Steve McGuire
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BREAKING: MIT President Sally Kornbluth has rejected the Trump admin’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”:
“The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution.”
“The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution.”
October 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
BREAKING: MIT President Sally Kornbluth has rejected the Trump admin’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”:
“The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution.”
“The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution.”
BIG NEWS: The Trump administration has asked an initial 9 universities to sign onto a 10-point “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
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October 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
BIG NEWS: The Trump administration has asked an initial 9 universities to sign onto a 10-point “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
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“It’s so hard to get authentic liberal education in today’s academy, because even when it wins, it loses.”
We spoke to Jennifer Frey about the decision to gut the Honors College at the University of Tulsa.
Full episode linked below.
We spoke to Jennifer Frey about the decision to gut the Honors College at the University of Tulsa.
Full episode linked below.
July 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“It’s so hard to get authentic liberal education in today’s academy, because even when it wins, it loses.”
We spoke to Jennifer Frey about the decision to gut the Honors College at the University of Tulsa.
Full episode linked below.
We spoke to Jennifer Frey about the decision to gut the Honors College at the University of Tulsa.
Full episode linked below.
BREAKING: Harvard will not be meeting the demands of the Trump administration:
“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”
“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BREAKING: Harvard will not be meeting the demands of the Trump administration:
“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”
“The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government.”
The Trump admin has sent its list of required reforms to Harvard:
April 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Trump admin has sent its list of required reforms to Harvard:
NEW: The Trump admin has told Harvard what it must do to keep its federal funding:
-End DEI.
-Review and reform departments that “fuel antisemitic harassment.”
-Reform admissions and hiring to be “merit-based.”
-Eliminate all admissions based on “race or national origin.”
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-End DEI.
-Review and reform departments that “fuel antisemitic harassment.”
-Reform admissions and hiring to be “merit-based.”
-Eliminate all admissions based on “race or national origin.”
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April 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
NEW: The Trump admin has told Harvard what it must do to keep its federal funding:
-End DEI.
-Review and reform departments that “fuel antisemitic harassment.”
-Reform admissions and hiring to be “merit-based.”
-Eliminate all admissions based on “race or national origin.”
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-End DEI.
-Review and reform departments that “fuel antisemitic harassment.”
-Reform admissions and hiring to be “merit-based.”
-Eliminate all admissions based on “race or national origin.”
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57% of college presidents say they’ve been “not at all effective” in responding to declining public confidence in higher education.
Meanwhile, only 22% think concerns about ideological bias on their campuses are “very” or “extremely” valid.
There might be a connection there…
Meanwhile, only 22% think concerns about ideological bias on their campuses are “very” or “extremely” valid.
There might be a connection there…
March 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
57% of college presidents say they’ve been “not at all effective” in responding to declining public confidence in higher education.
Meanwhile, only 22% think concerns about ideological bias on their campuses are “very” or “extremely” valid.
There might be a connection there…
Meanwhile, only 22% think concerns about ideological bias on their campuses are “very” or “extremely” valid.
There might be a connection there…
Yale Law has placed a faculty member with alleged ties to a foreign terrorist organization on immediate leave pending an investigation:
March 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yale Law has placed a faculty member with alleged ties to a foreign terrorist organization on immediate leave pending an investigation:
As part of a cluster hire in Palestinian Studies, Hunter College is looking to hire an anti-Israel activist.
A new job ad calls for an expert in “settler colonialism, genocide…apartheid,” etc.
It adds: “Ideal candidates will also have a record of public engagement and community action.”
A new job ad calls for an expert in “settler colonialism, genocide…apartheid,” etc.
It adds: “Ideal candidates will also have a record of public engagement and community action.”
February 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
As part of a cluster hire in Palestinian Studies, Hunter College is looking to hire an anti-Israel activist.
A new job ad calls for an expert in “settler colonialism, genocide…apartheid,” etc.
It adds: “Ideal candidates will also have a record of public engagement and community action.”
A new job ad calls for an expert in “settler colonialism, genocide…apartheid,” etc.
It adds: “Ideal candidates will also have a record of public engagement and community action.”
The AAUP: We don’t know for sure whether we’re for institutional neutrality or against it, but we do know one thing: we’re against it.
February 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The AAUP: We don’t know for sure whether we’re for institutional neutrality or against it, but we do know one thing: we’re against it.
A succinctly stated summary of a critique of DEI from the left:
February 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A succinctly stated summary of a critique of DEI from the left:
Sonoma State University has announced massive cuts due to a $23.9 million deficit.
Enrollment has dropped 38% since 2015.
They’re cutting 46 faculty, whole programs and departments, and Division II athletics:
Enrollment has dropped 38% since 2015.
