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petersuber

#Indiana #Republicans just executed a sudden takeover of #IndianaUniversity without any legislative debate.
indystar.com/story/news/politi

"Over the course of 36 hours at the tail end of the three-month legislative session, Indiana lawmakers made significant policy changes that fundamentally alter how state universities conduct themselves. These changes ― among them, giving Gov. Mike Braun sole appointing power over Indiana University's board of trustees, subjecting tenured faculty to "productivity" quotas that could lead to termination, dissolving the decision-making power of faculty governance organizations ― were never the subject of a filed bill or amendment and saw no opportunity for public testimony."

In Indiana, the governor is Republican and both chambers of the legislature are controlled by Republicans.

#Academia #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter

The Indianapolis Star · 'Complete takeover': Lawmakers exert control over university policy in 11th hourBy , The Indianapolis Star
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Go Weapons Hot

"#Foreignstudents, we have about a million of them in the country right now. They contribute to the #economy if they stay here. There's a lot of Fortune 100 companies that began because of international students. If they become elites in their country, then we have pro-American elites. They also contribute financially to American #colleges and #universities. They're central to the business model."

#deportations
#censorship

pbs.org/newshour/show/foreign-

PBS News · Foreign policy experts offer views on Trump administration’s student activist crackdownBy Nick Schifrin
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George Macgregor

The level of vandalism currently being inflicted on #academia within the #USA -- and on the concept of #scholarship more generally -- beggars belief. It feels like the vandalism is irreparable too; rebuilding what has been lost, or even persuading scholars who left in the #Trump exodus to return, is going to take decades. Within a few months the US has become an anti-intellectual paradise.

Major #Education Resource Set to Shut Down This Week
governing.com/policy/major-edu
#DOGE #universities #ERIC

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Governing · Major Education Resource Set to Shut Down This WeekThe federal Department of Education maintains an open access database of more than 2 million documents dating back to the 1960s. It will cease operating Wednesday due to DOGE cuts.
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Preston MacDougall

With #Cornell and #Yale Presidents signing onto the statement by the #American Association of #Colleges and #Universities opposing the autocratic #Trump restrictions on #AcademicFreedom , the only Ivy League school that has not joined the now 300+ signatories is Dartmouth College, which is more like a #fraternity masquerading as a #HigherEd institution anyway. #ChangeMyMind
cornellsun.com/article/2025/04

#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.

Kotlikoff Joins More Than 230 Higher Education Leaders in Signing Letter Against Trump’s ‘Political Interference’ - The Cornell Daily SunKotlikoff Joins More Than 230 Higher Education Leaders in Signing Letter Against Trump’s ‘Political Interference’President Michael Kotlikoff signed a statement condemning the federal government’s political interference in universities as “endangering American higher education” this week.
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petersuber

Update. After #Harvard said 𝙣𝙤 to the #Trump admin …
harvard.edu/president/news/202

… and took the further step of suing the Trump admin …
washingtonpost.com/education/2

… and after independent lawyers and law professors said its lawsuit was strong …
thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/

… and after its strong stance stirred student, faculty, staff, alumni, and donor enthusiasm …
nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/harv

… some other donors, all wealthy, "implored the [university] to slow down and negotiate."
nytimes.com/2025/04/22/busines

#Academia #Universities #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter

Harvard University President · The Promise of American Higher EducationBy melissa
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Squirrel News

US #universities agree to join together in defending against government attacks 🎓
teenagers invent a salt-powered #fridge for bringing medical supplies to rural India ⚕️
giant #sequoia saplings are planted on vacant land in urban Detroit 🌳

and more – in our new issue 👇

squirrel-news.net/news/big-ten

Harvard University
Squirrel News · Big Ten schools create ‘mutual defense compact’, salt-powered fridge, sequoia forest in Detroit - Squirrel NewsToday in Squirrel News, "Big Ten" US universities agree to join together in defending against government attacks; three teenagers invent a salt-powered fridge for bringing medical supplies to rural India; and giant sequoia saplings are planted on vacant land to be a "filter forest" in urban Detroit.
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ABC Feeds

Coalition reveals policies on chopping block under Dutton government
By Isobel Roe

More than 3 million university students promised 20 per cent reductions in their student debts under Labor would not get that saving under a Peter Dutton government, with the Coalition confirming it would not proceed with Labor's $16 billion debt-reduction plan.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/coa

ABC News · Liberals would scrap Labor plan to slash student debt by 20 per cent, plus EV subsidies, under Dutton governmentBy Isobel Roe
#AustralianFederalElections#LiberalPartyofAustralia#FederalGovernment
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earthling

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“American higher education has been the pride of this country, and the Trump administration is trying to destroy American higher education, and we must stand against that.”

Patricia McGuire, the president of Trinity Washington University

#USA
#universities

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earthling

"This administration is acting in the most lawless way possible, violating First Amendment rights, freedom of speech, violating the rights to due process for students and others who are detained without any opportunity to tell their side of the story, and by the way, threatening one of the most important forms of American productivity in the world..."

Patricia McGuire, the president of Trinity Washington University
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#USA
#universities

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Nonilex

Read the full letter from American Association of #Colleges & #Universities [#AACU] opposing ‘government intrusion’

>200 #college presidents & other officials signed a letter Tues protesting the “unprecedented #GovernmentOverreach & political interference” that higher #education is facing under the #Trump admin.

#law #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #democracy #AbuseOfPower #AmericanAutocracy #Dictatorship
aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c

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petersuber

Update. "Some Universities Are Done Playing Defense Alone—They’re Building an Army"
cloakinginequity.com/2025/04/1

"Faculty and institutional leaders are responding with something both pragmatic and profound: Mutual Academic Defense Compacts…Faculty are…taking collective action. These mutual defense compacts are more than symbolic gestures; they represent the infrastructure of resistance. They aim to ensure that when universities are politically targeted—whether over curriculum, hiring practices, or research agendas—they can respond rapidly, forcefully, and in solidarity."

#Academia #Universities #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter

Cloaking Inequity · Some Universities Are Done Playing Defense Alone—They’re Building an ArmyA New Era of Academic Solidarity A quiet revolution is taking place in higher education—but not in classrooms or laboratories. It’s happening in Faculty Senates, university councils, and acade…
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Elliott Bledsoe

3️⃣ The National Advocates for Arts Education is using the election to draw attention to a crisis in arts education amidst the decline in arts subjects in schools and universities.
#AusVotes #ArtsEducation #ArtsInEducation #Schools #Universities

4️⃣ Lady Gaga’s Australia tour has been accused of dyamic pricing hikes, prompting Labor to renew their promise to crackdown on predatory pricing.
#LadyGaga #LiveMusic #Music #Ticketing

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