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Who actually runs Columbia University? | Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who actually runs Columbia University? | Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock
Trustees aren’t academics – and they’re often political wolves in sheep’s clothing. We need reform to save the American university as we know it
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Democratic senator Cory Booker holds marathon speech to highlight ‘recklessness’ of Trump policies – US politics live
Democratic senator Cory Booker holds marathon speech to highlight ‘recklessness’ of Trump policies – US politics live
New Jersey Democrat began talking on Monday night to highlight ‘a nation in crisis’ and was still going at 7.30am eastern time on Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Reposted by Elizabeth Smith, PhD
Students donning black graduation robes held a mock funeral for the death of higher education after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that will overhaul Ohio’s public universities. They said DeWine's signature was heartbreaking.
Ohio college students, educators disappointed in Gov. DeWine for signing higher ed overhaul • Ohio Capital Journal
Students donning black graduation robes held a mock funeral for the death of higher education after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law that will overhaul Ohio’s public universities. They…
buff.ly
April 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reposted by Elizabeth Smith, PhD
SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.

It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
zeteo.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM