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ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

"No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it." @acls1919.bsky.social statement on the White House "compact" proposed to universities. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

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Goddamn, this is great. The part at the end — you’ll know it when you see it — made me laugh so hard that I startled the dogs.

Tweet from the VP: Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most. Yet she oozes with contempt. My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much happier person if you showed a little gratitude

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

In 1977, Disabled activists occupied the Federal Building in San Francisco to demand the passage of Section 504— legislation to protect against disability discrimination.When the building was cordoned off, in an effort to starve activists out, The Black Panthers *Broke In* to deliver them hot meals.

Free Black History Series Returns Amid Rising Censorship Explore the importance of Black history education at the African American Research Library. Engage with experts and cultural leaders.

Despite growing censorship and disinformation around Black history education, Broward County’s (FL) African American Research Library and Cultural Center proudly announces the return of its CommuniVersity Series. The Black History Saturday School is returning this year. sflcn.com/free-black-h...

Graphic for Black public hS listening session. October 9 on Zoom, 6 pm CDT Community stakeholders in various parts of the country have expressed interest in National Historic Landmark designation for Black public secondary schools. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is working with National Park Service (NPS), scholars of the history of Black secondary education, and community advocates for extant schools to develop a strategy for evaluating eligibility for this designation. This listening session, which will be recorded for research purposes only, is one of the three community engagement activities of the Black Public High Schools 1870-1970 Project, led by Principal Investigator Amber N. Wiley, PhD.

Join this community forum to help NPS and ASALH design a plan for National Historic Landmark designation for Black public secondary schools.

Black Public High Schools 1870-1970 Project, led by Principal Investigator Amber N. Wiley, PhD.

Fast casual with a claim to be good for body and mind…. Still…

green and yellow cover of University Keywords, ed by Andy Hines

Table of contents for University Keywords University: An Introduction, Andy Hines Academic Freedom, Jennifer Ruth and Ellen Schrecker Adjunct, Heather Steffen Admissions, Scott Gelber Alternative Institutions, Andy Hines and Eli Meyerhoff Athletics, Wayne L. Black Board of Trustees, Asheesh Siddique Kapur Budget, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra Campus, Davarian Baldwin Classroom, Richard Simpson Critical University Studies, Rana M. Jaleel, Isaac Kamola, and Heather Steffen Debt, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak Degree, Christopher Newfield Discipline, Vineeta Singh Diversity, p.s. kehal EdTech, Annie McClanahan and Louise McCune Endowment, Dennis M. Hogan Entrepreneurship, Jesse Goldstein

Table of contents for university keywords Fiction, Jeffrey J. Williams Legislation, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer Noncitizen Student, Abigail Boggs Police, Yalile Suriel and Grace Watkins Ranking, Jelena Brankovic and Stefan Wilbers Revenue, Dan Nemser and Brian Whitener Risk Management, Mattie Armstrong-Price Sustainability, Kai Bosworth, Jesse Goldstein, Andy Hines, and Eli Meyerhoff Title IX, Rana M. Jaleel Union, Zach Schwartz-Weinstein Appendix: Questions to Consider for Composing a Keywords Entry Contributor Bios Acknowledgments Index

It's publication day for UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS. Across 27 sharp essays, the book offers a critical account of the political economy of US higher education, how it came to be structured this way, and how together we might build a better university together.

Another warm-your-heart piece from my favorite NYC writer.

Honeybrains.
That is the name of a restaurant that sells food.
I am too old for here.

Playbill for The Other Americans at the Public Theater.

All work and no plays makes me a dull boy.

The admin’s efforts to get universities to agree to a list of demands in exchange for preferential access to federal funding isn’t just “troubling” as Ted Mitchell, prez of the @aceducation.bsky.social says in this article; it looks blatantly unconstitutional.🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Goodnight everyone! I leave you with Damien Robitaille with Gurdeep doing “Pump Up The Jam.”

WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"

Harlem As An Incubator Discover the cultural roots and legacy of Harlem's past.

New Yorkers, check this out! Great free public event on Harlem’s history.

@altnehgov.altgov.info #nyc #harlem

CTLEs for teachers, too! @zinnedproject.bsky.social @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social

harlemasanincubator.org

'The Gay Harlem Renaissance' exhibit spotlights queer Black artists who shaped history The New York Historical's major fall show traces the lives and legacies of LGBTQ+ figures who powered one of the most iconic movements in American culture.

'The Gay Harlem Renaissance,' a new art exhibition opening this fall in New York City, invites visitors to explore a lesser-known but vital chapter of the Harlem Renaissance: the queer artists, writers, and performers who helped define it. gothamist.com/news/the-gay...

How to undo the post-Nuremberg order in 74 characters. Thx, NYT

Opinion | The Right Didn’t Catch Cancel Culture From the Left

From the excellent @pastpunditry.bsky.social

Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days - News From Antiwar.com Israeli attacks have killed at least 198 Palestinians and wounded 786 in the Gaza Strip over 72 hours, according to death toll updates released by Gaza's Health Ministry, as Israel continues its US-ba...

“Israeli Forces Kill 198 Palestinians in Gaza Over Three Days”

It’s a genocide. Daily endless massacres, largely ignored in the West.

This passage nearly broke me.

In yet another chapter of not-that-long-ago, see Dr Taylor’s educational history. Raised in rural Haywood County, Tennessee, with one segregated white HS and one segregated Black HS until 1970, Taylor’s family sent him to independent Black St Augustine’s in Raleigh at 16 in 1964.
#edusky 🗃️

Excited about this. Like that gerrymandering board game but for school boundaries.

Redistricting School Systems Can Increase Funding Fairness and Decrease Segregation A new report and interactive data tool show how specific redistricting choices can create fairer school systems for our children.

I'm very proud to share a new, first-of-its-kind analysis and data tool from my team at @educationwork.newamerica.org.
Redrawing the Lines is a first-ever look at how, if states draw school district borders with equity as the goal, they can HUGELY reduce funding inequality and segregation. #edusky

Engraving of enslaved people carrying cotton to gin along a row of cabins. Not exactly sure if my highway ran through cotton fields or not, but the agricultural base and connection to enslavement is clear.

There is a Georgia highway I know well, having ridden its ribbons of asphalt as a child, a teen, and a home-for-a-visit adult for half a century.

It’s a history of racial capitalism.

Phase 1: Pull value from the soil through enslaved labor and unfree sharecropping labor, to the mid-20thC

Am I reading this correctly?

A grad student ... in Computer Science ... enrolled in an undergraduate seminar ... in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies program ... where he ignored the readings and hijacked discussions to talk about Israel and defend its actions in Gaza?

What the hell?

I found Klein's dismissal of historical perspective especially infuriating because Coates, in insisting on recognizing basic humanity, is calling up the long Black tradition of working from exactly that point. Rather than tolerating otherwise.

Eg, WEB DuBois, Black Reconstruction, 1934