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Guess which professions are more likely to be women? (Actually they almost all are these days haha!)
ICYMI Dept of Education will no longer considers these professional degrees:
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
Nursing
Public health
Social work
Physician assistant
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Audiology
Speech-language pathology
Social work
Counseling & therapy
Health Admin
A smaller health workforce makes us all sicker
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Guess which professions are more likely to be women? (Actually they almost all are these days haha!)
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When people claim liberal arts education is unnecessary, I remind them how often we hear/see: “This isn’t the America I know”.
And I remind them that with liberal arts education, they would know what America is as well as how, why, and when we got here. But that’s also why many want it eliminated.
And I remind them that with liberal arts education, they would know what America is as well as how, why, and when we got here. But that’s also why many want it eliminated.
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When people claim liberal arts education is unnecessary, I remind them how often we hear/see: “This isn’t the America I know”.
And I remind them that with liberal arts education, they would know what America is as well as how, why, and when we got here. But that’s also why many want it eliminated.
And I remind them that with liberal arts education, they would know what America is as well as how, why, and when we got here. But that’s also why many want it eliminated.
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Fewer International Students Came to the U.S. This Fall
Nearly a year into the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and visas, data reveals that new international student enrollment is down 17 percent since last fall. https://bit.ly/3JCkG16
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Nearly a year into the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and visas, data reveals that new international student enrollment is down 17 percent since last fall. https://bit.ly/3JCkG16
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fewer International Students Came to the U.S. This Fall
Nearly a year into the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and visas, data reveals that new international student enrollment is down 17 percent since last fall. https://bit.ly/3JCkG16
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Nearly a year into the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and visas, data reveals that new international student enrollment is down 17 percent since last fall. https://bit.ly/3JCkG16
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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OPINION: The new AI tools are fast but can’t replace the judgment, care and cultural knowledge teachers bring to the table
The year I co-taught world history and English language arts with two colleagues, we were tasked with telling the story of the world in 180 days to about 120 ninth graders. We…
The year I co-taught world history and English language arts with two colleagues, we were tasked with telling the story of the world in 180 days to about 120 ninth graders. We…
OPINION: The new AI tools are fast but can’t replace the judgment, care and cultural knowledge teachers bring to the table
The year I co-taught world history and English language arts with two colleagues, we were tasked with telling the story of the world in 180 days to about 120 ninth graders. We invited students to consider how texts and histories speak to one another: “The Analects” as imperial governance, “Sundiata” as Mali’s political memory, “Julius Caesar” as a window into the unraveling of a republic. By winter, our students had given us nicknames. Some days, we were a triumvirate. Some days, we were Cerberus, the three-headed hound of Hades. It was a joke, but it held a deeper meaning.
hechingerreport.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
OPINION: The new AI tools are fast but can’t replace the judgment, care and cultural knowledge teachers bring to the table
The year I co-taught world history and English language arts with two colleagues, we were tasked with telling the story of the world in 180 days to about 120 ninth graders. We…
The year I co-taught world history and English language arts with two colleagues, we were tasked with telling the story of the world in 180 days to about 120 ninth graders. We…
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84% of political science experts said creating such a force poses a threat to democracy, including 65% who said the threat was extraordinary or serious brightlinewatch.org/violence-red... However, it is overwhelmingly popular among Republicans brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
84% of political science experts said creating such a force poses a threat to democracy, including 65% who said the threat was extraordinary or serious brightlinewatch.org/violence-red... However, it is overwhelmingly popular among Republicans brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...
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Nothing subtle in what's being said about gender and race here
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Nothing subtle in what's being said about gender and race here
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This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.
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It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
They mean what they say and their actions symbolically reflect that. Egregious.
First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom. 19thnews.org/2025/10/east... via @19thnews.org
First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom.
The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House.
19thnews.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
They mean what they say and their actions symbolically reflect that. Egregious.
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Wrote this yesterday chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
Knowledge is Worth Your Time
Folks who hang out on Bluesky/Twitter may have caught bits and pieces of the discussions amongst academics about what to do about today's university students...
chanda.bearblog.dev
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Wrote this yesterday chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
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In today's @sfchronicle.com, Mount Holyoke College President Danielle Holley reflects on Trump's attacks on DEI programs at universities: "When DEI is under attack, so is the future we’ve spent nearly 200 years building. We will not retreat."
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I’m a college president. Universities can’t retreat as Trump attacks DEI programs
OPINION: President Trump’s attacks on DEI programs threaten to reverse decades of progress for women, people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+ communities and immigrants.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In today's @sfchronicle.com, Mount Holyoke College President Danielle Holley reflects on Trump's attacks on DEI programs at universities: "When DEI is under attack, so is the future we’ve spent nearly 200 years building. We will not retreat."
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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#NoKings is part of a recent protest history that includes the 20167 women's march in Washington, the 2016-17 Standing Rock protests, and the 2020 George Floyd protests. The US public has been training for mass resistance to transform the country in the midst of the multiple crises it faces.
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#NoKings is part of a recent protest history that includes the 20167 women's march in Washington, the 2016-17 Standing Rock protests, and the 2020 George Floyd protests. The US public has been training for mass resistance to transform the country in the midst of the multiple crises it faces.
Welp.
After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.
Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT
The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...
www.bloomberg.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Welp.
“Whatever your view on the merits of the proposals contained in the document, the compact will not be applied in good faith and will instead be enforced selectively to coerce university action on other core matters.”
"However, if you are debating whether the Trump administration’s proposed changes to university policies are reasonable or not, you are missing the point entirely. The compact is a thinly veiled invitation for universities to relinquish their self-governance"
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
stanforddaily.com/2025/10/12/f...
From the Community | We must refuse the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education'
Associate professor Greg Martin writes on behalf of the Stanford's AAUP chapter to condemn the White House's compact on higher education.
stanforddaily.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“Whatever your view on the merits of the proposals contained in the document, the compact will not be applied in good faith and will instead be enforced selectively to coerce university action on other core matters.”
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We should fund them again like the triumph of civilization that they are: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We should fund them again like the triumph of civilization that they are: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
October 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
👇🎯💯
We should fund them again like the triumph of civilization that they are: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
We should fund them again like the triumph of civilization that they are: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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An excellent response by MIT’s President Sally Kornbluf rejecting the Trump compact.
Other universities should do the same.
Other universities should do the same.
October 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
An excellent response by MIT’s President Sally Kornbluf rejecting the Trump compact.
Other universities should do the same.
Other universities should do the same.
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Most Americans say Trump has improperly used his office to:
💠Punish those who say things he does not like (66%)
💠Encourage federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)
💠Enrich himself or his friends and family (61%)
new @pewresearch.org findings
💠Punish those who say things he does not like (66%)
💠Encourage federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)
💠Enrich himself or his friends and family (61%)
new @pewresearch.org findings
Most Americans think Trump is trying to exercise more power than previous presidents
49% of U.S. adults say Trump is trying to exercise more presidential power than previous presidents and that this is bad for the country.
www.pewresearch.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Most Americans say Trump has improperly used his office to:
💠Punish those who say things he does not like (66%)
💠Encourage federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)
💠Enrich himself or his friends and family (61%)
new @pewresearch.org findings
💠Punish those who say things he does not like (66%)
💠Encourage federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)
💠Enrich himself or his friends and family (61%)
new @pewresearch.org findings
“The “benefits of this agreement,” … consist almost entirely of things that the administration does not have the power to arbitrarily withdraw under federal law.”
I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
It's especially for journalists covering this story!
Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The “benefits of this agreement,” … consist almost entirely of things that the administration does not have the power to arbitrarily withdraw under federal law.”
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Thats why they think Charlie Kirk's racism was just "difference of opinion" because he was racist in a calm voice
White people think stern words are racism. LOL
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Thats why they think Charlie Kirk's racism was just "difference of opinion" because he was racist in a calm voice
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Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
October 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trump's higher ed ransom note is here - everyone would have to acquiesce to their unprecedented demands or not be "given priority for grants," plus they can demand "reimbursement" for "violations" www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
A mechanism to enforce fealty. An attack on academic freedom and democracy
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Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think
Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.
thebarbedwire.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/26/f...
Ah, finally, a place where all the disinformation and lies can be housed for the rest of time.
Miami Dade College Could House Trump’s Presidential Library https://bit.ly/42aZ0PA
September 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Ah, finally, a place where all the disinformation and lies can be housed for the rest of time.
Unconscionable.
UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Unconscionable.
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