Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.
How a hostile America undermined its Black WWII veterans
Servicemembers were attacked, discredited, and shortchanged on GI benefits—with lasting implications.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Most white colleges wouldn’t accept Black students, and Black colleges didn’t have the capacity to handle the post-war demand—by 1947, as many as 50,000 qualified Black veterans had been turned away.
colleges are a lot like beers, in that it doesn’t really matter which one you pick. they’re all equally good and indistinguishable from one another
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
colleges are a lot like beers, in that it doesn’t really matter which one you pick. they’re all equally good and indistinguishable from one another
Now do universities and colleges
Let's work together across party lines to defend the forestry sector. Because when forestry is strong, Canada is strong.
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Now do universities and colleges
He was giving her advice on which colleges to apply to.
I mean, why else would he spend "hours" with her?
I mean, why else would he spend "hours" with her?
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
He was giving her advice on which colleges to apply to.
I mean, why else would he spend "hours" with her?
I mean, why else would he spend "hours" with her?
"You're gonna have NFL-type payrolls. Colleges don't make that much money, even the most successful, so they're not gonna be able to do this. Bad things are gonna happen" -- Trump on Pat McAfee's ESPN show makes a case against paying college athletes
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"You're gonna have NFL-type payrolls. Colleges don't make that much money, even the most successful, so they're not gonna be able to do this. Bad things are gonna happen" -- Trump on Pat McAfee's ESPN show makes a case against paying college athletes
Making China Great Again.
2 months ago Trump said he plans to make US students attend lower-ranking colleges to keep them from going bankrupt.
He now wants 600,000 Chinese students.
He wants Chinese students, not American students, to fill seats at the top colleges.
2 months ago Trump said he plans to make US students attend lower-ranking colleges to keep them from going bankrupt.
He now wants 600,000 Chinese students.
He wants Chinese students, not American students, to fill seats at the top colleges.
MAGA turns on Trump as he says US needs 600,000 Chinese students
"I wouldn’t want a single Chinese student in America," one MAGA-supporter said.
www.newsweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Making China Great Again.
2 months ago Trump said he plans to make US students attend lower-ranking colleges to keep them from going bankrupt.
He now wants 600,000 Chinese students.
He wants Chinese students, not American students, to fill seats at the top colleges.
2 months ago Trump said he plans to make US students attend lower-ranking colleges to keep them from going bankrupt.
He now wants 600,000 Chinese students.
He wants Chinese students, not American students, to fill seats at the top colleges.
"Colleges don't make that much money" is one of the funniest things anyone's ever said.
"You're gonna have NFL-type payrolls. Colleges don't make that much money, even the most successful, so they're not gonna be able to do this. Bad things are gonna happen" -- Trump on Pat McAfee's ESPN show makes a case against paying college athletes
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Colleges don't make that much money" is one of the funniest things anyone's ever said.
Yes, it's always Reagan, the Magic Dragon, and not "lots of people going to college on an endless supply of loan money that made colleges never think twice about raising tuition against an inelastic demand for their product"
My father could have reached in his back pocket and paid for my college tuition in 1980.
Then Reagan happened.
Then Reagan happened.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Yes, it's always Reagan, the Magic Dragon, and not "lots of people going to college on an endless supply of loan money that made colleges never think twice about raising tuition against an inelastic demand for their product"
Finished Lowenstein's "Ways & Means" on the financial and tax reforms that won the Civil War for the Union—brilliant book that manages to make bond sales gripping & shows how many US institutions (land-grant colleges, Union Pacific, etc) we owe to wartime reforms
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Joey Politano's review of Ways and Means
5/5: "The Yankees did not whip us in the field—we were whipped in the Treasury Department" bemoaned one Confederate officer. The man was half right, as the well-earned American victories on the battle...
www.goodreads.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Finished Lowenstein's "Ways & Means" on the financial and tax reforms that won the Civil War for the Union—brilliant book that manages to make bond sales gripping & shows how many US institutions (land-grant colleges, Union Pacific, etc) we owe to wartime reforms
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
tbh it's not even that directed, it's just a direct correlation between labor and locality. All medical labor is local, same with colleges, etc etc. The further you go down the list, the less local the labor is.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
tbh it's not even that directed, it's just a direct correlation between labor and locality. All medical labor is local, same with colleges, etc etc. The further you go down the list, the less local the labor is.
