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A University Shuts Down 2 Campus Magazines Because They Might Look Like DEI The suspensions are the latest in cuts to programs that would seem to support minority students. Experts say the moves violate the First Amendment.

In an unusually far-reaching move, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines, about fashion and Black culture, citing DOJ guidance about "unlawful discrimination.” https://chroni.cl/4prl8yw

The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.

Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe. www.wired.com/story/age-ve...

Too many boards and presidents appear to believe that the value and legitimacy of their university resides in the brand when it, in fact, resides in knowledge and judgment, which in turn resides in the faculty and academic staff.

Absolute debasement of academic standards
*student submits opinion in psych class
*gets bad grade
*instructor says she can make whatever arguments she wants but must draw on empirical sources
*student & Turning Point says her religious freedom & first amendment rights violated
*professor suspended

More Than Words A veteran writing teacher makes a “moving” (Rick Wormeli) argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be replaced by...

Here is my book published in February of this year making what I think are fairly important (but also mostly obvious) arguments around the importance of teaching reading and writing (unique human capacities) BECAUSE genAI exists. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...

Embracing AI means abandoning learning. The “queen of the internet” is full of something…

Here's me in June of 2024 calling bullshit on the "queen of the internet" who was declaring that AI was the inevitable future and institutions would have to get on board. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

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If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all the nations, kindreds, tongues and peoples, and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come.

From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...

Columbia sends disciplinary letters to at least 20 SWC-UAW members for October picket, union says After an Oct. 17 Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/10/26/public-safety-asks-swc-uaw-to-move-picket-off-campus-despite-rules-exemption...

“Disciplining union members for protected, concerted activity reveals just how far Columbia University leadership has fallen, prioritizing political submission to the Trump agenda over fair treatment & rights of their own employees.”

— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

This is very encouraging testimony and jibes entirely with what I've observed traveling and speaking about More Than Words. 1. Students want to learn. 2. They can be suspicious about school as a place for learning. 3. Making class and experiences more human works. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

The latest History of Education Quarterly has an incredible forum addressing the dismantling of the US Department of Education.

I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.

Jason Willick & @jawillick X.com The fruits of Epstein-mania: still no evidence of criminality, but university MeToo-era HR machinery fired back up. Congratulations everyone Dhruv Patel @dhruvtkpatel •3h SCOOP: Summers will IMMEDIATELY LEAVE his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to Epstein. He will also resign as director of the Mossavar-R... 8:15 PM • 11/19/25 • 64K Views

Took only about a day for this kind of propaganda to resume. Lots more to come.

It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education

Jason Willick & @jawillick X.com The fruits of Epstein-mania: still no evidence of criminality, but university MeToo-era HR machinery fired back up. Congratulations everyone Dhruv Patel @dhruvtkpatel •3h SCOOP: Summers will IMMEDIATELY LEAVE his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to Epstein. He will also resign as director of the Mossavar-R... 8:15 PM • 11/19/25 • 64K Views

Took only about a day for this kind of propaganda to resume. Lots more to come.

It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education

Costs (the money needed to provide an education) have risen. Prices (what students pay) have been at or below inflation for the past decade. That doesn't get nearly enough attention.

NPR folks, you know where to find me.

Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

= The Harvard Crimson Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties

Prof. Summers’ office hours will not take place this week due to unforeseen circumstances.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Kenneth Starr, Lawrence M. Krauss and Noam Chomsky, all of them older white men

5 Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files

Both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to release the rest of the trove of documents related to Epstein. Here are some of the key higher ed people mentioned so far. https://bit.ly/4pcVltw

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.

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University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.

"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”

- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin

@utaustinaaup.bsky.social

Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans

"Intellectual and moral autonomy is the hallmark of any #university and a precondition for the fulfilment of its responsibilities to society."
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020

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Politically orchestrated removals of multiple university presidents, state manipulation of governing boards to eliminate institutional autonomy, the ideological firing of multiple instructors, restrictions on campus speech…after years of censored teaching and research in numerous state systems. 1/

Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.

The FCC's News Distortion Policy should be rescinded A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners call for repeal of the News Distortion Policy, which chills broadcaster speech

The FCC's news distortion policy chills free speech, discourages broadcasters from covering controversial stories, and has been weaponized for partisan purposes. That's why former FCC chairs, commissioners, senior-level FCC staff are calling on the agency to "eliminate this dangerous tool entirely."

Former University of Virginia President Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan Breaks Silence on UVA Resignation

The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster. https://bit.ly/3K3JKOu

#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

We must insist on this basic factual framework in response to pundits, politicians, and journalists who take the specious “liberal takeover” thesis for granted in debates about what’s allegedly happening on college campuses today. 3/3

There is no “liberal” or “woke” overtaking of American higher ed. The dominant trend in our time is the opposite: widespread state censorship of academic freedom, free expression, and evidence-based learning or research. The dominant trend in higher education is authoritarian--full stop. 2/

Politically orchestrated removals of multiple university presidents, state manipulation of governing boards to eliminate institutional autonomy, the ideological firing of multiple instructors, restrictions on campus speech…after years of censored teaching and research in numerous state systems. 1/