Jeremy C. Young
@jeremycyoung.bsky.social
Senior Advisor @aacu.org. Advocate for liberal education. Personal account.
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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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As colleges consider the "Compact," I write @aacu.org, "higher education leaders need to make hard choices that will allow their institutions to survive—but they must remember that their goal is to survive for a purpose, not merely to continue to exist."
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www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...
This is true but so maddening. The promise of social media was that you could make friends with people who didn't live near you or travel in your circles. Because social media companies have monetized sharing your thoughts with the world's worst trolls instead, that promise is gone.
I deleted most of my info off Facebook and only use it for work, and an annual "thanks for bday wishes" post. Very infrequently use Instagram now bc it keeps pushing junky reels.
Twitter I use for work, you are insane if you use it as a message board. Get friends!
Twitter I use for work, you are insane if you use it as a message board. Get friends!
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This is true but so maddening. The promise of social media was that you could make friends with people who didn't live near you or travel in your circles. Because social media companies have monetized sharing your thoughts with the world's worst trolls instead, that promise is gone.
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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
Great piece by @compact.org's Bobbie Laur in response to the other "Compact" being proffered to universities by the administration.
compact.org/news/a-highe...
compact.org/news/a-highe...
A Higher Education Compact in Action
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October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Great piece by @compact.org's Bobbie Laur in response to the other "Compact" being proffered to universities by the administration.
compact.org/news/a-highe...
compact.org/news/a-highe...
I enjoyed speaking with Juliet Schulman-Hall for @masslive.bsky.social about how the Professor Watchlist and Canary Mission get us farther from, not closer to, a free exchange of ideas on campus. www.masslive.com/news/2025/10...
This isn’t Rate My Professor: Explosion in watchlists brings new threats to academics
Online commentary used to be limited to sites like "Rate My Professor," which jokingly rated how "hot" a professor was. It's changed drastically.
www.masslive.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I enjoyed speaking with Juliet Schulman-Hall for @masslive.bsky.social about how the Professor Watchlist and Canary Mission get us farther from, not closer to, a free exchange of ideas on campus. www.masslive.com/news/2025/10...
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“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
www.aacu.org
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
We got some coverage for the new Advancing Public Trust initiative in @theeduledger.bsky.social (formerly Diverse)! www.theeduledger.com/leadership-p...
New AAC&U Initiative Seeks to Rebuild Public Confidence in Higher Education's Democratic Mission
Initiative brings together college leaders, business, and civil society to address historic lows in public trust.
www.theeduledger.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We got some coverage for the new Advancing Public Trust initiative in @theeduledger.bsky.social (formerly Diverse)! www.theeduledger.com/leadership-p...
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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
And we're live! Announcing the launch of @aacu.org's new Advancing Public Trust in Higher Education (APT) initiative, which I co-lead with Kathryn Enke. You'll be hearing a lot more about APT in the coming months. www.aacu.org/newsroom/aac...
AAC&U Launches Initiative to Restore Public Trust in Higher… | AAC&U
AAC&U Launches Initiative to Restore Public Trust in Higher Education
www.aacu.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And we're live! Announcing the launch of @aacu.org's new Advancing Public Trust in Higher Education (APT) initiative, which I co-lead with Kathryn Enke. You'll be hearing a lot more about APT in the coming months. www.aacu.org/newsroom/aac...
As colleges consider the "Compact," I write @aacu.org, "higher education leaders need to make hard choices that will allow their institutions to survive—but they must remember that their goal is to survive for a purpose, not merely to continue to exist."
www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...
www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...
Survive for a Purpose | AAC&U
In responding to the administration’s Compact, college and university presidents need to rest on their mission
www.aacu.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
As colleges consider the "Compact," I write @aacu.org, "higher education leaders need to make hard choices that will allow their institutions to survive—but they must remember that their goal is to survive for a purpose, not merely to continue to exist."
www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...
www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...