Does he not know that black people go to HBCU’s? That’s why its called Historically Black colleges and universities. His stupidity is astounding.
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Does he not know that black people go to HBCU’s? That’s why its called Historically Black colleges and universities. His stupidity is astounding.
It's a very strange feeling to be looking at colleges again at 31 years old.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's a very strange feeling to be looking at colleges again at 31 years old.
Petit moet vertrekken.
ON-grootgraaier Raisa Blommestijn is veroordeeld vanwege racistische taal die ze kent uit de colleges van Cliteur.
Een onderzoek van de Universiteit Leiden móest de racist Cliteur vrijpleiten.
We zijn extreem tolerant voor uiterst rechts.
www.mareonline.nl/opinie/vaarw...
ON-grootgraaier Raisa Blommestijn is veroordeeld vanwege racistische taal die ze kent uit de colleges van Cliteur.
Een onderzoek van de Universiteit Leiden móest de racist Cliteur vrijpleiten.
We zijn extreem tolerant voor uiterst rechts.
www.mareonline.nl/opinie/vaarw...
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Petit moet vertrekken.
ON-grootgraaier Raisa Blommestijn is veroordeeld vanwege racistische taal die ze kent uit de colleges van Cliteur.
Een onderzoek van de Universiteit Leiden móest de racist Cliteur vrijpleiten.
We zijn extreem tolerant voor uiterst rechts.
www.mareonline.nl/opinie/vaarw...
ON-grootgraaier Raisa Blommestijn is veroordeeld vanwege racistische taal die ze kent uit de colleges van Cliteur.
Een onderzoek van de Universiteit Leiden móest de racist Cliteur vrijpleiten.
We zijn extreem tolerant voor uiterst rechts.
www.mareonline.nl/opinie/vaarw...
Yes, it was.
Reagan was Gov of Cali, initiated tuition and cut state funding of UC system by 10%. Prior to that colleges in Cali had No tuition.
As President, he then reduced federal aid and grants to colleges so kids had to take out student loans as the primary source of college funding.
Reagan was Gov of Cali, initiated tuition and cut state funding of UC system by 10%. Prior to that colleges in Cali had No tuition.
As President, he then reduced federal aid and grants to colleges so kids had to take out student loans as the primary source of college funding.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Yes, it was.
Reagan was Gov of Cali, initiated tuition and cut state funding of UC system by 10%. Prior to that colleges in Cali had No tuition.
As President, he then reduced federal aid and grants to colleges so kids had to take out student loans as the primary source of college funding.
Reagan was Gov of Cali, initiated tuition and cut state funding of UC system by 10%. Prior to that colleges in Cali had No tuition.
As President, he then reduced federal aid and grants to colleges so kids had to take out student loans as the primary source of college funding.
We have another sign the Labour government is serious about the value of good quality FE.
Not only is there £800m investment, but they are creating Regional Improvement Teams to help underperforming colleges to turn things around, including breaking down barriers to opportinity for 70k students.
Not only is there £800m investment, but they are creating Regional Improvement Teams to help underperforming colleges to turn things around, including breaking down barriers to opportinity for 70k students.
New college support teams to raise standards and drive growth
Government introduces Regional Improvement Teams to help underperforming colleges to turn things around.
www.gov.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We have another sign the Labour government is serious about the value of good quality FE.
Not only is there £800m investment, but they are creating Regional Improvement Teams to help underperforming colleges to turn things around, including breaking down barriers to opportinity for 70k students.
Not only is there £800m investment, but they are creating Regional Improvement Teams to help underperforming colleges to turn things around, including breaking down barriers to opportinity for 70k students.
