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A letter to the editor clapping back at my recent Chronicle essay says that Trump is simply prioritizing excellence. I’n sure this person is writing in good faith. I just have no idea how someone can arrive at this conclusion honestly.

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I woke up this morning and double checked because these numbers surprised me - someone who spends a lot of time thinking about this stuff

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Universities often don’t feel the very start of recessions, then take a sharp-ish hit when state funding and investment returns slump, and then rebound from stimulus and counter-cyclical enrollment gains. This time the recession is staring in academia.

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I meant to text someone but I posted it here 😬

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In 1976, 10.98M students enrolled in US higher ed, of whom 9.08 were white. In 2000, 15.31M students enrolled in US higher education, of whom 10.52M were white. In 2020 19.03M students enrolled in US higher education, of whom were 9.82M were white. All growth is non-white.

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Forget all the chaos in the US, there is a lot of stuff going on in global higher education right now. Keep track of it by reading The Fifteen.

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Free speech = right wing and racist ideas going unchallenged

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I respect FIRE’s legal advocacy but reporters really need to stop using FIRE’s rankings unless you truly believe that campus speech is most free in southern states that have banned ideas and concepts from being taught in the classroom

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"I am constantly uncertain about what I can and cannot do. I’m in an environment where my words are being erased, and I’m unsure if I’ll have a job in two or three years with things going this way." Important work from @chronicle.com @mzahneis.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/what...

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The attempts to break professional standards and subject them to partisan preferences is a big problem for higher education, whose legitimacy rests on professional judgment and domain authority.

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The House harassment of university presidents last spring, which lead directly to several prominent firings, primed universities into silence and compliance.

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Scientists... possibly the thing from this article I am most proud of is just saying this. Love to just see it in print. “The director of the NSF is complying with illegal executive orders and not complying with stays that judges have put on those illegal actions,” Topaz said.

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My university has one exterminator. One person who knows where all the roaches and rats are. This person, you’d, think has job security. But not if Trump ran the place.

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Democrats’ motto: All constitutional crises are fundraising opportunities!

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This is obviously stupid and bad but it is also one area where California’s policy on prohibiting travel to some states hasn’t helped.

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The thing I miss the most from when I lived in NYC is the subway. No contest.

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how many cups of coffee are too many?

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"Trying to make yourself a smaller target doesn’t mean the people intent on destroying you are going to stop attacking... "the more prestigious institutions cowering in the face of the intimidation perhaps do not see their mission in terms of providing access to all." - @biblioracle.bsky.social

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As the product of Catholic schools, I can see the imprint all over the angry “anti-woke” commentariat - from Project 2025, to SCOTUS, to the Times and Atlantic I notice versions of the guys attracted to the Latin mass priests who thought other priests were communists.

A letter to the editor clapping back at my recent Chronicle essay says that Trump is simply prioritizing excellence. I’n sure this person is writing in good faith. I just have no idea how someone can arrive at this conclusion honestly.

I woke up this morning and double checked because these numbers surprised me - someone who spends a lot of time thinking about this stuff

Universities often don’t feel the very start of recessions, then take a sharp-ish hit when state funding and investment returns slump, and then rebound from stimulus and counter-cyclical enrollment gains. This time the recession is staring in academia.

I meant to text someone but I posted it here 😬

In 1976, 10.98M students enrolled in US higher ed, of whom 9.08 were white. In 2000, 15.31M students enrolled in US higher education, of whom 10.52M were white. In 2020 19.03M students enrolled in US higher education, of whom were 9.82M were white. All growth is non-white.

Forget all the chaos in the US, there is a lot of stuff going on in global higher education right now. Keep track of it by reading The Fifteen.

Free speech = right wing and racist ideas going unchallenged

I respect FIRE’s legal advocacy but reporters really need to stop using FIRE’s rankings unless you truly believe that campus speech is most free in southern states that have banned ideas and concepts from being taught in the classroom

"I am constantly uncertain about what I can and cannot do. I’m in an environment where my words are being erased, and I’m unsure if I’ll have a job in two or three years with things going this way." Important work from @chronicle.com @mzahneis.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/what...

The attempts to break professional standards and subject them to partisan preferences is a big problem for higher education, whose legitimacy rests on professional judgment and domain authority.

The House harassment of university presidents last spring, which lead directly to several prominent firings, primed universities into silence and compliance.

Scientists... possibly the thing from this article I am most proud of is just saying this. Love to just see it in print. “The director of the NSF is complying with illegal executive orders and not complying with stays that judges have put on those illegal actions,” Topaz said.

My university has one exterminator. One person who knows where all the roaches and rats are. This person, you’d, think has job security. But not if Trump ran the place.

Democrats’ motto: All constitutional crises are fundraising opportunities!

This is obviously stupid and bad but it is also one area where California’s policy on prohibiting travel to some states hasn’t helped.

The thing I miss the most from when I lived in NYC is the subway. No contest.

how many cups of coffee are too many?

"Trying to make yourself a smaller target doesn’t mean the people intent on destroying you are going to stop attacking... "the more prestigious institutions cowering in the face of the intimidation perhaps do not see their mission in terms of providing access to all." - @biblioracle.bsky.social

As the product of Catholic schools, I can see the imprint all over the angry “anti-woke” commentariat - from Project 2025, to SCOTUS, to the Times and Atlantic I notice versions of the guys attracted to the Latin mass priests who thought other priests were communists.

Descriptive social science is the stuff

I’m an institutionalist Dem but I’m ready to vote for a Bernie type.

DEI is the most popular thing in this list lmao

Getting to the point in winter when I forget what foliated trees look like.