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Pessimism Had a Foothold in the Humanities Before Trump

A new survey from the Humanities Indicators Project and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences shows that department chairs are worried about falling enrollments and tenure-track jobs. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4cWwzJk
Pessimism Had a Foothold in the Humanities Before Trump
A new survey from the Humanities Indicators Project and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences shows that department chairs are worried about falling enrollments and tenure-track jobs.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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chronicle.com
National Science Foundation grant cancellations come two months after Sen. Ted Cruz's office released a list of "questionable projects that promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) or advanced neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda." chroni.cl/4jfvw9H
The Trump Administration Has Canceled Millions in NSF Grants
Projects related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and misinformation and disinformation were cut “to protect the interests of the government,” the agency said.
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April 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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LATEST: More than 150 university and college presidents co-sign a letter condemning the Trump administration's recent efforts to dictate the policies of private higher education institutions in exchange for federal funding.
Over 150 college presidents sign letter rebuking 'government overreach'
Presidents from each Ivy League school — except for Columbia University and Dartmouth University — signed onto the letter.
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April 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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insidehighered.com
‘Draconian’ Layoffs, Grant Terminations Come for the @nehgov.bsky.social

Critics say the deep cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities, which has supported research and learning at colleges since 1965, “will ripple across American life.” #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/42szUef
‘Draconian’ Layoffs, Grant Terminations Come for the NEH
Critics say the deep cuts to the National Endowment for the Humanities, which has supported research and learning at colleges since 1965, “will ripple across American life.”
bit.ly
April 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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knottkatherine.bsky.social
After tracking visa revocations for a week, the map is up to 976 students. (For reference: we started with 147 students.)

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Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked
The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.
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April 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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At least 27 international students from 13 Minnesota colleges and universities have had their visa revoked or immigration records terminated in the last week or so.
Minnesota’s international students fear deportation, being singled out for minor infractions — even a speeding ticket
At least 27 international students from 13 Minnesota colleges and universities have had their visa revoked or immigration records terminated in the last week or so.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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@liamknox.bsky.social: DHS "formalizing a policy to search the social media accounts of all foreign applicants for US visas or other benefits" per memo. ICE "will collect applicants’ social media handles and scour their accounts for any 'antisemitic activity'”
DHS Formalizes Policy Screening Noncitizens’ Social Media
The Department of Homeland Security is formalizing a policy to search the social media accounts of all foreign applicants for U.S. visas or other benefits, according to a memo issued Wednesday morning...
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April 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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nbcnews.com
International students from across the country are losing their visas with no explanation and being taken off the street by plainclothes officers.

As of Wednesday, authorities had revoked the visas of international students in at least 22 states.
In about half of U.S. states, schools say international students are losing visas. What’s behind it.
As schools like Harvard, Stanford, Columbia and more say their students’ visas being revoked, lawyers say it’s all part of the larger plan to reduce immigration.
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April 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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knottkatherine.bsky.social
Northwestern found out about the freeze via media reports and hasn’t received official notification from the federal government yet.

What we know so far about the latest colleges targeted by the Trump administration:

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Northwestern, Cornell Face Federal Funding Freeze
The Trump administration is freezing more than $1 billion in federal funds at Cornell University and $790 million at Northwestern University—the latest colleges to see their federal grants and contrac...
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April 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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First @columbiauniversity.bsky.social , Now @harvard.edu: Middle East Studies Under Pressure

