Trump Administration Will Rehire Scores of Experts Fired in Error
New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences.
Unserious people cause real-world harm.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
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Abstracts due December 1
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I've been saying this exact thing in talks. They are breaking things that aren't easy to fix. And in some cases, like civil rights, destroying a legacy that took a couple of centuries to build, and don't have a ton of buy-in from dems, even if they get power back.
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They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.
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**always follow the money**
PE firm behind for-profit universities using its WH influence to handwrite terms that will eviscerate, hamstring and control its own competitors in higher edβ¦and NY Times giving space to the CEO to come out and admit this influence in a pro-Compact piece
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Private equity gets its toothhold into firms through economic squeezing, devalues them, then breaks them into parts to sell off. This compact is the squeeze that will simultaneously advantage for-profit ed *and* make it easier to PE-ify non-profit ed. The ideological component is a means to an end.
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aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Here's a snippet from the MIT president's letter to ED
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The Virginia Senate just told UVA itβs not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interestsβnot be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, whoβve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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More of this. Signing this authoritarian devilβs bargain would betray higher educationβs independence and the pursuit of knowledge.
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'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
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Journals and publishers crack down on research from open health data sets
PLOS, Frontiers, and others announce policies trying to stem the tide of suspect research
"Frontiers has announced a similar change, requiring editors to automatically reject papers that use public health data sets without some kind of βexternal validation.β www.science.org/content/arti...
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Indicting political opponents & critics because they are political opponents & critics is terrifying.
It's completely inconsistent with the rule of law & democracy.
It should scare everyone - and (hopefully) will get people to realize that we all need to stand against this.
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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration
It is simply accurate to call this regime segregationist.
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A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students
While some students living in the US without legal authorization can apply for private scholarships or state-based financial aid, a growing number of states are changing the rules.
ASA member Vanessa Delgado @vanessadelgado.bsky.social (Washington State University) was interviewed about higher education pathways for students living in the U.S. without legal authorization & the ways the administration is affecting their options. @us.theconversation.com
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Super excited for this discussion on the structural determinants of health, moderated by Paula Braveman. A powerhouse panel - @tyson-brown.bsky.social @povertyscholar.bsky.social and Jonathan Heller
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Fannie Lou Hamer addressing the Democratic National Convention, Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 1964. (United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division)
Today wouldβve been Fannie Lou Hamerβs birthday. In 1964, she asked a question that still echoes:
βIs this Americaβ¦ where our lives be threatened daily, because we want to live as decent human beings?β
inthesetimes.com/article/i-qu...
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The media trots out the "deplorable" comment from a decade ago to castigate the left. Once a week now Trump implies that the military should destroy democrats, and it is just how things are.
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If youβre white, your accomplishments are your own and you can resent and criticize the country all you like, but if youβre black and successful you should be grateful to white people for allowing you in their presence. bsky.app/profile/jess...
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A Deal That Would End Universitiesβ Independence
The free-speech provisions of the so-called compact are an exercise in contradiction.
βThe administration is inviting universities to voluntarily put on a yoke and hand it the keys.β
From @kevincarey1.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Remembering Quintard Taylor: Historian of the Black West and beyond
Dr. Quintard Taylor taught history at the University of Washington and created BlackPast.org, an online collection of global Black history. He died Sept. 21, 2025, at the age of 76.
How could a man who never set foot in a library until he was in college create what is considered the most extensive online collection of global Black history?
Maybe it had something to do with the story Dr. Quintard Taylor's father told him when he was a young boy.
m.kuow.org/stories/reme...
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Office of the President
Dear Dartmouth community,
As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its βCompact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.β
I am deeply committed to Dartmouthβs academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence.
You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves.
Best,
Sian Leah Beilock
President
It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But sheβs saying no. Count the small victories when they come.
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