US Universities are about to have their biggest public megaphone of the year (March Madness). Huge opportunity for a unified message from American college presidents (NOT NCAA!) explaining the attack on higher ed. Get Duke and UNC to lead the charge.
New from me at Cato: in its demands that Columbia surrender its academic and administrative independence to federal overseers, the Trump administration has violated one law after another. And there's every reason to think it's planning to roll out the same game plan to other universities. /1
What Can the Feds Legally Demand of Columbia University?
The Trump administration is using the threat of a funding cutoff to demand sweeping changes at Columbia University, including a drastic overhaul of its system of student discipline, and the putting of...
www.cato.org
March 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
US Universities are about to have their biggest public megaphone of the year (March Madness). Huge opportunity for a unified message from American college presidents (NOT NCAA!) explaining the attack on higher ed. Get Duke and UNC to lead the charge.
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New from me at Cato: in its demands that Columbia surrender its academic and administrative independence to federal overseers, the Trump administration has violated one law after another. And there's every reason to think it's planning to roll out the same game plan to other universities. /1
What Can the Feds Legally Demand of Columbia University?
The Trump administration is using the threat of a funding cutoff to demand sweeping changes at Columbia University, including a drastic overhaul of its system of student discipline, and the putting of...
www.cato.org
March 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
New from me at Cato: in its demands that Columbia surrender its academic and administrative independence to federal overseers, the Trump administration has violated one law after another. And there's every reason to think it's planning to roll out the same game plan to other universities. /1
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Hang together or hang separately.
More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign
More than 50 universities are being investigated for alleged racial discrimination as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs his officials say exclud...
apnews.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Hang together or hang separately.
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is a Trial Run
The pro-Palestine student was arrested without due process for exercising his right to free speech. He will not be the last.
www.theatlantic.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The detention of Mahmoud Khalil puts all Americans fundamental rights at risk. And if you can’t see that because you oppose his politics, well that’s exactly the reaction Trump and his cronies are counting on. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of career employees, according to four people familiar with the matter. wapo.st/4ielu88
HHS grants DOGE access to child support database, overriding objections
The decision came after resistance from career staff at the agency.
wapo.st
March 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Department of Health and Human Services has granted associates of the U.S. DOGE Service access to a sensitive child support database with troves of income data, overriding the objections of career employees, according to four people familiar with the matter. wapo.st/4ielu88
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Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
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www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Let's talk about this Nature piece in more detail.
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I've rarely read something so anti-scientific anywhere short of the National Review.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Sure, I jot down notes as I read. But those notes aren't my review. It's the process of thinking about those notes and figuring out what my commendations or objections are that I figure out what I think about the paper and how I can best advise the authors and the editors. This is the hard part.
March 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Sure, I jot down notes as I read. But those notes aren't my review. It's the process of thinking about those notes and figuring out what my commendations or objections are that I figure out what I think about the paper and how I can best advise the authors and the editors. This is the hard part.
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Immediate follow for Przeworski's Substack, lifelong scholar of democracy
I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.
Diary
Week 1
open.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Immediate follow for Przeworski's Substack, lifelong scholar of democracy
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Even as small donors flooded in, campaign finance inequality hit record highs in 2024. For the first time, the top 0.01% (1 in 10K voters) share exceeds 50% of $s. The top 400 donors now exceed 25%.
Citizens United opened the door, but soaring wealth inequality is what's driving these extremes.
Citizens United opened the door, but soaring wealth inequality is what's driving these extremes.
November 14, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Even as small donors flooded in, campaign finance inequality hit record highs in 2024. For the first time, the top 0.01% (1 in 10K voters) share exceeds 50% of $s. The top 400 donors now exceed 25%.
Citizens United opened the door, but soaring wealth inequality is what's driving these extremes.
Citizens United opened the door, but soaring wealth inequality is what's driving these extremes.
Seems relevant to recent conversations between @radleybalko.bsky.social, Coleman Hughes, etc.
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
March 21, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Seems relevant to recent conversations between @radleybalko.bsky.social, Coleman Hughes, etc.
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
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Recruiting postdocs! Work with me, @pamherd.bsky.social @giannella.bsky.social & Sebastian Jilke at the Better Government Lab at Georgetown University. We are looking for scholars with good evaluation skills to help us study RCTs to reduce administrative burdens.
