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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 4h

Today we published Stephanie Reist's important argument highlighting the inequality baked into some direct college admissions programs, which funnel students into resource-starved community colleges and regional publics while gatekeeping admissions to prestigious four-year institutions.

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 4h

Our “Higher Ed Under Trump” roundtable continues with this key contribution from Christian Collins at @clasp.org. Yes, the overall college-age population is shrinking, but enrollment needn’t necessarily crater if colleges can recruit and support Black and Hispanic men.

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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 2d

New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by Dennis M. Hogan (@dennismhogan.bsky.social), Jasper Cattell explores a path forward for labor unions across the country: union collaboration and change in state law.

Our Right to Our Union: Graduate Student Workers Under Threat - Public Books

University leaders may make a show of opposing Trump when funding is under threat, but they will happily align themselves with him in confronting graduate student workers.

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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 2d

New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by Dennis M. Hogan (@dennismhogan.bsky.social), Christopher Newfield tells us how waiting out Trump will inevitably fail. Instead, we must build a new cultural order.

Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books

Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 2d

And from @gradlabororg.bsky.social Political Director Jasper Cattell, a story of how AFT 6516 (Brown University) united with the @riaflcio.bsky.social to pass legislation that protects Rhode Island grad workers rights to organize and bargain collectively.

Our Right to Our Union: Graduate Student Workers Under Threat - Public Books

University leaders may make a show of opposing Trump when funding is under threat, but they will happily align themselves with him in confronting graduate student workers.

www.publicbooks.org

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 2d

From @cnewf.bsky.social , here’s a piece arguing for democratic control over the actual mechanisms of university business—with suggestions for how to start building.

Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books

Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.

www.publicbooks.org

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 2d

As Higher Education editor at @publicbooks.bsky.social, I asked experts—thinkers, scholars, teachers, organizers—for short essays outlining one positive change we can work towards in higher ed, no matter who occupies the White House. Our roundtable series begins publishing today. My intro here:

Toward the Next American University: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Higher Ed - Public Books

The path higher education was on before Trump’s reelection was neither certain nor stable. There is not much to go back to now.

www.publicbooks.org

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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 2d

New at PB: Higher Ed section editor @dennismhogan.bsky.social introduces a series on the challenges faced in higher ed under Trump 2.0—and concrete, achievable, and actionable ways to fix them.

Toward the Next American University: A Roundtable Discussion on the Future of Higher Ed - Public Books

The path higher education was on before Trump’s reelection was neither certain nor stable. There is not much to go back to now.

www.publicbooks.org

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 19d

And if you’re more of a pod person, you can find the episode here: www.thedigradio.com/podcast/mens...

Menswear and the World System w/ Derek Guy

Featuring Derek Guy on the politics, history, economics, and style of Western menswear. Guest hosted by Dennis M. Hogan.

www.thedigradio.com

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 19d

Earlier this year I interviewed Derek Guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social on @thedigradio.bsky.social. We covered the rise of the bourgeoisie, crimes of the British empire (fashion & otherwise), & the social meaning of clothes. The transcript is now at @jacobinmag.bsky.social: jacobin.com/2025/09/mens...

The Economic, Political, and Cultural History of Menswear

Menswear expert Derek Guy talks to Jacobin about where Western men’s clothing traditions came from, how they have evolved, and how they're being continually reinterpreted.

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 20d

Menswear expert Derek Guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) talks to Jacobin about where Western men’s clothing traditions came from, how they have evolved, and how they're being continually reinterpreted.

The Economic, Political, and Cultural History of Menswear

Menswear expert Derek Guy talks to Jacobin about where Western men’s clothing traditions came from, how they have evolved, and how they're being continually reinterpreted.

jacobin.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27d

Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.

“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”

By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push

Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...

www.propublica.org

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 29d

Perfect for bedtime

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 29d

I’ve got an essay in the fantastic new volume University Keywords, edited by @andyhines.bsky.social! And today is publication day!!!

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andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social · 29d

The point of this book is to have an immediate place to turn to the brilliant insight and analysis of scholars and organizers who have been thinking critically about the US university for decades .

Please get a copy, order it for your library, share it with students, and read with comrades.

University Keywords

How American universities operate as social and economic engines that shape society beyond their traditional educational roles.University Keywords gathers, contextualizes, and develops original unders...

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · Sep 1

I got one over the summer because it was on fb marketplace for less than a new pressure cooker. I’m basically doing instant pot dal for every meal now and I am never going back!!!

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · Sep 1

Lmao

Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · Sep 1

There’s a great deal that’s right in this essay. However I would find the messenger a lot more credible if Erik Loomis hadn’t spent the last decade viciously attacking the same leftists and socialists desperately trying to build a fighting labor movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | Trump Is Wiping Out Unions. Why Are They So Quiet?

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Mary Mullen @marymullen.bsky.social · Aug 6

Did you publish your first book in Victorian studies in 2024? If so, submit it for consideration for the Rudikoff Prize. More information here: nvsa.org/rudikoff-pri...

Rudikoff Prize

The Sonya Rudikoff Award for the best first book in Victorian Studies was established by the Robert Gutman family in honor of Mr. Gutman’s late wife. Sonya Rudikoff was an active member of th…

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · Aug 6

thanks :-)))

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thanks!

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · Aug 6

I’m very excited to share that my monograph, The Transit Zones, on literature, culture, and the geopolitics of interoceanic transit in nineteenth-century Central America, is now under contract at @oxfordunipress.bsky.social !

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Jul 30

It says a lot about where we're going that the BBC is now running stories in which they ask lifeboat crews whether they will apologise for using their boats to save lives

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RIPTA @ripta.com · Jul 29

Meet Cindy, your Rider of the Week! 🚌 Cindy loves relaxing on her bus commute to Amica Insurance where she works in sales and client services. Did you know that Amica offers commuter benefits through RIPTA's Wave to Work program? Learn more at RIPTA.com/WaveToWork

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