Adam Harris

A stage with three people sitting on it in white chairs. Two of the people on the stage are Black men with short dark hair, both men are wearing dark suits. The woman is white, has dark shoulder length curly hair and is wearing a red dress. On a tv monitor to one side is a white man with light blond hair, wearing a blue check suit.

Varying Degrees, New America’s public opinion survey is 9 years old.

We are lucky to have @adamhsays.com moderating a conversation about this years data with @michelledimino.bsky.social @sunychancellor.bsky.social and Harrison Keller

Get the data here:
www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Northwestern Cutting 425 Jobs Northwestern University is eliminating 425 jobs—about half of which are currently vacant—as it navigates a funding freeze imposed by the Trump administration, The Chicago Tribune reported.

Northwestern plans to lay off over 400 people as a result of Trump's cuts to research and funding freezes. I'll repeat my assessment of the net effects of Trump's policies: *US higher ed will be smaller, poorer, and capable of doing fewer things*

The Inside Scoop: Bridging the Divide to Move Higher Education Forward Learn more about the latest findings from Varying Degrees, New America’s ninth annual survey into higher education.

if you're in D.C. tomorrow, 7/30, i'll be in conversation with SUNY Chancellor John King, Third Way's Michelle Dimino, and UNT President Harrison Keller. we'll be talking about the new Varying Degrees survey and _this moment_ in higher education.

hope to see you! www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Report: DOJ Investigating George Mason Faculty Senate The Justice Department is now investigating the Faculty Senate at George Mason University after the panel backed the university president and affirmed that “diversity is our strength,” The New York Ti...

I really want us to sit and consider that the Department of Justice is using their time and resources to read faculty senate statements that support having a diverse faculty.
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How Trump Defunded the Higher-Education Police The U.S. Department of Education used to employ people whose job was to stop waste, fraud, and abuse. Now, almost all of their desks are empty.

"At the beginning of this year, ED employed about 220 people to make sure that money actually went toward paying for students to attend legitimate educational institutions. But no such investigations are being conducted today." Read @kevincarey1.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Americans across the political spectrum still believe in the value of college.

The 9th edition of @educationwork.newamerica.org's national survey, Varying Degrees, unpacks Americans’ complex views about higher education & how those views have changed over time.

🎓 go.newamerica.org/varying-degr...

Hell yeah!

This destroyed me but if you can handle reading it, it’s really, really worth your time.

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New America in the News. Promo of a Newsweek article titled "Thanks to New Guidance, We're Pouring Billions into a Broadband Program That's Doomed to Fail" dated June 25, 2025.

New America in the News. Promo of a Bridge Detroit article titled "With I-375 redesign, Detroiters could have a chance to right past community wrongs." dated June 26, 2025.

New America in the News. Promo of a U.S. News article titled "Trump and Vance Want More Women to Get Pregnant. Here’s How to Do That." dated June 26, 2025.

New America in the News. Promo of a Guardian article titled "The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work?" dated July 5, 2025.

New America experts around the web:

1️⃣ @jessicadine.bsky.social for @newsweek.com bit.ly/44KPGm0

2️⃣ Olivia Lewis for Bridge Detroit bit.ly/44ouR0D

3️⃣ @brigidschulte.bsky.social for @usnews.com bit.ly/463Jx6I

4️⃣ @adamhsays.com for @theguardian.com bit.ly/44W4uzh

For what it's worth, this is precisely the reason the Klan wore hoods when they terrorized communities and disappeared unfavored minorities.

Historically, it wasn't called doxxing it was just recognizing a fascist community member.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean court approves the arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over December's martial law decree.

Exclusive | Delayed Meeting at a Powerful College Panel Stirs Suspicions in Higher Ed The Trump administration postponed a summer meeting for a panel set to vote on reapproving Columbia University’s accreditor.

4/ The dept's move may be more about putting pressure on the accreditor, giving some pretext to threaten Middle States' (and now NECHE's) recognition.

As the WSJ reported, the dept has moved a meeting of an accreditation advisory panel to October, instead of July -

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services Notify Harvard University’s Accreditor of Harvard’s Title VI Violation The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights today notified the New England Commission of Higher E...

THREAD:

1/ FWIW, @usedgov.bsky.social has sent a notice to @harvard.edu 's institutional accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education, alleging the university had violated Title VI and may be in violation of accreditation standards

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See How Much Federal Money Trump Is Holding Back From Your District Hundreds of districts will lose more than $1 million each, according to a new analysis.

Yesterday, I shared my @educationwork.newamerica.org team's district impact analysis of the $6+ billion that the Trump admin is refusing to disburse to schools (link in 2nd post). Now, @edweek.org has published our funding figures for ALL districts in the US for which we have data. Search for yours↓

The Nuclear Club Might Soon Double As American power recedes, South Korea, Japan, and a host of other countries may pursue the bomb.

🧵 Earlier this year, I traveled to East Asia for a story about whether South Korea and Japan will pursue nuclear weapons as China continues its nuclear build-up and the U.S. becomes a (much) less reliable ally.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Ousted from Opportunity: Eviction's Adverse Impact on Parenting College Students New America partnered with the Eviction Lab to understand how eviction affects parents who are attending college while caring for children—and found it likely leads to severe negative consequences.

New brief from my colleague @econroy.bsky.social reveals how eviction has lasting, devastating effects on parenting college students—and their children. #edusky

💡 www.newamerica.org/education-po...

As Katie notes in the thread, this doesn’t include ED.

A District-by-District Accounting of the $6.2 billion U.S. Department of Education Has Held Back from Schools The Education Department is refusing to release billions of dollars for public schools. See the impact by school system and congressional district.

91 of the 100 school districts that would see the worst losses per pupil are in Republican-represented Congressional districts www.newamerica.org/education-po...

One of the top Higher Ed Narratives(tm) that I hate. You can EASILY get into college in 2025. College != Harvard.

If you don't know, the person who claimed responsibility for hacking Columbia's admissions data also claims that they stole information from NYU and University of Minnesota

Thank you!

The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work? In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injustice

Great profile on William Barber III and his call for moral clarity against policies that harm the poor and marginalized. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Bearing moral witness matters even when it doesn’t automatically produce results, because failing to show up at all cedes ground unnecessarily."

The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work? In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injustice

I have a new piece out today in @theguardian.com on Rev. William Barber and the moral movement: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Opinion | The Civil War That Never Ended

Love this @jamellebouie.net interview with Zaakir Tameez on his biography of Charles Sumner. Great to see George Downing's contributions highlighted. I'm writing about a moment of convergence involving Sumner, Downing, Frederick Douglass, and Andrew Johnson.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/o...

iycmi, my latest

Thank you!

The Rev William Barber’s ‘moral movement’ confronts Trump’s America. Can it work? In weekly nonviolent protests that channel the civil rights tradition, the faithful rally to end poverty and injustice

“Bearing moral witness matters even when it doesn’t automatically produce results, because failing to show up at all cedes ground unnecessarily. ‘A moral fight is one that you have to engage, because not to engage is to risk damage that might not be reversible’”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...