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March 20, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Recruiting postdocs! Work with me, @pamherd.bsky.social @giannella.bsky.social & Sebastian Jilke at the Better Government Lab at Georgetown University. We are looking for scholars with good evaluation skills to help us study RCTs to reduce administrative burdens.
apply.interfolio.com/143281
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🚨 SCOOP: Here’s the unsealed, 1,300-page report showing how Harvard Business School concluded that dishonesty expert Francesca Gino committed research misconduct.
www.chronicle.com/article/here...
www.chronicle.com/article/here...
Here’s the Unsealed Report Showing How Harvard Concluded That a Dishonesty Expert Committed Misconduct
Francesca Gino said that another professor could have meddled with her data — but Harvard said she didn’t offer any proof.
www.chronicle.com
March 14, 2024 at 10:48 PM
🚨 SCOOP: Here’s the unsealed, 1,300-page report showing how Harvard Business School concluded that dishonesty expert Francesca Gino committed research misconduct.
www.chronicle.com/article/here...
www.chronicle.com/article/here...
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Checking google scholar for recent articles with the phrase "certainly, here is a":
March 13, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Checking google scholar for recent articles with the phrase "certainly, here is a":
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ICYMI, here are the links to my series about George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, and the deeply problematic documentary, The Fall of Minneapolis.
Part 1:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 2:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 3:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 1:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 2:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 3:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
The retconning of George Floyd, part three: the great flattening
The revisionist campaign to exonerate Derek Chauvin is about one thing: preserving police impunity
radleybalko.substack.com
March 4, 2024 at 4:33 PM
ICYMI, here are the links to my series about George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, and the deeply problematic documentary, The Fall of Minneapolis.
Part 1:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 2:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 3:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 1:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 2:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
Part 3:
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-retcon...
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Hello, police? Cancel the EMTs, the victim was actually dead on contact.
February 29, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Hello, police? Cancel the EMTs, the victim was actually dead on contact.
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Please everyone make sure to be responsible in using this Indiana Tattale-a-Teacher website to which you can *UPLOAD FILES*
Indiana AG's new "report a teacher" portal is truly something else. Not only can people upload "supporting documentation", but there's a curated collection of those documents for users to browse. It's a state funded website to facilitate targeted hate campaigns.
www.in.gov/attorneygene...
www.in.gov/attorneygene...
Eyes on Education
www.in.gov
February 17, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Please everyone make sure to be responsible in using this Indiana Tattale-a-Teacher website to which you can *UPLOAD FILES*
‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything - on.ft.com/49mxmjE via @FT
Cory Doctorow lays it out
Cory Doctorow lays it out
February 8, 2024 at 9:15 PM
‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything - on.ft.com/49mxmjE via @FT
Cory Doctorow lays it out
Cory Doctorow lays it out
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The Affordable Connectivity Program provides low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount which will soon end. Republicans are refusing to fund a $4-$7 billion extension: FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program www.techdirt.com/2024/01/23/f...
FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program
The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), part of the 2021 infrastructure bill, currently provides 23 million low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount. While it didn’t get m…
www.techdirt.com
January 23, 2024 at 4:20 PM
The Affordable Connectivity Program provides low-income Americans a $30 broadband discount which will soon end. Republicans are refusing to fund a $4-$7 billion extension: FCC To End Broadband Discounts For Poor People After Republicans Undermine Program www.techdirt.com/2024/01/23/f...
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Thanks, American Dialect Society, for choosing "enshittification" as the 2023 Word of the Year. Cory Doctorow's apt term describes how online platforms decay by showing users less and less of what they came for, while keeping them trapped and unable to exit for better alternatives.
2023 Word of the Year Is “Enshittification” – American Dialect Society
americandialect.org
January 11, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Thanks, American Dialect Society, for choosing "enshittification" as the 2023 Word of the Year. Cory Doctorow's apt term describes how online platforms decay by showing users less and less of what they came for, while keeping them trapped and unable to exit for better alternatives.
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ICYMI: @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social and coauthors have a neat new paper looking at the relationship between local level union density and the availability of ballot drop boxes (important measure of local democracy) in the 2022 election. More unions, more ballot access!
www.epi.org/publication/...
www.epi.org/publication/...
Labor unions and the defense of American democracy: The fight over ballot drop boxes during the 2022...
This report analyzes the relationship between local labor union density and access to ballot drop boxes during the 2022 midterm elections. Areas with greater labor union density had considerably more ...
www.epi.org
January 2, 2024 at 1:05 PM
ICYMI: @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social and coauthors have a neat new paper looking at the relationship between local level union density and the availability of ballot drop boxes (important measure of local democracy) in the 2022 election. More unions, more ballot access!
www.epi.org/publication/...
www.epi.org/publication/...