Seoul, South Korea started with a culture/language lesson! 💖 #GoBigRed
July 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Getting our @unlincoln.bsky.social EDAD study abroad in Seoul, South Korea started with a culture/language lesson! 💖 #GoBigRed
Hi, yeah, who’s going to tell Trump that’s not how universities work? It really shows how little he understands higher ed. His ignorance will continue to hurt students & colleges/universities as a whole—let’s see how long it takes to figure out how important they are to our state/national economies.
May 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Hi, yeah, who’s going to tell Trump that’s not how universities work? It really shows how little he understands higher ed. His ignorance will continue to hurt students & colleges/universities as a whole—let’s see how long it takes to figure out how important they are to our state/national economies.
Omaha just elected Democrat John Ewing to replace 3 term Republican mayor Jean Stothert—seems like more of these reps need to be listening to their constituents or they may just lose their seat 💅👀
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Omaha just elected Democrat John Ewing to replace 3 term Republican mayor Jean Stothert—seems like more of these reps need to be listening to their constituents or they may just lose their seat 💅👀
Pushing back on the attacks on education? You’re not alone, even if it feels that way. There are many folks within our University system (and beyond) pushing back—we have to keep it up www.dailynebraskan.com/news/afire-f...
May 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pushing back on the attacks on education? You’re not alone, even if it feels that way. There are many folks within our University system (and beyond) pushing back—we have to keep it up www.dailynebraskan.com/news/afire-f...
Last day of class for my Nebraska EDAD history of higher education course! A fantastic group of college educators finishing up the last semester of their master’s program! 🎉 🎉🎉
May 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Last day of class for my Nebraska EDAD history of higher education course! A fantastic group of college educators finishing up the last semester of their master’s program! 🎉 🎉🎉
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I can unequivocally say that MANY of the rural, poor and working-class students in my research credit TRIO to their success and continued enrollment in college. These cuts would be devastating to communities like where I come from. Write your congresspeople. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
How Trump’s Proposed TRIO Cuts Could Hamper College Access
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the federally funded student support program. That could be devastating for low-income students and the institutions that serve them.
www.insidehighered.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I can unequivocally say that MANY of the rural, poor and working-class students in my research credit TRIO to their success and continued enrollment in college. These cuts would be devastating to communities like where I come from. Write your congresspeople. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Republicans voted to allow ICE to cancel student visas with no due process. This would have an incredibly chilling effect (compounding on previous actions) on future international students pursuing education in the U.S. Our institutions DEPEND on those students’ tuition & fees dollars.
Last week, Republicans voted to let ICE cancel student visas with no due process.
As the only member of the Judiciary Committee who has actually been on a student visa, I wanted to explain what the process is like — and why that vote was so harmful.
Listen👇🏾
As the only member of the Judiciary Committee who has actually been on a student visa, I wanted to explain what the process is like — and why that vote was so harmful.
Listen👇🏾
May 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Republicans voted to allow ICE to cancel student visas with no due process. This would have an incredibly chilling effect (compounding on previous actions) on future international students pursuing education in the U.S. Our institutions DEPEND on those students’ tuition & fees dollars.
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Drs. @oiyanpoon.bsky.social & @crystalegarcia.bsky.social join @heather-shea.bsky.social to unpack the reshaping of HE—from executive orders & agency overhauls to attacks on DEI, student protections, and institutional autonomy.
studentaffairsnow.com/currentconte...
studentaffairsnow.com/currentconte...
100 Days In: Power, Policy, and Pushback in Higher Education - Student Affairs NOW
In this episode (recorded on May 1), Dr. OiYan Poon and Dr. Crystal Garcia join Dr. Heather Shea to reflect on the first 100 days of the current administration and what they reveal about its prioritie...
studentaffairsnow.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Drs. @oiyanpoon.bsky.social & @crystalegarcia.bsky.social join @heather-shea.bsky.social to unpack the reshaping of HE—from executive orders & agency overhauls to attacks on DEI, student protections, and institutional autonomy.
studentaffairsnow.com/currentconte...
studentaffairsnow.com/currentconte...
Ummm have y’all seen the antics Trump has been up to on social media since yesterday? Apparently conjured up an AI image of himself as the Pope, posted on his truth social account, and also now on the official White House social media (see Instagram landing page below). This is our president? 🥴
May 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ummm have y’all seen the antics Trump has been up to on social media since yesterday? Apparently conjured up an AI image of himself as the Pope, posted on his truth social account, and also now on the official White House social media (see Instagram landing page below). This is our president? 🥴
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The Trump budget cuts from education & research is devastating to humanity.
TRIO, Work Study, FIPSE, NEH, NEA, AmeriCorps, IML, NSF Broadening Participation, & more gone.
Nearly all NSF general research & ed funding eliminated.
NIH would be a shell of itself.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
TRIO, Work Study, FIPSE, NEH, NEA, AmeriCorps, IML, NSF Broadening Participation, & more gone.
Nearly all NSF general research & ed funding eliminated.
NIH would be a shell of itself.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
May 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Trump budget cuts from education & research is devastating to humanity.
TRIO, Work Study, FIPSE, NEH, NEA, AmeriCorps, IML, NSF Broadening Participation, & more gone.
Nearly all NSF general research & ed funding eliminated.
NIH would be a shell of itself.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
TRIO, Work Study, FIPSE, NEH, NEA, AmeriCorps, IML, NSF Broadening Participation, & more gone.
Nearly all NSF general research & ed funding eliminated.
NIH would be a shell of itself.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Feds claim they can suspend due process for international students. “not subject to court challenges.”
New ICE Policy Puts International Students at Greater Risk
A week after restoring foreign students’ legal status, immigration officials detailed plans for a new policy granting unprecedented leeway to terminate their residency. It could foreshadow a new round...
www.insidehighered.com
May 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Feds claim they can suspend due process for international students. “not subject to court challenges.”
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they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
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Trump on Day One: Your costs will be lower immediately.
Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.
Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump on Day One: Your costs will be lower immediately.
Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.
Trump on Day 100: Your kids will now have fewer toys and also you're going to pay higher prices.
Most often when we refer to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” what we are really talking about is civil rights efforts. Folks should really start using this language instead —it’s not about cutting “DEI” this is about cutting civil rights progress and protections.
April 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Most often when we refer to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” what we are really talking about is civil rights efforts. Folks should really start using this language instead —it’s not about cutting “DEI” this is about cutting civil rights progress and protections.
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Our University leadership is letting us down. The College of Arts & Sciences at UW is trying to lay off over 200 people - our departmental staff in an ill-planned (barely planned) attempt to cut costs by centralizing staff (they have not talked to... anyone about this)
www.defendcasstaff.com
www.defendcasstaff.com
Defend CAS Staff
www.defendcasstaff.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our University leadership is letting us down. The College of Arts & Sciences at UW is trying to lay off over 200 people - our departmental staff in an ill-planned (barely planned) attempt to cut costs by centralizing staff (they have not talked to... anyone about this)
www.defendcasstaff.com
www.defendcasstaff.com