It only took about 24 hours, but I've successfully re-mapped all colleges in California into the new Congressional maps.
OH, TX, and NC to go!
OH, TX, and NC to go!
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It only took about 24 hours, but I've successfully re-mapped all colleges in California into the new Congressional maps.
OH, TX, and NC to go!
OH, TX, and NC to go!
"Several factors caused the deficit, she said, including 4,000 more students enrolling in Minnesota colleges and universities this school year and 2,200 more qualifying for the State Grant."
www.startribune.com/thousands-of...
www.startribune.com/thousands-of...
Thousands of Minnesota college students could lose financial aid as program faces $102M deficit
College students across Minnesota may get less financial aid from the Minnesota State Grant program after already seeing cuts.
www.startribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Several factors caused the deficit, she said, including 4,000 more students enrolling in Minnesota colleges and universities this school year and 2,200 more qualifying for the State Grant."
www.startribune.com/thousands-of...
www.startribune.com/thousands-of...
Also, why aren't they partnering with schools/colleges to create programs that develop these skills. If tech related, I know people who's kids couldn't get in to a number of colleges because they wanted a comp sci degree and there is a lot of competition in those programs.
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Also, why aren't they partnering with schools/colleges to create programs that develop these skills. If tech related, I know people who's kids couldn't get in to a number of colleges because they wanted a comp sci degree and there is a lot of competition in those programs.
Trump is using the gov shutdown to pump up his illegal moves to shutter DOE. He’s shriveling agencies for civil rights, special ed, K-12, tribal colleges and HBCUs. He’s cutting staff, ending grant programs, cancelling contracts and moving the gutted functions to other federal agencies.
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Trump is using the gov shutdown to pump up his illegal moves to shutter DOE. He’s shriveling agencies for civil rights, special ed, K-12, tribal colleges and HBCUs. He’s cutting staff, ending grant programs, cancelling contracts and moving the gutted functions to other federal agencies.
"Students and professors at over 100 universities across the United States on Friday joined protests against [..] Trump's sweeping assault on higher education."
"We're building a movement of students, faculty, and campus workers to demand our colleges do not comply."
#USA #Protest #Education
"We're building a movement of students, faculty, and campus workers to demand our colleges do not comply."
#USA #Protest #Education
Protesters at 100+ Campuses Tell Trump 'Hands Off Higher Ed!'
Students and professors nationwide rose up against Trump's assault on higher education, including his compact for federal funding.
www.commondreams.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Students and professors at over 100 universities across the United States on Friday joined protests against [..] Trump's sweeping assault on higher education."
"We're building a movement of students, faculty, and campus workers to demand our colleges do not comply."
#USA #Protest #Education
"We're building a movement of students, faculty, and campus workers to demand our colleges do not comply."
#USA #Protest #Education
Autocracies are based on desperation to create more fear and dependence of the leader. Look at some colleges reacted to federal research funds. It's deliberate to weaken the power of the people.
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Autocracies are based on desperation to create more fear and dependence of the leader. Look at some colleges reacted to federal research funds. It's deliberate to weaken the power of the people.
In the last 3 days, the Supreme Court ruled trans people have (again!) lost access to valid passports, a federal district court legalized bullying against (only!) trans kids, and Cornell University joined the growing number of colleges agreeing to discriminate/ban trans people. When is it enough??
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In the last 3 days, the Supreme Court ruled trans people have (again!) lost access to valid passports, a federal district court legalized bullying against (only!) trans kids, and Cornell University joined the growing number of colleges agreeing to discriminate/ban trans people. When is it enough??
On the spectrum between free speech and cancel culture, where are today’s colleges?
thehill.com
On the spectrum between free speech and cancel culture, where are today’s colleges?
twp.ai
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
On the spectrum between free speech and cancel culture, where are today’s colleges?
Should this be done at other colleges and universities?
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Should this be done at other colleges and universities?