The Trump administration specifically targeted a department at Columbia, prompting a sweeping review. Harvard is shaking up and pausing programs... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3RH6unG
Columbia, Then Harvard: Middle East Studies Under Pressure
The Trump administration specifically targeted a department at Columbia, prompting a sweeping review. Harvard is shaking up and pausing programs. It’s unclear what—and where—the next target will be.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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chronicle.com
Opinion: Accommodating requests to take down websites or change language in course descriptions is a slippery slope. chroni.cl/42wVoYE
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
chroni.cl
April 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."
Nationwide 'Hands Off!' protests erupt against Trump and Musk
Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off!"
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April 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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neatoday.bsky.social
The billionaires in power want us divided—but today Americans were united, rallying for democracy and a brighter future for the country. #HandsOff
Becky Pringle (@neapresident.bsky.social)
Today, in hundreds of towns across America, we rallied to say: This is the moment where we say NO. No more looting, no more stealing, no more billionaires, raiding our government while working people…
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April 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two. By @jonakimehta.bsky.social
How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education
Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.
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April 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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chronicle.com
Existential threats have exacerbated the divides at many colleges. The stakes are higher, and the tensions are worse. chroni.cl/3YbSeXB
The Campus Cold War: Faculty vs. Administrators
Have relations reached an all-time low?
chroni.cl
April 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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kawulf.bsky.social
"It has come for science because it was never just about the Humanities, but about how we assess American progress through infrastructures of new knowledge and its application." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/02/t...
The Humanities as Canary: Understanding this Crisis Now - The Scholarly Kitchen
The Humanities have always been the canary in the coal mine of the full knowledge industry. What information can help us understand this crisis and its implications?
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April 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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tomesandtextiles.bsky.social
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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The NIH claimed that numerous canceled research grants were “antithetical to the scientific inquiry.” A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characterization smacks of ignorance.
NIH Grant Terminations Have ‘Frightening Implications’ for Science
The National Institutes of Health claimed that numerous canceled research grants were “antithetical to the scientific inquiry.” A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characteri...
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March 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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latimes.com
The U.S. has revoked roughly 300 visas of international students, many who have supported campus pro-Palestinian encampments and protests. At major California campuses including UCLA and USC, foreign students are on alert.
California international students on alert as Trump ramps up arrests of pro-Palestine activists
The U.S. has revoked roughly 300 visas of international students, many who have supported campus pro-Palestinian encampments and protests. At major California campuses including UCLA and USC, foreign students are on alert.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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chronicle.com
A legal historian told The Chronicle that foreign nationals being afraid or unable to speak out will cause “tremendous damage” to America’s academic standing on the world stage. chroni.cl/4c4FoQN
AAUP, Middle East Studies Association Sue Trump Administration Over ‘Ideological Deportations’
Immigration authorities have recently taken into custody several visa holders and legal permanent residents who were involved in pro-Palestinian campus activism.
chroni.cl
March 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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NEW: A doctoral student at the University of Alabama has been arrested and detained by ICE, as the Trump administration continues to target non-U.S. citizens in higher education.
University of Alabama doctoral student detained by ICE as government's college crackdown continues
According to ICE records, Iranian national Alireza Doroudi is currently being held in a "detention facility" after he was recently detained.
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March 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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latimes.com
Roiled by turmoil, USC has announced several cutbacks and belt-tightening measures as it faces 'federal funding uncertainty' under the Trump administration.
USC calls for hiring freeze, austerity efforts amid budget woes and Trump investigations
Roiled by turmoil, USC has announced several cutbacks and belt-tightening measures as it faces 'federal funding uncertainty' under the Trump administration.
www.latimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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neatoday.bsky.social
Every student deserves a free, high-quality public education. That’s why families, educators, and advocates nationwide are standing up to protect our schools and defend our students’ futures.
‘Deplorable': Students, educators and parents protest Dept. of Education cuts
Cuts to the Department of Education have many worried about its trickle-down effect for students on the local level. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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sfchronicle.com
Vulnerable students will be among those most hurt by President Donald Trump’s executive order to shutter the federal Department of Education, experts say.
Dismantling the Department of Education could hurt California — but red states even more
Vulnerable students will be among those most hurt by President Donald Trump’s executive order to shutter the federal Department of Education, experts say.
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March 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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neatoday.bsky.social
Donald Trump today issued an executive order calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled and ceasing many of its activities.

Here's how that will harm students: www.nea.org/nea-today/al...
March 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM