Analysis: "At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump"

"A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief:

"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.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/

#resistfascism #trump #studentprotests #uspol #ushighered .

Analysis: "At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump"

"A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief:

"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.”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/harvard-university-college-presidents-letter-trump/

#resistfascism #trump #studentprotests #uspol #ushighered .

'Terms like “quislings,” “Thermidor,” “Vichy,” and “submission” have circulated widely in articles denouncing #Columbia’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.'

Said's Specter

https://www.chronicle.com/article/saids-specter
https://archive.ph/

#EdwardSaid #ColumbiaUniversity #USpol #academicFreedom #studentProtests #stateRepression #PalestineSolidarity #UShigherEd @palestine

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 (#GlobalPerspectivesProgram) has been canceled. They were scheduled to visit Switzerland, France, and Italy mid May. As GPP2013 alumna I would’ve welcomed them at #ZHAW. Bummer

#Marquette 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.

Boards of Trustees have been fundamentally failing in their oversight responsibilities.

https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1ihBCFHizxyRa36CkcGgM0FYfXu1zFcBpUAy3JvcEiX8&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650

@academicchatter #HigherEd #USHigherEd