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Breaking: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's effort to shutter much of the Education Department. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Breaking: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's effort to shutter much of the Education Department. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
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Damn it’s like U Michigan had a Kim Philby type situation on its hands! Ono comes in from the cold in this oped. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Why I Chose University of Florida, by Santa Ono (opinion)
Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency.
www.insidehighered.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Damn it’s like U Michigan had a Kim Philby type situation on its hands! Ono comes in from the cold in this oped. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Butler pres signs letter criticizing Trump administration’s ‘overreach’
He was one of just 3 Indiana college leaders to sign, incl. Rev. Dowd at Notre Dame and Katie Conboy from SMC.
mirrorindy.org/butler-unive...
He was one of just 3 Indiana college leaders to sign, incl. Rev. Dowd at Notre Dame and Katie Conboy from SMC.
mirrorindy.org/butler-unive...
Butler president criticizes “government overreach” by Trump administration
James Danko was among 554 college presidents, including three in Indiana, to sign the letter.
mirrorindy.org
April 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Butler pres signs letter criticizing Trump administration’s ‘overreach’
He was one of just 3 Indiana college leaders to sign, incl. Rev. Dowd at Notre Dame and Katie Conboy from SMC.
mirrorindy.org/butler-unive...
He was one of just 3 Indiana college leaders to sign, incl. Rev. Dowd at Notre Dame and Katie Conboy from SMC.
mirrorindy.org/butler-unive...
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For all the claims that Americans are in a populist mood and therefore scornful of higher education it sure seems as though Trump’s War on College is super-unpopular. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
April 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
For all the claims that Americans are in a populist mood and therefore scornful of higher education it sure seems as though Trump’s War on College is super-unpopular. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
April 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.
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My latest. It’s feelings-forward and was hard to write.
“It’s an isolating experience when your industry, the source of your livelihood, is being uniquely targeted by your own government, and many Americans are either completely unaware or cheering on its demise.”
www.chronicle.com/article/high...
“It’s an isolating experience when your industry, the source of your livelihood, is being uniquely targeted by your own government, and many Americans are either completely unaware or cheering on its demise.”
www.chronicle.com/article/high...
Opinion | Higher Ed Is Adrift
While colleges duck and cover, their employees feel angry and abandoned.
www.chronicle.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My latest. It’s feelings-forward and was hard to write.
“It’s an isolating experience when your industry, the source of your livelihood, is being uniquely targeted by your own government, and many Americans are either completely unaware or cheering on its demise.”
www.chronicle.com/article/high...
“It’s an isolating experience when your industry, the source of your livelihood, is being uniquely targeted by your own government, and many Americans are either completely unaware or cheering on its demise.”
www.chronicle.com/article/high...
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The Miami Herald is doing remarkable public service journalism on deported Venezuelans and the crimes being committed against them. Almost like news institutions that are located in and around the communities they serve end up being accountable for serving those communities
April 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Miami Herald is doing remarkable public service journalism on deported Venezuelans and the crimes being committed against them. Almost like news institutions that are located in and around the communities they serve end up being accountable for serving those communities
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Ok Northwestern has signed up. If your college hasn’t joined up, call up the alumni or president’s office and ask why.
April 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Ok Northwestern has signed up. If your college hasn’t joined up, call up the alumni or president’s office and ask why.
This statement is quite strong. Signed by nearly 200 presidents, including about a third of them publics.
But the headline is remarkably mild: "A call for constructive engagement."
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
But the headline is remarkably mild: "A call for constructive engagement."
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
April 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This statement is quite strong. Signed by nearly 200 presidents, including about a third of them publics.
But the headline is remarkably mild: "A call for constructive engagement."
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
But the headline is remarkably mild: "A call for constructive engagement."
www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
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Here's what RFK is saying in private to the family of a girl who died last week from a vaccine-preventable disease
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
What RFK Jr. Told Grieving Texas Families About the Measles Vaccine
The nation’s top public-health official has been promoting suspicions of the shot even as he offers comfort.
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Here's what RFK is saying in private to the family of a girl who died last week from a vaccine-preventable disease
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.
