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When budget cuts hurt real people.
Vermont’s largest provider of Section 8 housing subsidies will stop issuing new vouchers
Despite a waitlist of thousands of Vermonters, the Vermont State Housing Authority says it won’t be able to issue new vouchers for now and will aim to trim about 489 vouchers from its existing rolls t...
www.vermontpublic.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
When budget cuts hurt real people.
GOP "reform" will add hurdles to accessing a college degree.
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How Congress Could Make Paying for College More Complicated
House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to financial aid, federal loans and program cost estimates that could make paying for college more challenging and expensive.
www.insidehighered.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
GOP "reform" will add hurdles to accessing a college degree.
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Former professional wrestling promoter calls Harvard "a mockery." Not the Onion.
May 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Former professional wrestling promoter calls Harvard "a mockery." Not the Onion.
Ohio SB1 will gut higher education in that state. "Not one president of a state-supported university or college testified against this bill during its tour through the General Assembly."
Senate Bill 1 guts academic freedom and reshapes Ohio’s public universities • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Republican higher education overhaul substitutes governmental edicts for academic freedom; eliminates all diversity and inclusion activities on campuses; restricts how faculty teach; and bans...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
April 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Ohio SB1 will gut higher education in that state. "Not one president of a state-supported university or college testified against this bill during its tour through the General Assembly."
Can't help thinking that this is but a warm-up for a future crack-down on anti-Christian speech.
As Trump’s Cuts Loom Large, Colleges Are Under Pressure to Punish Anti-Israel Speech
Some students and lawyers say a new campus bureaucracy enforcing Title VI is doling out unfair punishments and quashing pro-Palestinian views.
www.chronicle.com
April 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Can't help thinking that this is but a warm-up for a future crack-down on anti-Christian speech.
Oops. Didn't y'all spend the last 35 years crying wolf over the "jack-booted thugs from the government"?! Well, they're here.
April 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Oops. Didn't y'all spend the last 35 years crying wolf over the "jack-booted thugs from the government"?! Well, they're here.
A leaked FY2026 budget proposal from the White House calls for the elimination of the systems that protect civil rights, advance inclusive services, and cultivate leadership for people with disabilities.
April 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A leaked FY2026 budget proposal from the White House calls for the elimination of the systems that protect civil rights, advance inclusive services, and cultivate leadership for people with disabilities.
Another Vermont student's rights stripped away.
US revokes a lawful international student’s visa at Middlebury College - VTDigger
From Stanford to Harvard, more than 1,000 international students across 160 colleges have had their visas or legal status revoked since March, according to the Associated Press.
vtdigger.org
April 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Another Vermont student's rights stripped away.
Student Visa Dragnet Reaches Small Colleges
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April 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Student Visa Dragnet Reaches Small Colleges
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"As the disruption has mounted, many college and university presidents have kept silent. But unions representing higher ed employees have stepped up to the plate."
As Universities Yield to Trump, Higher Ed Unions Fight Back
From lawsuits to protests, labor organizations representing faculty, grad students and other workers are resisting. Discussions about what to do next continue.
www.insidehighered.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"As the disruption has mounted, many college and university presidents have kept silent. But unions representing higher ed employees have stepped up to the plate."
Why Canada? Read this!
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newrepublic.com/article/1933...
The Forgotten Dystopian Vision That Explains Trump’s Canada Obsession
The president’s outlandish fixation on annexing Canada and Greenland makes sense when you understand his worldview. It’s pretty similar to one articulated in 1941.
newrepublic.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Why Canada? Read this!
newrepublic.com/article/1933...
newrepublic.com/article/1933...
Montpelier, Vermont, April 5, 2025
April 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Montpelier, Vermont, April 5, 2025
Must watch!
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Why Musk and the Broligarchy Are Loving the Economic Collapse of America
The Nerd Reich, as coined by journalist Gil Duran, is celebrating and welcoming America's economic and political collapse so they can profit off our pain and move towards creating their technocracy.
thelefthook.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Must watch!
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Best quote of the day.
April 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Best quote of the day.
Beware the impending accreditation wars. This will reshape higher ed as we know it.
Opinion | Accreditation Is Trump’s ‘Secret Weapon’
Here are three scenarios for how his attack on higher ed could play out.
www.chronicle.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Beware the impending accreditation wars. This will reshape higher ed as we know it.
Under the guise of fighting antisemitism, the goal is to "[condemn] free thought and and expression in a democratic society" by attacking higher education (along with K12, science and medical research, libraries, museums, and the arts). Do not be fooled.
Opinion | The Dangerous Document Behind Trump’s Campus Purges
The Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project Esther’ would weaponize antisemitism.
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Under the guise of fighting antisemitism, the goal is to "[condemn] free thought and and expression in a democratic society" by attacking higher education (along with K12, science and medical research, libraries, museums, and the arts). Do not be fooled.
Friday. Find an action near you.
Tesla Takedown | Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.
www.teslatakedown.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Friday. Find an action near you.
Michael Ignatieff, former president of Central European University in Budapest, on how a university fights an authoritarian regime:
How a University Fights an Authoritarian Regime
Viktor Orbán came for me. Donald Trump is coming for you. Here’s what to do.
www.chronicle.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Michael Ignatieff, former president of Central European University in Budapest, on how a university fights an authoritarian regime:
April 5. Find your protest.
What’s Next for Indivisibles? Saturday April 5 a Mass Rally in D.C. And Wherever You Live! A Hands Off Rally - The Time Is Now - The Ashland Chronicle-Oregon
Indivisibles,For the last few weeks, we’ve gotten some version of this question over and over and over again: When do... Read More
theashlandchronicle.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
April 5. Find your protest.
Independent colleges in Texas received this message. 100% of IPEDS staff at the USDoEd have been let go. Schools are advised to pull down copies of their own data in the event that the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System website goes down.
March 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Independent colleges in Texas received this message. 100% of IPEDS staff at the USDoEd have been let go. Schools are advised to pull down copies of their own data in the event that the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System website goes down.
March 14, Vermont Senate Votes 30-0 to support JRS-15, Joint Resolution supporting Vermont’s transgender and non-binary community and declaring Vermont’s commitment to fighting discrimination and treating all citizens with respect and dignity.
March 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
March 14, Vermont Senate Votes 30-0 to support JRS-15, Joint Resolution supporting Vermont’s transgender and non-binary community and declaring Vermont’s commitment to fighting discrimination and treating all citizens with respect and dignity.
Statement from the Association for Institutional Research.
March 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Statement from the Association for Institutional Research.