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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 1d

I am proud to say that MIT has rejected Trump's poison compact. MIT President Sally Kornbluth: "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education."
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Regarding the Compact

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Samuli Reijula @samulireijula.net · 1d

excellent essay: The Origin of the Research University open.substack.com/pub/asterisk...

The Origin of the Research University

Universities have existed for more than a thousand years — and for almost all of that time, they weren’t centers of research. What changed in 19th century Germany?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 1d

🔺BREAKING: Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Donald Trump misses out as Venezuela’s main opposition leader is given the award

Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 2d

The number of international students arriving in the U.S. in August fell by 19% this year compared with last year — the largest decline on record outside of the pandemic.
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Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August (Gift Article)

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 2d

A South Korean battery component maker has backed out of plans to build a $152.5 million electrolyte manufacturing facility that would have brought 190 jobs to Haywood County in West Tennessee.

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EV battery component company backs out of plans for $152M West Tennessee facility | Chattanooga Times Free Press

A South Korean battery component maker has backed out of plans to build a $152.5 million electrolyte manufacturing facility that would have brought 190 jobs to Haywood County in West Tennessee.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 2d

MIT is a global community whose international engagement bestows benefits well beyond the Cambridge campus.

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By attracting the world’s sharpest talent, MIT helps keep the US a step ahead

Just as the US has prospered through its ability to draw talent from every corner of the globe, so too has MIT thrived as a magnet for the world’s most keen and curious minds, contributing to America’...

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 2d

The number of international students arriving in the U.S. in August fell by 19% this year compared with last year — the largest decline on record outside of the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August (Gift Article)

The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

www.nytimes.com

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 2d

Georgia Planning Association fall conference is beginning in Athens.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 4d

"Any university leader who signs on to this compact would betray everything good and solid about the university and would do deep and permanent harm to the United States and the world."
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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 5d

The Journal of the American Planning Association is now included in American Planning Association membership.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 7d

AAUP President Todd Wolfson unpacks the dangerous consequences of the Trump administration’s compact, which aims to exert ideological control over universities and colleges. As Wolfson makes clear, this partisan incursion into higher education affects ALL sectors.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 5d

"[I]n the end, he wasn’t really about parking. Don was an economist, and his mission was to help people understand the underlying economics of public goods and services. Parking was simply the vehicle, one might say, that he chose to do so."

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How Don Shoup Changed The World

Nobody thought much about parking until this UCLA economist wrote about it. Now, nobody thinks about parking the same way.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 5d

The Journal of the American Planning Association is now included in American Planning Association membership.
#japaplanning planning.org/japa/

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 6d

DePaul University has told faculty it will immediately reduce spending following a 30% decline in international enrollment this fall. The move is the latest by U.S. colleges to cope with the disruptive education and immigration policies of President Donald Trump.
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Fewer foreign students and fewer dollars make U.S. colleges feel the pinch

Dozens of schools in the U.S. have announced budget cuts in response to Trump administration policies that are upending higher education.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 6d

"[I]nternational students are thought to have contributed around $50bn to the US economy in 2023 in tuition, rent, food, taxes and a host of other ways."

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Small US college towns reel amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘They need international students’

From Ohio to Florida, the US government’s clampdown on students from abroad threatens rural universities and local businesses

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 6d

Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 8d

"Police responded to reports of a car driving at members of the public at 09:31 on Thursday morning, after which officers quickly declared a major incident...

"Eyewitnesses describe how security staff prevented the attacker from getting into the synagogue."

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Manchester synagogue attacker named as Jihad Al-Shamie

Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British man of Syrian descent, is named as the synagogue attacker.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 8d

"A big part of the craziness is that some of the people going to war over words are casting themselves as champions of free speech. It’s the people they are trying to silence, they claim, who are the enemies."
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Where the Battle Over Free Speech Is Leading Us

Doxing, deplatforming, defunding, persecuting, firing, and sometimes killing—all are part of an escalating war over words. What happens next?

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Reuters @reuters.com · 9d

Trump administration scraps $8 billion for climate-related projects reut.rs/48PqnCG

Trump administration scraps $8 billion for climate-related projects

President Donald Trump's administration is cancelling nearly $8 billion in climate-related funding targeting 16 U.S. states, including California and New York, White House budget director Russ Vought said on Wednesday.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 10d

"[S]tudent outcomes are trending downward across the board: Both graduation and retention rates have fallen since the takeover in 2023.
...even as New College spends more than 10 times per student what the other 11 members of the...System spend, on average."

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Spending Soars, Rankings Fall at New College of Florida

Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 10d

American Planning Association has released results of its 2025 Planner Salary Survey. Lots of useful data, including median AICP salary of $110,000.

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2025 Planners' Salary and Benefits Survey

APA’s 2025 Planners’ Salary and Benefits Survey presents an up-to-date, multidimensional snapshot of the state of the planning profession. This page presents a high-level summary of the survey and its...

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 11d

Once all votes had been counted, it became clear that PAS had not only received a significant majority of the votes cast by the Moldovan diaspora in western Europe (about 80,000 people), but also the majority of votes cast in three-quarters of all constituencies at home.
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Moldova's resounding 'yes' to Europe — and 'no' to Russia – DW – 09/29/2025

The fear of Russia's influence was apparently considerable: In a surprise outcome, Moldova's ruling pro-European PAS retained its absolute majority in Sunday's parliamentary election.

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Bruce Stiftel @brucestiftel.bsky.social · 11d

"The alarm bells should prompt us to reflect on how our city has grown for a half-century, and to ask whether this model can be sustained going forward. As a professor of urban planning, I see a city not fully grappling with its need for reinvention."
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The end of the old Atlanta growth model - SaportaReport

Read The end of the old Atlanta growth model by Gregory Randolph for SaportaReport here.

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