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Texas readers may not have known his name but the product they read every day for free – The Texas Tribune – was made possible by John. Rest in power. Remembering John Thornton, founder of The Texas Tribune www.texastribune.org/2025/04/01/j... via @texastribune.org
Remembering John Thornton, founder of The Texas Tribune
Thornton conceived of the idea of a nonprofit news enterprise to engage Texans with their government, and then helped support similar outlets across the country. He died Saturday at 59.
www.texastribune.org
April 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Texas readers may not have known his name but the product they read every day for free – The Texas Tribune – was made possible by John. Rest in power. Remembering John Thornton, founder of The Texas Tribune www.texastribune.org/2025/04/01/j... via @texastribune.org
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March 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We built a page that gathers up the specific actions the Trump administration is taking related to higher ed. Inspired by the NYT version that's for all topics. We needed a place to point our local reporters to when we talk about all that's going on.
www.opencampus.org/higher-educa...
www.opencampus.org/higher-educa...
Higher Education Under Pressure: Administration Actions - Open Campus
A chronological list of major actions affecting higher education institutions by the Trump administration. More about our Higher Ed Under Pressure project. Filter by topic: All Actions Anti-semitism D...
www.opencampus.org
March 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We built a page that gathers up the specific actions the Trump administration is taking related to higher ed. Inspired by the NYT version that's for all topics. We needed a place to point our local reporters to when we talk about all that's going on.
www.opencampus.org/higher-educa...
www.opencampus.org/higher-educa...
Ted Mitchell, president of ACE talking today about #PSLF on webinar: "Another chapter in the book of break it now and the probabilities of fixing it later go way down." He worries that delay in processing will "take the heart out of program because people won't trust it."
March 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ted Mitchell, president of ACE talking today about #PSLF on webinar: "Another chapter in the book of break it now and the probabilities of fixing it later go way down." He worries that delay in processing will "take the heart out of program because people won't trust it."
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Some of my Columbia Law School colleagues and I offer our thoughts on legal issues with the Administration's March 13, 2025 letter to our University's president, and its threat to academic freedom. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
Balkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some of my Columbia Law School colleagues and I offer our thoughts on legal issues with the Administration's March 13, 2025 letter to our University's president, and its threat to academic freedom. balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
Appeals court lifts ban on Trump executive orders regarding DEI. Higher ed groups had won at stay at the district court. 1/
apnews.com/article/dei-...
apnews.com/article/dei-...
Appeals court lifts blocks on Trump's orders restricting diversity, equity and inclusion programs
An appeals court has lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, handing the Trump administration a win after a string of setback...
apnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Appeals court lifts ban on Trump executive orders regarding DEI. Higher ed groups had won at stay at the district court. 1/
apnews.com/article/dei-...
apnews.com/article/dei-...
Good story here from @wyofile.com about the U of Wyoming dropping its partnership with The Ph.D. Project.
The Ed Dept announced on Friday that it was opening civil rights investigations in 45 universities that partner with the Ph.D. Project.
wyofile.com/university-o...
The Ed Dept announced on Friday that it was opening civil rights investigations in 45 universities that partner with the Ph.D. Project.
wyofile.com/university-o...
University of Wyoming drops partnership amid Trump administration investigation into ‘race-exclusionary practices’ - WyoFile
School administration pledges to comply with investigation and eliminate all programs that promote differential treatment.
wyofile.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good story here from @wyofile.com about the U of Wyoming dropping its partnership with The Ph.D. Project.
The Ed Dept announced on Friday that it was opening civil rights investigations in 45 universities that partner with the Ph.D. Project.
wyofile.com/university-o...
The Ed Dept announced on Friday that it was opening civil rights investigations in 45 universities that partner with the Ph.D. Project.
wyofile.com/university-o...
Nick Dirks, the former chancellor of Cal, is spot on here: "Universities have made two general mistakes in the face of sustained right-wing criticism. ... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Academia Needs to Stick Up for Itself
American higher education would be in a much stronger position today if it had made a proactive case to the public for its own importance—and taken steps to address its very real shortcomings.
www.theatlantic.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Nick Dirks, the former chancellor of Cal, is spot on here: "Universities have made two general mistakes in the face of sustained right-wing criticism. ... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The federal government is applying unprecedented pressure on universities. At @opencampus.org we've launched the Higher Ed Under Pressure project to expand beyond our network of local reporters and help ANY journalist cover what this means for their community.
www.opencampus.org/higher-ed-un...
www.opencampus.org/higher-ed-un...
Higher Ed Under Pressure: Resources for Local Journalists - Open Campus
Universities face unprecedented federal pressure threatening funding, research, and independence. Access free resources to help your newsroom report on this moment.
www.opencampus.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The federal government is applying unprecedented pressure on universities. At @opencampus.org we've launched the Higher Ed Under Pressure project to expand beyond our network of local reporters and help ANY journalist cover what this means for their community.
www.opencampus.org/higher-ed-un...
www.opencampus.org/higher-ed-un...