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Different Than<p>Interesting thing at my university: the AAC&amp;U statement (signed by over 150 <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> presidents in the USA) is a powerful (well, as much as letters can be) response to the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> attacks on higher ed via international students.</p><p>SUNY's chancellor hasn't signed it, which doesn't really surprise me; our recent chancellors have been fairly <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spineless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spineless</span></a> political creatures. When the pressure is overwhelming and the risk seems low, the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SUNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUNY</span></a> chancellor will sign.</p><p>My issue is with my university's president</p><p>1/</p><p><a href="https://www.timesnownews.com/education/over-150-us-universities-sign-letter-against-trump-administration-study-abroad-article-151473395" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">timesnownews.com/education/ove</span><span class="invisible">r-150-us-universities-sign-letter-against-trump-administration-study-abroad-article-151473395</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aacu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aacu</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/internationalstudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalstudents</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a></p>
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦<p>so i checked <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AACU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACU</span></a> Public Statement that Peter Gleick posted:</p><p><a href="https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c</span><span class="invisible">onstructive-engagement</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/114390010963891917" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediscience.org/@petergleick/1</span><span class="invisible">14390010963891917</span></a></p><p>have to say, as an alumni, am disappointed on NYU, but not surprised. i’ve said for decades, NYU board turned way-the-fuck right, chasing OPEC mafia money to fully turn the university into an REI with a teaching side-hustle. last i checked almost all board members were in real estate.</p><p>as a former adjunct at &amp; mom of alumni, it’s good to see CUNY, SUNY &amp; Rutgers in that list</p>
Nonilex<p>Leaders of elite private institutions that have been repeatedly targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> were among the signers.<br>“We are open to constructive reform &amp; do not oppose legitimate government oversight. However, we must oppose undue <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentIntrusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentIntrusion</span></a> in the lives of those who learn, live, &amp; work on our campuses,” the letter, released by the American Assoc of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colleges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colleges</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a>, said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AACU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACU</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Read the full letter from American Association of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Colleges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colleges</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AACU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACU</span></a>] opposing ‘government intrusion’</p><p>&gt;200 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> presidents &amp; other officials signed a letter Tues protesting the “unprecedented <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentOverreach</span></a> &amp; political interference” that higher <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> is facing under the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c</span><span class="invisible">onstructive-engagement</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c</span><span class="invisible">onstructive-engagement</span></a> “As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/AACU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACU</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Update. "Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration"<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/21/us-university-presidents-trump-administration</span></a></p><p>"More than 150 presidents of US colleges and universities have signed a statement denouncing the Trump administration’s “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” with higher education – the strongest sign yet that US educational institutions are forming a unified front against the government’s extraordinary attack on their independence. The statement, published early on Tuesday by the American Association of Colleges and Universities, comes weeks into the administration’s mounting campaign against higher education, and hours after Harvard University became the first school to sue the government over threats to its funding."</p><p>The letter itself:<br><a href="https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c</span><span class="invisible">onstructive-engagement</span></a></p><p>EDIT. As of April 24, 2025, the tally of signatures is up to 425.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AACU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACU</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Alex Enkerli<p>Good timing for this <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a> about reflexive approaches to OER creation with <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/JEDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JEDI</span></a> in mind (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion).<br>More people have been inquiring about <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/EDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EDI</span></a> in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OpenEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenEducation</span></a>. Plus, the move to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/EpistemicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EpistemicJustice</span></a> needs this type of shift. Might interest participants in that <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AACU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACU</span></a> webinar, the other day.</p><p><a href="https://press.rebus.community/MakingRipples/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">press.rebus.community/MakingRi</span><span class="invisible">pples/</span></a></p>
Alex Enkerli<p>Question at the very end of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AACU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACU</span></a> webinar on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a> to advance "DEI" (or JEDI: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)...<br>"Will someone on the panel address shortcomings of OERs for this work?"</p><p>Stay tuned?</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/EpistemicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EpistemicJustice</span></a></p>
Alex Enkerli<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AACU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACU</span></a> webinar on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a> for <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/jEDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jEDI</span></a> (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion). Birdsite is used for interactions. How about the fediverse?</p>
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