andy hines
@andyhines.bsky.social
political economy of higher ed | socialist and communist education | Black studies | author of OUTSIDE LITERARY STUDIES, editor of UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS
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andy hines
@andyhines.bsky.social
· Sep 9
It's publication day for UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS. Across 27 sharp essays, the book offers a critical account of the political economy of US higher education, how it came to be structured this way, and how together we might build a better university together.
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Rana Jaleel, Vineeta Singh, Andy Hines, Dan Nemser, and Annie McLanahan on the University Keywords edited volume at Public Books www.publicbooks.org/defending-th...
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Rana Jaleel, Vineeta Singh, Andy Hines, Dan Nemser, and Annie McLanahan on the University Keywords edited volume at Public Books www.publicbooks.org/defending-th...
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“Defending the university is not about defending the institution itself, but rather understanding the institution as a condition of possibility for other things to emerge.”
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:26 PM
“Defending the university is not about defending the institution itself, but rather understanding the institution as a condition of possibility for other things to emerge.”
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This is a wonderful read about (among other timely topics) the interaction of autonomous learning and organizing within institutionalized spaces.. and both of their interaction with the left.
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
This is a wonderful read about (among other timely topics) the interaction of autonomous learning and organizing within institutionalized spaces.. and both of their interaction with the left.
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“One of the mistakes that we make is defending the university as it is, rather than defending its possibility.”
This volume looks excellent: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
This volume looks excellent: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
February 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“One of the mistakes that we make is defending the university as it is, rather than defending its possibility.”
This volume looks excellent: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
This volume looks excellent: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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New at PB: In a new roundtable commissioned by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @andyhines.bsky.social discusses the new edited collection “University Keywords” with Rana M. Jaleel, Vineeta Singh, @anniemcc.bsky.social, and Dan Nemser.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
New at PB: In a new roundtable commissioned by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @andyhines.bsky.social discusses the new edited collection “University Keywords” with Rana M. Jaleel, Vineeta Singh, @anniemcc.bsky.social, and Dan Nemser.
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Don't miss this!
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Don't miss this!
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
Defending the Possibility of the University: A Roundtable on “University Keywords” - Public Books
“What would it look like for faculty unions and graduate student unions to collaborate or work together with K-12 teachers’ unions to push back against anti-DEI legislation or book bans?”
www.publicbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I'm in the new look @publicbooks.bsky.social talking with @anniemcc.bsky.social, Vineeta Singh, Dan Nemser, and Rana Jaleel about higher education, how we have studied and organized around it, and what possibility lies therein.
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@biblioracle.bsky.social has a great interview with @mattseybold.bsky.social on techno-feudalism, mass surveillance, Ed Tech, and what this means for academic freedom, and higher ED more generally. A chilling read. @aaup.org
academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/the-techno...
academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/the-techno...
The Technology That's Taking Your Freedom
It's more than AI. A Q&A with Matt Seybold.
academicfreedomontheline.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:49 PM
@biblioracle.bsky.social has a great interview with @mattseybold.bsky.social on techno-feudalism, mass surveillance, Ed Tech, and what this means for academic freedom, and higher ED more generally. A chilling read. @aaup.org
academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/the-techno...
academicfreedomontheline.substack.com/p/the-techno...
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Do you yearn for @versobooks.bsky.social’s Jameson Reading Group?? Good news: we're back for ONE LAST JOB. In 2 weeks, we'll read Jameson's last book, The Years of Theory, alongside the book's editor Carson Welch and scholar Patrick Lyons. RSVP here for pdfs and zoom link. forms.gle/2nQdTXDrPrQo...
February 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Do you yearn for @versobooks.bsky.social’s Jameson Reading Group?? Good news: we're back for ONE LAST JOB. In 2 weeks, we'll read Jameson's last book, The Years of Theory, alongside the book's editor Carson Welch and scholar Patrick Lyons. RSVP here for pdfs and zoom link. forms.gle/2nQdTXDrPrQo...
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NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
How to Film ICE
Filming federal agents in public is legal, but avoiding a dangerous—even deadly—confrontation isn’t guaranteed. Here’s how to record ICE and CBP agents as safely as possible and have an impact.
www.wired.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:55 AM
NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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New commentary by @cellllla.bsky.social, @perhaxis.bsky.social and myself: "The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy
Published in Science as Culture (Ahead of Print, 2026)
www.tandfonline.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:24 PM
New commentary by @cellllla.bsky.social, @perhaxis.bsky.social and myself: "The tech worker movement and the rise of the tech oligarchy". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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One week from tomorrow, I’ll be reading and talking to Gina Meyers and Kristin Grogan about poetry and labor. We will be waxing on about the wageless and the low-waged labors that make up most of our lives. The bookstore is called Lot 49. Philadelphia, you are perfect!
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
One week from tomorrow, I’ll be reading and talking to Gina Meyers and Kristin Grogan about poetry and labor. We will be waxing on about the wageless and the low-waged labors that make up most of our lives. The bookstore is called Lot 49. Philadelphia, you are perfect!
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The Dept. of Appearing to Take Things Rather Seriously While Wearing a Navy Sport Coat and No Tie is actively searching for a Dean of Comfortably Ordering Wine in a DC Steakhouse Where Denny Hastert Used to Sit Right Over There. The position will pay $580,000. The history department is abolished
Yale is launching a new Presidential Senior Fellowship to expand access to the transformative work of universities. As part of this program, author and columnist David Brooks will join the Jackson School of Global Affairs starting February 1.
