Bradford Vivian
@bradvivian.bsky.social
Prof/Author/Speaker (academic freedom, free speech, democracy)
*Author _Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education_ (Oxford UP)
*Op-eds: TIME, Washington Post, The Chronicle, Inside Higher Ed, Philadelphia Inquirer
*Author _Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education_ (Oxford UP)
*Op-eds: TIME, Washington Post, The Chronicle, Inside Higher Ed, Philadelphia Inquirer
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“Disciplining union members for protected, concerted activity reveals just how far Columbia University leadership has fallen, prioritizing political submission to the Trump agenda over fair treatment & rights of their own employees.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
Columbia sends disciplinary letters to at least 20 SWC-UAW members for October picket, union says
After an Oct. 17 Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers <a href="https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/10/26/public-safety-asks-swc-uaw-to-move-picket-off-campus-despite-rules-exemption...
www.columbiaspectator.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“Disciplining union members for protected, concerted activity reveals just how far Columbia University leadership has fallen, prioritizing political submission to the Trump agenda over fair treatment & rights of their own employees.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
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This is very encouraging testimony and jibes entirely with what I've observed traveling and speaking about More Than Words. 1. Students want to learn. 2. They can be suspicious about school as a place for learning. 3. Making class and experiences more human works. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is very encouraging testimony and jibes entirely with what I've observed traveling and speaking about More Than Words. 1. Students want to learn. 2. They can be suspicious about school as a place for learning. 3. Making class and experiences more human works. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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The latest History of Education Quarterly has an incredible forum addressing the dismantling of the US Department of Education.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The latest History of Education Quarterly has an incredible forum addressing the dismantling of the US Department of Education.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
I'll post non-paywalled versions of all nine contributions here. Huge thanks to the amazing scholars who participated.
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Took only about a day for this kind of propaganda to resume. Lots more to come.
It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education
It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Took only about a day for this kind of propaganda to resume. Lots more to come.
It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education
It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education
Took only about a day for this kind of propaganda to resume. Lots more to come.
It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education
It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Took only about a day for this kind of propaganda to resume. Lots more to come.
It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education
It’s vital to be proactive, not reactive/cynical, in explaining how university policies actually work and why the perception of fairness, equity, honesty, and professionalism is essential to high-quality education
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Costs (the money needed to provide an education) have risen. Prices (what students pay) have been at or below inflation for the past decade. That doesn't get nearly enough attention.
NPR folks, you know where to find me.
NPR folks, you know where to find me.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Costs (the money needed to provide an education) have risen. Prices (what students pay) have been at or below inflation for the past decade. That doesn't get nearly enough attention.
NPR folks, you know where to find me.
NPR folks, you know where to find me.
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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Prof. Summers’ office hours will not take place this week due to unforeseen circumstances.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Prof. Summers’ office hours will not take place this week due to unforeseen circumstances.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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5 Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files
Both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to release the rest of the trove of documents related to Epstein. Here are some of the key higher ed people mentioned so far. https://bit.ly/4pcVltw
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to release the rest of the trove of documents related to Epstein. Here are some of the key higher ed people mentioned so far. https://bit.ly/4pcVltw
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
5 Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files
Both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to release the rest of the trove of documents related to Epstein. Here are some of the key higher ed people mentioned so far. https://bit.ly/4pcVltw
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to release the rest of the trove of documents related to Epstein. Here are some of the key higher ed people mentioned so far. https://bit.ly/4pcVltw
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
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Disability education should not be put into HHS because it's not a health issue, it's an education issue. The idea that disability = health is dehumanizing and, frankly, simply wrong.
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
University of Texas silent on Trump compact as deadline looms
Most other invited universities have rejected the administration’s offer tying priority federal funding to campus policy changes.
www.texastribune.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"This narrative that faculty are indoctrinating students is a manufactured crisis...You can trace it back to a network of right-wing think tanks, but it seems the university is treating it as if it is real.”
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
- Karma Chávez, President of AAUP UT-Austin
@utaustinaaup.bsky.social
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Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans
Trump's campaign to kill an industry where America runs a massive trade surplus is succeeding
New foreign student enrollment in the US fell 17% this fall www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Fun fact: the US sells more higher ed to China than soybeans
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"Intellectual and moral autonomy is the hallmark of any #university and a precondition for the fulfilment of its responsibilities to society."
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @aaup.org @peninternational.bsky.social @bradvivian.bsky.social
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @aaup.org @peninternational.bsky.social @bradvivian.bsky.social
· #AcademicSky · from UWN @uniworldnews.bsky.social
“Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we cannot have high-quality learning, teaching and research. Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we also cannot have a fully functional democracy.” —Sjur Bergan
“Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we cannot have high-quality learning, teaching and research. Without academic freedom and institutional autonomy, we also cannot have a fully functional democracy.” —Sjur Bergan
Magna Charta signatories top 1,000 amid growing threats
A Swedish university became the 1,000th signatory to the Magna Charta Universitatum on 13 November at a global convening of university leaders in Lond...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Intellectual and moral autonomy is the hallmark of any #university and a precondition for the fulfilment of its responsibilities to society."
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @aaup.org @peninternational.bsky.social @bradvivian.bsky.social
- Magna Charta Universitatum, 2020
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @coimbragroup.bsky.social @aaup.org @peninternational.bsky.social @bradvivian.bsky.social
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Politically orchestrated removals of multiple university presidents, state manipulation of governing boards to eliminate institutional autonomy, the ideological firing of multiple instructors, restrictions on campus speech…after years of censored teaching and research in numerous state systems. 1/
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Politically orchestrated removals of multiple university presidents, state manipulation of governing boards to eliminate institutional autonomy, the ideological firing of multiple instructors, restrictions on campus speech…after years of censored teaching and research in numerous state systems. 1/
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Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Congrats and thanks to @aaup.org —this is a big victory that will help protect universities across the country.
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The FCC's news distortion policy chills free speech, discourages broadcasters from covering controversial stories, and has been weaponized for partisan purposes. That's why former FCC chairs, commissioners, senior-level FCC staff are calling on the agency to "eliminate this dangerous tool entirely."
The FCC's News Distortion Policy should be rescinded
A bipartisan group of former FCC commissioners call for repeal of the News Distortion Policy, which chills broadcaster speech
protectdemocracy.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The FCC's news distortion policy chills free speech, discourages broadcasters from covering controversial stories, and has been weaponized for partisan purposes. That's why former FCC chairs, commissioners, senior-level FCC staff are calling on the agency to "eliminate this dangerous tool entirely."
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Jim Ryan Breaks Silence on UVA Resignation
The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster. https://bit.ly/3K3JKOu
#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster. https://bit.ly/3K3JKOu
#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Jim Ryan Breaks Silence on UVA Resignation
The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster. https://bit.ly/3K3JKOu
#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster. https://bit.ly/3K3JKOu
#AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd
Politically orchestrated removals of multiple university presidents, state manipulation of governing boards to eliminate institutional autonomy, the ideological firing of multiple instructors, restrictions on campus speech…after years of censored teaching and research in numerous state systems. 1/
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Politically orchestrated removals of multiple university presidents, state manipulation of governing boards to eliminate institutional autonomy, the ideological firing of multiple instructors, restrictions on campus speech…after years of censored teaching and research in numerous state systems. 1/
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
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People who scream about indoctrination in education usually just want their preferred indoctrination. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
People who scream about indoctrination in education usually just want their preferred indoctrination. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...