Our statement @aacu.org: "In renewing the call for constructive engagement, AAC&U also strongly opposes any alternative that would erode or eviscerate essential freedoms and promote instability."
AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” https://bit.ly/3VOEJvx
October 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Our statement @aacu.org: "In renewing the call for constructive engagement, AAC&U also strongly opposes any alternative that would erode or eviscerate essential freedoms and promote instability."
Enjoyed speaking with Gianna Jakubowski for this piece in the GW Hatchet! gwhatchet.com/2025/09/15/t...
Trump’s data collection efforts could target GW’s enrollment strategies: experts
Experts said Trump’s memo to revamp the government’s data collection system could lead to the Trump administration threatening to withhold federal funding from schools the administration deems are sti...
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September 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Enjoyed speaking with Gianna Jakubowski for this piece in the GW Hatchet! gwhatchet.com/2025/09/15/t...
When the Founding Fathers adopted the First Amendment, the censorship that kept them up at night was censorship or private citizens by the government. That's what they made unconstitutional. Not social pressure. Not social media pile-ons. Not hate speech. Censorship by the government.
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
When the Founding Fathers adopted the First Amendment, the censorship that kept them up at night was censorship or private citizens by the government. That's what they made unconstitutional. Not social pressure. Not social media pile-ons. Not hate speech. Censorship by the government.
I'm thrilled to welcome Tess Ulrey as @responsiblehs.bsky.social's newest Executive Director. As I said in the release, "Tess is an expert in helping nonprofits fulfill their potential…[her] proven record of accomplishment in youth development, advocacy, and fundraising makes her the ideal choice."
We are pleased to welcome Tess Ulrey of St. Joseph, Michigan as the new executive director at CRHE – a groundbreaking hire for the organization as the first full-time, permanent ED in CRHE’s 12-year history! Learn more about her here: responsiblehomeschooling.org/our-team/
September 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm thrilled to welcome Tess Ulrey as @responsiblehs.bsky.social's newest Executive Director. As I said in the release, "Tess is an expert in helping nonprofits fulfill their potential…[her] proven record of accomplishment in youth development, advocacy, and fundraising makes her the ideal choice."
NEW: two recent polls show an uptick in popularity for higher ed. That says more about the "thermostatic effect" in politics than it does about colleges, I explain in @aacu.org's Liberal Education Online -- but it does give us an opening to make our case. www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...
August 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NEW: two recent polls show an uptick in popularity for higher ed. That says more about the "thermostatic effect" in politics than it does about colleges, I explain in @aacu.org's Liberal Education Online -- but it does give us an opening to make our case. www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...
Dreamed that Clint Hurdle added me to the Pittsburgh Pirates' roster even though I can't play baseball, because he valued my ideas and charisma. Team activities consisted of him calling the players together and imparting life lessons about equality and social justice, and he wanted my contributions
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Dreamed that Clint Hurdle added me to the Pittsburgh Pirates' roster even though I can't play baseball, because he valued my ideas and charisma. Team activities consisted of him calling the players together and imparting life lessons about equality and social justice, and he wanted my contributions
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Scholars push back against Trump’s Smithsonian review. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Scholars Push Back Against Trump’ administration's Smithsonian Review
Scholars are pushing back against the Trump administration’s plan to conduct a "comprehensive internal review" of the Smithsonian, viewing it as political interference.
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August 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Scholars push back against Trump’s Smithsonian review. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
This is not an accurate description either of how science works or of how it is viewed by the administration. It's as if RFK Jr. doesn't exist.
This every-man-for-himself panic just sets us further back. We must all hang together, or we will surely all hang separately.
This every-man-for-himself panic just sets us further back. We must all hang together, or we will surely all hang separately.
In which a Yale prof calls for jettisoning humanities to make way for science-only universities.
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities
Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?
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August 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
This is not an accurate description either of how science works or of how it is viewed by the administration. It's as if RFK Jr. doesn't exist.