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The Dept. of Appearing to Take Things Rather Seriously While Wearing a Navy Sport Coat and No Tie is actively searching for a Dean of Comfortably Ordering Wine in a DC Steakhouse Where Denny Hastert Used to Sit Right Over There. The position will pay $580,000. The history department is abolished
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Mellisa McCoul tellers her story about being fired at Texas A&M for (check his notes) teaching her subject matter...while being recorded by a student/operative...
I would like to think that I'd have as much grace in that situation as Professor McCoul. @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social
I would like to think that I'd have as much grace in that situation as Professor McCoul. @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social
Melissa McCoul was a senior lecturer in the English department at Texas A&M University, where she taught contemporary children’s literature.
She was terminated from her position without due process after a student filmed a complaint about in-class discussions of gender.
Listen to her story.
She was terminated from her position without due process after a student filmed a complaint about in-class discussions of gender.
Listen to her story.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Mellisa McCoul tellers her story about being fired at Texas A&M for (check his notes) teaching her subject matter...while being recorded by a student/operative...
I would like to think that I'd have as much grace in that situation as Professor McCoul. @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social
I would like to think that I'd have as much grace in that situation as Professor McCoul. @aaup.org @texasaaup.bsky.social
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This list of people whom Yale is platforming to discuss the future of higher education encapsulates why the elite, private R1 American university is really the wrong institutional site to think about these questions. president.yale.edu/committees-p...
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
This list of people whom Yale is platforming to discuss the future of higher education encapsulates why the elite, private R1 American university is really the wrong institutional site to think about these questions. president.yale.edu/committees-p...
I was fortunate to work with Dan when I was an intern at Philadelphia Weekly and always admired and appreciated his writing and love for Philly. I’m going to miss reading him. Love to all the folks close to him.
January 29, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I was fortunate to work with Dan when I was an intern at Philadelphia Weekly and always admired and appreciated his writing and love for Philly. I’m going to miss reading him. Love to all the folks close to him.
The snow won’t stop us! Join us online or in person (if the latter travel safely!) tomorrow!
Philly-adjacent! On 1/27 at 4:15p ET I'll talk with Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer, and Jason Wozniak about the University Keywords book, but also how to approach the contemporary situation in US higher education.
If you can't make it in person, you can join online. bit.ly/UniversityKeywords
If you can't make it in person, you can join online. bit.ly/UniversityKeywords
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The snow won’t stop us! Join us online or in person (if the latter travel safely!) tomorrow!
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reading University Keywords ("Adacemic Freedom", Ruth and Schrecker) and stopped in my tracks by their quotation of a 1948/49 AAUP declaration that punishing profs for political views would cause campuses to "become havens of cautious mediocrity"
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 AM
reading University Keywords ("Adacemic Freedom", Ruth and Schrecker) and stopped in my tracks by their quotation of a 1948/49 AAUP declaration that punishing profs for political views would cause campuses to "become havens of cautious mediocrity"
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NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”
National Nurses United (@nationalnurses.bsky.social)
The largest RN union in U.S. history, with more than 225,000 nurses nationwide.
nationalnurses.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 5:33 AM
NEWS: @nationalnurses.bsky.social “demands Congress abolish ICE entirely. We will be doing everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people.”
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More than 50 resident doctors and caregivers stood outside HCMC in Minneapolis on Friday shouting “ICE out!” bit.ly/4sXMm25
January 23, 2026 at 7:54 PM
More than 50 resident doctors and caregivers stood outside HCMC in Minneapolis on Friday shouting “ICE out!” bit.ly/4sXMm25
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Philly!! I can’t wait
Philly people! Save the date! On Feb 7th @keegancf.bsky.social, poet Gina Myers, and I will be talking about poetry + work at Lot 49 books; 6-7:30; pub after; flier to come; come come come
January 23, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Philly!! I can’t wait
This is next week!
Philly-adjacent! On 1/27 at 4:15p ET I'll talk with Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer, and Jason Wozniak about the University Keywords book, but also how to approach the contemporary situation in US higher education.
If you can't make it in person, you can join online. bit.ly/UniversityKeywords
If you can't make it in person, you can join online. bit.ly/UniversityKeywords
January 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is next week!
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Vanderbilt charting the course of the MAGA accomodationist university to increase revenue and prestige. They're the CBS news of higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/as-o...
As Other Campuses Cut Back, Vanderbilt U. Looks to Expand
The university’s announcements of new outposts reflect a desire to chase prestige and enrollment without watering down its brand.
www.chronicle.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Vanderbilt charting the course of the MAGA accomodationist university to increase revenue and prestige. They're the CBS news of higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/as-o...
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Again, I just can’t shake the end times fascism thesis. We’re dealing with a new class of governing oligarchs who foresee no productive role for the university and are simply preparing to abscond to their little network states.
Decline is far too passive to describe this: this is the direct result of systematic attacks on science and medicine from the right, it is the result of systematic political attacks on the American university for decades, and the result of a media complex that has bred mistrust in universities.
This is what decline looks like. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Again, I just can’t shake the end times fascism thesis. We’re dealing with a new class of governing oligarchs who foresee no productive role for the university and are simply preparing to abscond to their little network states.