John Aerni-Flessner
@lesothojohn.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, African History, MSU, RCAH.
Dreams for Lesotho: http://undpress.nd.edu/9780
Historical Dictionary: tinyurl.com/3tyha6jt
Publications here: https://tinyurl.com/ynvwp6c5
Lesotho, Southern Africa, development, borders, running, Michigan
Dreams for Lesotho: http://undpress.nd.edu/9780
Historical Dictionary: tinyurl.com/3tyha6jt
Publications here: https://tinyurl.com/ynvwp6c5
Lesotho, Southern Africa, development, borders, running, Michigan
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Like, guys.
The US Government booked 50+ seats on a flight for "refugees."
3 people turned up.
They are not coming.
www.news24.com/citypress/ne...
The US Government booked 50+ seats on a flight for "refugees."
3 people turned up.
They are not coming.
www.news24.com/citypress/ne...
US books dozens of seats for Afrikaner ‘refugees’, but only three pitch up | News24
Far fewer ‘refugees’ arrived for their flights than were catered for. Despite this, the US government has targeted resettlement of 6 000 people by the end of November.
www.news24.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Like, guys.
The US Government booked 50+ seats on a flight for "refugees."
3 people turned up.
They are not coming.
www.news24.com/citypress/ne...
The US Government booked 50+ seats on a flight for "refugees."
3 people turned up.
They are not coming.
www.news24.com/citypress/ne...
It is co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Madison's African Studies Center:
africa.wisc.edu/event/water-...
africa.wisc.edu/event/water-...
Water and the Afterlives of Apartheid: The Lesotho Highlands Water Project and Dissatisfaction with Government in South Africa and Lesotho
Speaker: John Aerni-Flessner Time: 4:00PM Venue: Sewell Social Sciences, 1180 Observatory Dr., Rm. 8417 Host: Department of Anthropology Co-sponsors: The Center for Culture, History, and Environment; ...
africa.wisc.edu
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It is co-sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Madison's African Studies Center:
africa.wisc.edu/event/water-...
africa.wisc.edu/event/water-...
Here is the actual resolution if you need it: acadgov.msu.edu/facultysenat...
Resolutions | Academic Governance | Michigan State University
acadgov.msu.edu
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here is the actual resolution if you need it: acadgov.msu.edu/facultysenat...
Same here at MSU back in October:
statenews.com/article/2025...
statenews.com/article/2025...
Michigan State faculty reject Trump administration's higher ed 'compact' - The State News
Michigan State University faculty voted Tuesday to oppose the federal government's offer for schools to adopt conservative policies in exchange for preferential treatment. No school has publicly accep...
statenews.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Same here at MSU back in October:
statenews.com/article/2025...
statenews.com/article/2025...
I already re-posted it over on the other platform.
Such important advocacy work being done here.
Such important advocacy work being done here.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I already re-posted it over on the other platform.
Such important advocacy work being done here.
Such important advocacy work being done here.
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It's also much, much more than 3 percent though. As any faculty member reading this who obtained subvention funding from their uni (which may or may not have a UP) can attest: many unis with no UPs provide relatively quite small funds to UPs far and wide. $1K here, $3K there.
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's also much, much more than 3 percent though. As any faculty member reading this who obtained subvention funding from their uni (which may or may not have a UP) can attest: many unis with no UPs provide relatively quite small funds to UPs far and wide. $1K here, $3K there.
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It's both less and more than 3 percent. Less because not all UPs are supported by their unis. Some may get support in exchange for paying overhead. Others may truly get no support.
November 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
It's both less and more than 3 percent. Less because not all UPs are supported by their unis. Some may get support in exchange for paying overhead. Others may truly get no support.
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I'm obsessed with this stat: "with more than 4,000 degree-granting institutions and fewer than 130 university presses in the United States and Canada, this vital [publishing] infrastructure is directly supported by less than 3 percent of the institutions it benefits"
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm obsessed with this stat: "with more than 4,000 degree-granting institutions and fewer than 130 university presses in the United States and Canada, this vital [publishing] infrastructure is directly supported by less than 3 percent of the institutions it benefits"
Reposted by John Aerni-Flessner
The more I've personally thought about these issues, the more I think we should all be looking at UPs not (just) as funded but as directly FUNDING fields that unis have all but abandoned. Monographs cost more to make than they earn. UPs are putting $$ DIRECTLY where unis don't.
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The more I've personally thought about these issues, the more I think we should all be looking at UPs not (just) as funded but as directly FUNDING fields that unis have all but abandoned. Monographs cost more to make than they earn. UPs are putting $$ DIRECTLY where unis don't.