DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> demands unprecedented control at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a>, alarming scholars and speech groups</p><p>By COLLIN BINKLEY and JAKE OFFENHARTZ<br>Updated 7:52 PM EDT, March 14, 2025</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — "The Trump administration brushed aside decades of precedent when it ordered Columbia University to oust the leadership of an academic department, a demand seen as a direct attack on academic freedom and a warning of what’s to come for other colleges facing federal scrutiny.</p><p>"Federal officials told the university it must immediately place its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiddleEasternStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEasternStudies</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAsianStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAsianStudies</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfricanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanStudies</span></a> Department under 'academic receivership for a minimum of five years.' The demand was among several described as conditions for receiving federal funding, including $400 million already pulled over allegations of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>.</p><p>"Across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>, it was seen as a stunning intrusion.</p><p>"'It’s an escalation of a kind that is unheard of,' said Joan Scott, a historian and member of the academic freedom committee of the American Association of University Professors [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a>]. 'Even during the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/McCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McCarthy</span></a> period in the United States, this was not done.'"</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
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Dawn Nafus<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@xankarn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xankarn</span></a></span> I can't like this hard enough and one thing to do could be for AI researchers to make *very* clear in this RFI that closes in 24 hours that they will NOT be participating in any federal-related, federal-involved AI research until they stop harassing universities.</p><p><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/06/2025-02305/request-for-information-on-the-development-of-an-artificial-intelligence-ai-action-plan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2025/02/06/2025-02305/request-for-information-on-the-development-of-an-artificial-intelligence-ai-action-plan</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopTheCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTheCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> </p><p>(also, fascists doing RFIs is just so weird. I think it's code for 'tell me which grift you prefer.')</p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Uncertainty over health research funding is prompting the elite Baylor College of Medicine to scale back plans to expand the university’s research efforts and to reduce its incoming graduate school class size by about 15 students."</p><p><a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/baylor-medical-school-nih-funding-cuts-20194299.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">houstonchronicle.com/news/hous</span><span class="invisible">ton-texas/health/article/baylor-medical-school-nih-funding-cuts-20194299.php</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MedEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedEd</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MedSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedSchools</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/MedStudents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedStudents</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/biomedical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biomedical</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/indirect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indirect</span></a></p>
Alexander Karn<p>What could this look like?</p><p>The most direct way for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> to hit back is through military contracts and biotech. </p><p>Basically, R1 schools would need to halt all cooperation with the government and starve them of tech transfer and technical competencies they need to maintain national security and compete with rivals. </p><p>Ask Americans, would they like to see China vault head ahead of them and assume the mantle of global hegemon because Trump wanted to own the libs?</p>
Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝<p>Columbia University is union busting as well as having its students disappeared</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colombia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colombia</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://uaw.org/in-shocking-move-columbia-university-fires-union-president-one-day-before-contract-negotiations-begin-in-further-crackdown-on-free-speech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uaw.org/in-shocking-move-colum</span><span class="invisible">bia-university-fires-union-president-one-day-before-contract-negotiations-begin-in-further-crackdown-on-free-speech/</span></a></p>
Scott Campbell<p>"Vandals targeted the home of Columbia University’s president, splashing the historic residence with red paint and scrawling the words 'Free Them All.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/vandals-splash-columbia-university-president-s-home-with-red-paint-as-protests-rage-over-ice-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil/ar-AA1AWlGv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/news/other/vanda</span><span class="invisible">ls-splash-columbia-university-president-s-home-with-red-paint-as-protests-rage-over-ice-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil/ar-AA1AWlGv</span></a></p><p><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> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Scott Campbell<p>"“If you were accepted to Columbia University, don’t come here. This school will ruin your life for a McChicken and a nice tweet from Donald Trump.”</p><p><a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/columbia-university-expels-student-protesters-fires-union-president-amid-ice-raids/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mondoweiss.net/2025/03/columbi</span><span class="invisible">a-university-expels-student-protesters-fires-union-president-amid-ice-raids/</span></a></p><p><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> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Alexander Karn<p>I am saying it once more.</p><p>If <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> do not QUICKLY develop a coordinated strategy of resistance, then MAGA will pick them off one by one. </p><p>“Half of this stuff you can’t just do and the other half is insane,” said Joseph Howley, a professor of classics at Columbia. “If the federal government can show up and demand a university department be shut down or restructured, then we don’t have universities in this country.”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-mahmoud-khalil-ice-arrests-1921e26f6b5a8585ad5cbda790846324</span></a></p>
Olga Lovick (she/her)<p>There are two types of graduate students: those who think they're ready for defense (but aren't) and those who don't think they're ready for defense (but are). </p><p>Lucky me has both of these at the moment -- which means that I really have to shift gears when I meet with one or the other. <br><a href="https://fnordon.de/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://fnordon.de/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
George Station<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> </p><p>I like the linked summary of current major issues. Mike often favors a particular tech/company in his columns, but getting past that, he has stated the problems well.</p><p>The patchwork solutions are still not good enough for real buy-in by academia. (I mean, the cited 88% is maybe a B+ if you want to put it in those terms.)</p><p>The techbros need a new paradigm to connect with educators. It's not 1995 or 2005 or even 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3843220/finally-some-truth-serum-for-lying-genai-chatbots.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computerworld.com/article/3843</span><span class="invisible">220/finally-some-truth-serum-for-lying-genai-chatbots.html</span></a></p>
Weltschmerz à Gogo<p>Several years ago, there was a whole public debate in the US about whether or not the universities where Richard Spencer got his BA and MA should revoke those degrees. That discussion particularly focused on the University of Virginia, where he got his BA and where the Unite the Right tiki torch march took place, threatening and intimidating a number of then-current students on campus. This is also the same Richard Spencer who has repeatedly been recorded on video giving Nazi salutes, who was infamously caught on tape using all kinds of racist and antisemitic language while ranting about the failure of Unite the Right, and who told his supporters to “party like it’s 1933” after Trump was elected the first time.</p><p>An array of college administrators across the country shot down the idea citing a “slippery slope”, academic freedom and whatnot.</p><p>Any one of those administrators who now fails to speak out against the revocation of Columbia grads’ diplomas for protesting on campus should lose their jobs and become permanently unemployable. They clearly don’t actually care about antisemitism or academic freedom and they aren’t at all concerned about a slippery slope. They just care about their careers and sucking up to whoever’s got more power than they do. </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-protests-c148d1d01718a4482541a6df6cad8d74" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-protests-c148d1d01718a4482541a6df6cad8d74</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RichardSpencer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardSpencer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a></p>
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Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝<p>Usually the Harvard Crimson isn't bad but this time they let some professors write for it.</p><p>" To our knowledge, no major university leadership has publicly denounced the attack on Columbia or Mahmoud Khalil."</p><p>Good observation! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a>, at least in the US, never was "independent centers of ideas and often prominent centers of dissent". Youth are. Academic institutions have a long and storied history of repressing student dissent.</p><p><a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/14/enos-levitsky-harvard-columbia-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecrimson.com/article/2025/3/</span><span class="invisible">14/enos-levitsky-harvard-columbia-trump/</span></a></p>
KProfsBlog<p>Virtual conference today!</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contracts</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/scholarship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scholarship</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/conferences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conferences</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/contractsprof_blog/2025/03/reminder-zoom-panel-on-james-gordleys-foundations-of-american-contract-law.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lawprofessors.typepad.com/cont</span><span class="invisible">ractsprof_blog/2025/03/reminder-zoom-panel-on-james-gordleys-foundations-of-american-contract-law.html</span></a></p>
e7_87<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nEd600iM0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=n5nEd600iM</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a></p>
Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)<p>BDG feature: Dr. Carmela Simioli: A Voice of Buddhist Studies and Tibetology at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”</p><p>🔗 Read here: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/mzve2ksb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/mzve2ksb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BuddhistStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuddhistStudies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TibetanBuddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TibetanBuddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tibetology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tibetology</span></a></p>
Till Grallert<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@Lambo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Lambo</span></a></span> the shocking bit to me is that the cases detailed in the report are … not that shocking. This sort of abuse and utter lack of oversight is endemic to the entire system. </p><p>I have been shouted at over the phone for half an hour without interruption (at that point I didn’t care anymore and had put the receiver on my desk while inviting colleagues to witness the spectacle). my livelihood has been threatened. postdoc research associates frequently broke down and cried. neither advisory boards, ombudspeople nor, ultimately, the foundation and federal government responsible for appointing and removing directors intervened. </p><p>Also, it must be noted that solidarity among the victims of bullying was practically inexistent. </p><p><a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>germany</span></a></p>
inquiline<p>Letter from Trump admin officials telling <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></a> to abandon any semblance of academic freedom, internal due process, etc.</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/12ogIcvdLniO9fYl2wyLVj4ON0Ke2rL0n/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">drive.google.com/file/d/12ogIc</span><span class="invisible">vdLniO9fYl2wyLVj4ON0Ke2rL0n/view</span></a> </p><p>(attribution: shared on Bsky by Jameel Jaffer, Knight 1A Inst director at Columbia)</p><p><a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/PolicingTheCampus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolicingTheCampus</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/HIgherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIgherEd</span></a></p>
fossilesque<p><strong>Columbia U. kowtowing to Trump & announcing mass suspensions, expulsions, and degree revocations the same day it received a letter from the administration in order to keep funding.</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39915119" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39915119</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kent Navalesi ☕️<p>This bill is being voted on tonight, I believe. If you live in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a>, please reach out to your representatives and tell them you support <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/academicfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academicfreedom</span></a> at our universities!</p><p>Bill would give <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KY</span></a> colleges new path to firing tenured professors</p><p><a href="https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-03-10/bill-to-give-kentucky-colleges-new-path-to-firing-tenured-professors-closer-to-becoming-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lpm.org/news/2025-03-10/bill-t</span><span class="invisible">o-give-kentucky-colleges-new-path-to-firing-tenured-professors-closer-to-becoming-law</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/acadmicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>acadmicchatter</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/phdlife" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phdlife</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicsunite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicsunite</span></a></span> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/uky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uky</span></a></p>
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