Adam McCready, Ph.D.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

During my run today, I saw a turkey fighting its reflection on a car door, and I feel like it a metaphor for the US right now.

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.

Hands Off Protest Boston!

April 5, 2025 Boston Common

Hitting Pause on the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter The Department of Education is overstepping its bounds and infringing on constitutional rights.

Here, I explain how the February 14 "Dear Colleague" letter is a widely expansive distortion of the court’s ruling in SFFA. Institutional responses should remain focused on areas that the Supreme Court addressed and not expand to those clearly outside its purview.

www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...

Federal employee with a data role told me that a document was removed from employee access because it had the word "inclusion" in it.

As in, "inclusion of data in our estimates."

Thank you for the feature, @naspafaculty.bsky.social!

Day without immigrants, their family and friends

They do not want immigrants. OK, February 3, will be a day partially without immigrants, their family, or friends. Don't purchase anything and, if possible, do not work.

For those that need to work, No shopping on Monday 2/3 in support of immigrants in the US #adaywithoutimmigrants #UnDiaSinInmigrantes

Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.

Alternative headline:
"Billionaire Cabinet Pick of Billionaire President Gives Richest Man in the World Control of Your Retirement and Healthcare"
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

This is a constitutional crisis: the President doesn't have the power to cancel funds appropriated by Congress. Also, the math is insane; there is NO way to cut $4B/day by getting rid of "fraud". Cuts of that magnitude will dangerously undermine the core functions of government.

The removal of #HIV- and #LGBTQ-related resources from the websites of CDC and other health agencies is deeply concerning.

Access to this information is crucial for ID and HIV health care professionals.

Our full statement: https://buff.ly/42AO8LI

Yes, education is the key (for adults, too). Please feel free to share the article! 😊

I appreciated the opportunity to share my thoughts & the initial findings from my team’s study on K12 #smartphone bans, #socialmedia & #digitalliteracy w/ @rcscience.bsky.social.

🚨 NASPA Faculty Council Applications Now Open! 🚨

Join the NASPA Faculty Council (2025–2027) to lead, network, and shape higher ed faculty leadership! Multiple open roles are available. Deadline: Feb 2, 2025. Details & apply: tinyurl.com/mr43ru5d #NASPA #Leadership

I had a dream last night that my family unexpectedly had a dinner party with a lot of guests, and the only thing in our refrigerator was a single poblano pepper. I spent the dream frantically trying to figure out how I could cook and serve the one pepper to a dozen guests.

What does it mean?

I have used episodes or portions of episodes from @npr.org Throughline, Code Switch & More Perfect.

A start on who to follow for the science on social media and adolescent mental health! Who else is here?

go.bsky.app/2PqckAy

Could I be added to the starter pack? I am leading the Social Media and Digital Literacy Study sponsored by the Center for CT Education Research Collaboration.

Great to be in community with @uconn.bsky.social HESA folx at the NASPA Region 1 Conference. I look forward to learning from, with & alongside others during the coming days #R1NASPA2024

In light of our findings & the political landscape in the US, I worry that attacks on DEI initiatives & higher ed may increase political complacency among college men, particularly those who identify as white & who hold more moderate views. The value of DEI & higher ed is more important than ever.

Members’ perceptions about of their chapters’ DEI climate also had a positive relationship with PSI. We also found that members who identified as white or who held more moderate political leanings had lower PSI orientations than other members.

An Examination of Fraternity Men’s Orientations toward Political and Social Involvement Given interest in understanding how fraternities inform students’ capacities for leadership, the purpose of this critical quantitative study was to investigate the precollege characteristics and hi...

In an article published a few weeks ago, @michael-goodman.bsky.social @drantonioduran.bsky.social & I examined historically white fraternity member's orientation toward political/social involvement (PSI). We found that members’ leadership attitudes had the largest positive effect on PSI. #highered

Early adopter

Next week is back-to-back conferences! I 🚙 to the NASPA Region I (Northeast) Conference #NASPAR1 for the first part of the week, & then it’s off by ✈️ to Minneapolis for #ASHE24.

Looking for others in Higher Education & Student Affairs!
Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! #HESA
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Looking for scholars who study sororities & fraternities? Check out this starter pack. #highered #sachat

Reply if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/B99TUE6