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DrALJONES<p>Analysis: "At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump"</p><p>"A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief:</p><p>"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.”</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistfascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ushighered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ushighered</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: "At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump"</p><p>"A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief:</p><p>"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.”</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistfascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ushighered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ushighered</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: "At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump"</p><p>"A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief:</p><p>"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.”</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistfascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ushighered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ushighered</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Analysis: "At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump"</p><p>"A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief:</p><p>"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.”</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistfascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistfascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ushighered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ushighered</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Panel: Who is being targeted by Trump and why?</p><p>David Cay Johnston – Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology</p><p>Ryan Enos – Professor of government and director of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University</p><p>Shannan Adler – Adjunct professor of journalism, ethics and interactive media at Emerson College</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2025/4/17/who-is-being-targeted-by-trump-and-why" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/video/inside-sto</span><span class="invisible">ry/2025/4/17/who-is-being-targeted-by-trump-and-why</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ushighered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ushighered</span></a> .</p>
DrALJONES<p>Panel: Who is being targeted by Trump and why?</p><p>David Cay Johnston – Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology</p><p>Ryan Enos – Professor of government and director of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University</p><p>Shannan Adler – Adjunct professor of journalism, ethics and interactive media at Emerson College</p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/video/inside-story/2025/4/17/who-is-being-targeted-by-trump-and-why" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/video/inside-sto</span><span class="invisible">ry/2025/4/17/who-is-being-targeted-by-trump-and-why</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentprotests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ushighered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ushighered</span></a> .</p>
Paria sans portefeuille<p>'Terms like “quislings,” “Thermidor,” “Vichy,” and “submission” have circulated widely in articles denouncing <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a>’s surrender, zeroing in on betrayal as the proper note to strike. But it is not really betrayal when those committing the action have no investment in the principles betrayed.'</p><p>Said's Specter</p><p><a href="https://www.chronicle.com/article/saids-specter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">chronicle.com/article/saids-sp</span><span class="invisible">ecter</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/CaEix" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/CaEix</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/EdwardSaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdwardSaid</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/academicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/studentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>studentProtests</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/stateRepression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stateRepression</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/PalestineSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineSolidarity</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/UShigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UShigherEd</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p>
Cerstin Mahlow<p>The program for grad students at Virginia Tech to help them become future faculty members with a broad perspective of higher education in the US and in Europe (<a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/GlobalPerspectivesProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalPerspectivesProgram</span></a>) has been canceled. They were scheduled to visit Switzerland, France, and Italy mid May. As GPP2013 alumna I would’ve welcomed them at <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/ZHAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZHAW</span></a>. Bummer 🫤</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/GPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/USHigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHigherEd</span></a></p>
Now @christinkallama@hcommons<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marquette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marquette</span></a> University's administration is falsely blaming budget cuts on unavoidable headwinds (inflation; enrollment cliffs), when instead the money has been irresponsibly spent on underfunded initiatives, buildings and more buildings, and just plain mismanagement, above all a focus on shiny things rather than the core university mission. </p><p>Boards of Trustees have been fundamentally failing in their oversight responsibilities. </p><p><a href="https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1ihBCFHizxyRa36CkcGgM0FYfXu1zFcBpUAy3JvcEiX8&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timelin</span><span class="invisible">e3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1ihBCFHizxyRa36CkcGgM0FYfXu1zFcBpUAy3JvcEiX8&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650</span></a></p><p><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> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USHigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHigherEd</span></a></p>
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