They’re cutting 46 faculty, whole programs and departments, and Division II athletics:
January 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Sonoma State University has announced massive cuts due to a $23.9 million deficit.
Enrollment has dropped 38% since 2015.
They’re cutting 46 faculty, whole programs and departments, and Division II athletics:
Enrollment has dropped 38% since 2015.
They’re cutting 46 faculty, whole programs and departments, and Division II athletics:
And the third recommendation was to “Improve Existing Approaches to Writing and Evaluating Teaching and Research Statements”
In short, more training and routinization of DEI:
In short, more training and routinization of DEI:
December 5, 2024 at 12:26 PM
And the third recommendation was to “Improve Existing Approaches to Writing and Evaluating Teaching and Research Statements”
In short, more training and routinization of DEI:
In short, more training and routinization of DEI:
That search and promotion committees: “Solicit [DEI] Information from Teaching, Research, and Service Statements”
In other words, rather than rejecting the DEI litmus test, the faculty committee wanted to integrate it more fully into everything faculty at UMich do:
In other words, rather than rejecting the DEI litmus test, the faculty committee wanted to integrate it more fully into everything faculty at UMich do:
December 5, 2024 at 12:26 PM
That search and promotion committees: “Solicit [DEI] Information from Teaching, Research, and Service Statements”
In other words, rather than rejecting the DEI litmus test, the faculty committee wanted to integrate it more fully into everything faculty at UMich do:
In other words, rather than rejecting the DEI litmus test, the faculty committee wanted to integrate it more fully into everything faculty at UMich do:
…so it added that “search committees and promotion committees should gather evidence for DEI contributions through submitted teaching dossiers, research agendas, and curriculum vitae” and made two further recommendations…
December 5, 2024 at 12:26 PM
…so it added that “search committees and promotion committees should gather evidence for DEI contributions through submitted teaching dossiers, research agendas, and curriculum vitae” and made two further recommendations…
BREAKING: The University of Michigan will stop using DEI statements in faculty hiring and promotion.
The decision was made by Provost Laurie McCauley and announced this morning.
This is a great day for @UMich and American higher education!
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The decision was made by Provost Laurie McCauley and announced this morning.
This is a great day for @UMich and American higher education!
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December 5, 2024 at 12:23 PM
BREAKING: The University of Michigan will stop using DEI statements in faculty hiring and promotion.
The decision was made by Provost Laurie McCauley and announced this morning.
This is a great day for @UMich and American higher education!
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The decision was made by Provost Laurie McCauley and announced this morning.
This is a great day for @UMich and American higher education!
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Regent Mark Bernstein on the university’s Chief Diversity Officer defending her programs with misinformation:
“It is yet another example of how this area of activity considers itself to be beyond scrutiny. The moment of reckoning is fast approaching.”
“It is yet another example of how this area of activity considers itself to be beyond scrutiny. The moment of reckoning is fast approaching.”
December 4, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Regent Mark Bernstein on the university’s Chief Diversity Officer defending her programs with misinformation:
“It is yet another example of how this area of activity considers itself to be beyond scrutiny. The moment of reckoning is fast approaching.”
“It is yet another example of how this area of activity considers itself to be beyond scrutiny. The moment of reckoning is fast approaching.”
Two regents explain what they’re thinking. They want to redirect money to students and defend free expression on campus:
December 4, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Two regents explain what they’re thinking. They want to redirect money to students and defend free expression on campus:
Great news!
The University of Michigan Board of Regents is poised to ban DEI statements in hiring and promotion tomorrow.
They might also start the process of redirecting funding from the DEI bureaucracy to programs that will actually help students.
The University of Michigan Board of Regents is poised to ban DEI statements in hiring and promotion tomorrow.
They might also start the process of redirecting funding from the DEI bureaucracy to programs that will actually help students.
December 4, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Great news!
The University of Michigan Board of Regents is poised to ban DEI statements in hiring and promotion tomorrow.
They might also start the process of redirecting funding from the DEI bureaucracy to programs that will actually help students.
The University of Michigan Board of Regents is poised to ban DEI statements in hiring and promotion tomorrow.
They might also start the process of redirecting funding from the DEI bureaucracy to programs that will actually help students.
Boston University has suspended admissions to 12 PhD programs in the humanities and social sciences.
The reason appears to be “increased costs associated with the union contract that graduate student workers won after their historic, nearly seven-month strike ended in October.”
The reason appears to be “increased costs associated with the union contract that graduate student workers won after their historic, nearly seven-month strike ended in October.”
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Boston University has suspended admissions to 12 PhD programs in the humanities and social sciences.
The reason appears to be “increased costs associated with the union contract that graduate student workers won after their historic, nearly seven-month strike ended in October.”
The reason appears to be “increased costs associated with the union contract that graduate student workers won after their historic, nearly seven-month strike ended in October.”