This every-man-for-himself panic just sets us further back. We must all hang together, or we will surely all hang separately.
This every-man-for-himself panic just sets us further back. We must all hang together, or we will surely all hang separately.
In my first piece for @aacu.org's Liberal Education Online, I discuss an alarming feature of the DOJ's recent anti-DEI memo: targeting thought crimes like "proxies," "perceptions," and "intent," even when they don't involve actual differential treatment of students by identity group.
A new DOJ memo could limit how institutions support students from underserved backgrounds, even when programs are open to everyone. @jeremycyoung.bsky.social warns that this marks a troubling escalation in federal restrictions on DEI and threatens intellectual freedom. www.aacu.org/liberaleduca...
A Slippery Slope | AAC&U
A new Justice Department memo imperils intellectual freedom by ‘Proxy’
www.aacu.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In my first piece for @aacu.org's Liberal Education Online, I discuss an alarming feature of the DOJ's recent anti-DEI memo: targeting thought crimes like "proxies," "perceptions," and "intent," even when they don't involve actual differential treatment of students by identity group.
This is a spectacular piece by Ian Simmons on why business and industry should be all in for academic freedom.
www.forbes.com/sites/iansim...
www.forbes.com/sites/iansim...
The Business And Economic Case For Academic Freedom
Academic freedom fuels U.S. innovation and economic growth. Political interference risks undermining our universities—and America's global competitive edge.
www.forbes.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is a spectacular piece by Ian Simmons on why business and industry should be all in for academic freedom.
www.forbes.com/sites/iansim...
www.forbes.com/sites/iansim...
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the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
July 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
the US profoundly needs a children's rights movement. children are not property... they deserve opportunity and learning and autonomy and security.... and our country just does not acknowledge this
More of this, please. Protect Science and American Innovation Day of Action happening today. www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
Protect Science and Innovation
www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
More of this, please. Protect Science and American Innovation Day of Action happening today. www.protectscienceandinnovation.org
Interesting-looking November conference on higher ed and democracy, organized by my friend @jpygold.bsky.social at @bulaw.bsky.social! www.bu.edu/law/engageme...
Fall 2025 Law Review Symposium | The University and Democracy | School of Law
www.bu.edu
July 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Interesting-looking November conference on higher ed and democracy, organized by my friend @jpygold.bsky.social at @bulaw.bsky.social! www.bu.edu/law/engageme...
I enjoyed speaking with @masslive.bsky.social's Juliet Schulman-Hall about the impact of the BBB on higher ed. Spoiler alert, it's not good, but not as bad as it could have been.
www.masslive.com/news/2025/07...
www.masslive.com/news/2025/07...
Here are 5 of the biggest effects on higher ed in the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
How will the new law signed by President Donald Trump has big effects on higher education. Here are some of the most significant.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I enjoyed speaking with @masslive.bsky.social's Juliet Schulman-Hall about the impact of the BBB on higher ed. Spoiler alert, it's not good, but not as bad as it could have been.
www.masslive.com/news/2025/07...
www.masslive.com/news/2025/07...
I'm on the board at @responsiblehs.bsky.social, and we're searching for our next Executive Director -- Someone w/skills in fundraising, strategic planning, policy, & management. Relevant lived experience a plus. Happy to answer qs (I'm not on the committee).
responsiblehomeschooling.org/employment/
responsiblehomeschooling.org/employment/
Employment
Executive Director, Coalition for Responsible Home Education The Coalition for Responsible Home Education empowers homeschooled children by educating the public and advocating for child-centered, e…
responsiblehomeschooling.org
July 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I'm on the board at @responsiblehs.bsky.social, and we're searching for our next Executive Director -- Someone w/skills in fundraising, strategic planning, policy, & management. Relevant lived experience a plus. Happy to answer qs (I'm not on the committee).
responsiblehomeschooling.org/employment/
responsiblehomeschooling.org/employment/