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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.
green and yellow cover of University Keywords, ed by Andy Hines Table of contents for University Keywords University: An Introduction, Andy Hines Academic Freedom, Jennifer Ruth and Ellen Schrecker Adjunct, Heather Steffen Admissions, Scott Gelber Alternative Institutions, Andy Hines and Eli Meyerhoff Athletics, Wayne L. Black Board of Trustees, Asheesh Siddique Kapur Budget, Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra Campus, Davarian Baldwin Classroom, Richard Simpson Critical University Studies, Rana M. Jaleel, Isaac Kamola, and Heather Steffen Debt, Eleni Schirmer and Jason Wozniak Degree, Christopher Newfield Discipline, Vineeta Singh Diversity, p.s. kehal EdTech, Annie McClanahan and Louise McCune Endowment, Dennis M. Hogan Entrepreneurship, Jesse Goldstein Table of contents for university keywords Fiction, Jeffrey J. Williams Legislation, Elizabeth Tandy Shermer Noncitizen Student, Abigail Boggs Police, Yalile Suriel and Grace Watkins Ranking, Jelena Brankovic and Stefan Wilbers Revenue, Dan Nemser and Brian Whitener Risk Management, Mattie Armstrong-Price Sustainability, Kai Bosworth, Jesse Goldstein, Andy Hines, and Eli Meyerhoff Title IX, Rana M. Jaleel Union, Zach Schwartz-Weinstein Appendix: Questions to Consider for Composing a Keywords Entry Contributor Bios Acknowledgments Index
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couts.bsky.social
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...

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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
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puellaludens.bsky.social
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
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keegancf.bsky.social
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!
Feb. 7th 6PM poetry and labor a reading and discussion Keegan Finberg, author of Poetry in General: How a Literary Form Became Public Kristin Grogan, author of Stitch, Unstitch: Modernist Poetry and the World of Work Gina Myers, author of Works & Days Lot 49 Books 408 E Girard Philadelphia
January 30, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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brianphillips.bsky.social
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.edu Yale University @yale.edu · 3d
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
Photo of David Brooks with blue background. Text on screen reads "Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs."
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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isaackamola.bsky.social
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
aaup.org AAUP @aaup.org · 3d
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.
January 29, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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asheeshksi.bsky.social
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
andyhines.bsky.social
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
andyhines.bsky.social
The snow won’t stop us! Join us online or in person (if the latter travel safely!) tomorrow!
andyhines.bsky.social andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · 19d
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
Poster with green and yellow background, four moody black and white portraits all with interesting hair, and the green and yellow cover of University Keywords with the text: Degrees, Debt, and the University: Andy Hines, Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer, and Jason Wozniak in conversation January 27, 4:15p ET Sproul 201, IC Dome In-Person and Livestreamed Free and open to the public Supported by the Aydelotte Foundation and Swarthmore College Libraries
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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eireannmor.bsky.social
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
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kimkelly.bsky.social
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
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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
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keegancf.bsky.social
Philly!! I can’t wait
kristingrogan.bsky.social Kristin Grogan @kristingrogan.bsky.social · 10d
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
andyhines.bsky.social
This is next week!
andyhines.bsky.social andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · 19d
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
Poster with green and yellow background, four moody black and white portraits all with interesting hair, and the green and yellow cover of University Keywords with the text: Degrees, Debt, and the University: Andy Hines, Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer, and Jason Wozniak in conversation January 27, 4:15p ET Sproul 201, IC Dome In-Person and Livestreamed Free and open to the public Supported by the Aydelotte Foundation and Swarthmore College Libraries
January 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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biblioracle.bsky.social
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
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ajdouglas.bsky.social
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.
disabilitystor1.bsky.social Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18d
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.
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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reallandsend.bsky.social
Health Fascism and the Anti-State State, now unlocked :)

blindarchive.substack.com/p/health-fas...
blue, white and black text based graphic. deep blue background. white layer on top reading "death panel presents" at the top. below that is a larger "death panel" that is mostly obscured by white mark-making. on the very top is the black layer which reads "health fascism and the anti-state state."
January 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
andyhines.bsky.social
Realized that I buried the lede on this before. The report states explicitly that colleges and university should "cultivate a local marriage culture" via a variety of incentives.
But as long as American colleges and universities have (outsized) access and influence over students, they should help to foster a campus culture that is more welcoming and conducive to marriage and family. There is already a “ring by spring” culture at many conservative and religious colleges. Students on those campuses show that it is possible to focus on studies and be open to meeting their future spouses at the same time. Schools can also cultivate a local marriage culture by using faculty and graduate students in the appropriate disciplines to offer pre-marital education and counseling services to couples in their surrounding communities. Another idea involves allowing campus grounds and facilities to be used for weddings, with deep discounts for couples that give schools permission to use their wedding photos for on-campus marriage marketing campaigns. Student groups may also be interested in hosting events on relationships that include married couples—especially alumni who met on campus. The provision and advertisement of married student housing, nursing stations, and special parking spaces for expecting students and faculty should all be championed by universities as relatively simple but humane things to do that will signal that young families are welcome there
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
andyhines.bsky.social
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
Poster with green and yellow background, four moody black and white portraits all with interesting hair, and the green and yellow cover of University Keywords with the text: Degrees, Debt, and the University: Andy Hines, Chris Newfield, Eleni Schirmer, and Jason Wozniak in conversation January 27, 4:15p ET Sproul 201, IC Dome In-Person and Livestreamed Free and open to the public Supported by the Aydelotte Foundation and Swarthmore College Libraries
January 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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keegancf.bsky.social
Hi! Here is a free-access link to my essay on the War on Poverty, family abolition, and lyric technologies for @sarahmdowling1.bsky.social and Claire Grandy's brilliant special issue about "lyric beyond containment." read.dukeupress.edu/differences/...
“What Welfare Does to You”: Personhood in Baltimore’s Chicory
This essay explores how women and children writing lyric poetry about welfare in the 1960s and 1970s for a government-funded publication dismantled the white liberal imagination of what made poverty a...
read.dukeupress.edu
January 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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brsoucek.bsky.social
It's official publication day for The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education
@uchicagopress.bsky.social

More info on the book here:
lnkd.in/gAux5ktY
Links in the comments to lots of places I'll soon be visiting.
Book cover that says Brian Soucek The Opinionated University Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education
January 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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nathankhensley.bsky.social
surprise, the inside candidate hand-picked from the business school by the right wing board is a scammer who cooked his CV and systematically misrepresented credentials to impress idiots and politicals who know nothing about academic work
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
Still hammering stuff out but I think the first week of my Teaching in Higher Ed class is just about there
Screenshot of word document which reads: Introduction to Class Heins, M. (2013). Priests of our democracy: The Supreme Court, academic freedom, and the anti-Communist purge. In Priests of Our Democracy. New York University Press. Ch 11 and Ch 12. Marketplace. (2025). What to consider when choosing a college. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49_TohEg0EQ [Watch this video to get a feel for the different types of colleges at which you could teach] Ruth, J., & Schrecker, E. (2025). Academic Freedom. In University Keywords, edited by A. Hines. Supplemental Reading: AAUP. Academic Freedom Reading List. https://www.aaup.org/about/programs/protecting-academic-freedom/center-defense-academic- freedom/academic-freedom-1
January 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM