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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Aug 26

My department is searching for two tenure-line positions to start in August 2026. Come join our growing team and make a difference in building the future!

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Jul 25

Supporters of anti-DEI legislation framed DEI as amorphous (i.e., it can be anything and everything to suit their purposes) while higher education leaders appeared to remain silent or superficially neutral in response.

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Jul 25

We show how arguments were reflective of a nationalized anti-DEI discourse and not grounded in any particular local/state rationales.

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Jul 25

Sharing my new article w/@crystalegarcia.bsky.social & @drantonioduran.bsky.social in the Journal of Higher Education (50 free at link). We conducted a critical discourse analysis of the arguments used in several states for/against anti-DEI legislation in '23-24.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/XRP9D...

“Copy and Paste” Practices: A Multi-Site Critical Discourse Analysis of Arguments About Anti-DEI Legislation

This manuscript presents the results of a critical discourse analysis designed to investigate how legislators and other actors leverage discursive strategies to frame the need for/impacts of state-...

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Higher education policy in the United States is now being developed through ad hoc deals, a mode of regulation that is not only inimical to the ideal of the university as a site of critical thinking but also corrosive to the democratic order and to law itself."
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

Balkinization: Regulation by Deal Comes to Higher Ed

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · Jun 5

My friend @cantb.bsky.social joins us for the penultimate pod of the season to talk about the state of American higher education 9% into the Trump Administration and how on earth Harvard got to be popular.

Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA) @hesa-highered.bsky.social · Jun 5

#Podcast | Join us on The World of Higher Education as @alexusherhesa.bsky.social returns with Brendan Cantwell from Michigan State University to dissect the impact of the Trump administration’s policies on higher ed. youtu.be/3SbzvC8yYlI

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Matt Krupnick @mattkrupnick.bsky.social · Jun 3

Big news: The Trump administration has essentially proposed shutting down tribal colleges and universities, displacing more than 20,000 students.

My latest for ProPublica:

ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 3

NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.

By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing

ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Jun 2

I have a new article in Innovative Higher Education examining whether new college presidents improve institutions' financial health. There isn't much happening at publics, but new leaders at privates cut expenses in a meaningful way.

Official link, prepub below. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 7

Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lets-...

Let’s Remember Why There’s a System of Federal Research Grants to Universities

This is largely preaching to the choir. But it’s absent enough from...

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · May 21

5 Questions on Open Expression in the Era of Trump

Michelle Deutchman, who leads UC’s free expression center, says institutions are grappling with how to promote student expression amid the government’s crackdown on protesters. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4drRCDF

Free Speech Expert Discusses Open Expression and Trump

Michelle Deutchman, who leads UC’s free expression center, says institutions are grappling with how to promote student expression amid the government’s crackdown on protesters.

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · May 20

New open access article w/Dr. Morgan Murray in the Journal of College and University Student Housing: "Isolation and Belonging: The Complex Reality of Black Resident Assistants." Thanks for your important research & letting me collaborate with you! Access p. 30:
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Dr. Ty C. McNamee @tycmcnamee.bsky.social · May 7

I can unequivocally say that MANY of the rural, poor and working-class students in my research credit TRIO to their success and continued enrollment in college. These cuts would be devastating to communities like where I come from. Write your congresspeople. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

How Trump’s Proposed TRIO Cuts Could Hamper College Access

The Trump administration wants to eliminate the federally funded student support program. That could be devastating for low-income students and the institutions that serve them.

www.insidehighered.com

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Travis T. York, Ph.D. (he/they) @travisyork.bsky.social · May 2

🧪FY26 Proposed Budget:
The president’s proposal would be disastrous for Americans’ health & scientific capabilities. The administration seeks to slash $18B from NIH (~40%), $3.6B from CDC (~39%), $5.2B from NSF (~57%), & AHRQ by 35% & stops future grants.
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UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement @ucfreespeech.bsky.social · Apr 30

Former Fellow Ryan Miller publishes new research examining bias response in higher education.

Read the full article here:
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Bowing to External Pressures: How the Threat of Lawsuits Dilutes Bias Response in Higher Education - Ryan A. Miller, 2025

Bias response teams (BRTs) have proliferated in colleges and universities as administrative mechanisms to respond to hate and bias incidents on campuses. Advoca...

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · Apr 27

University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards.

It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

Graphic of Washington Post poll from April 18-22, 2025, showing "Majorities of Americans oppose various Trump proposals"

highlighting two lines in particular:
"Increasing the Federal Government's role in how private universities operate" - 28 percent support, 70 percent oppose
"Reducing federal funding for medical research" - 21 percent support, 77 percent oppose

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Kevin R. McClure @drkevinrmcclure.com · Apr 25

My latest. It’s feelings-forward and was hard to write.

“It’s an isolating experience when your industry, the source of your livelihood, is being uniquely targeted by your own government, and many Americans are either completely unaware or cheering on its demise.”
www.chronicle.com/article/high...

Opinion | Higher Ed Is Adrift

While colleges duck and cover, their employees feel angry and abandoned.

www.chronicle.com

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Apr 27

Thanks, Robert! Very excited to join y'all!

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Apr 27

Life update: As of August 1, I will be Professor of Higher Education & Ph.D. program director at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I am grateful for the past 9 years at UNC Charlotte & excited for what lies ahead!

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Apr 24

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Report on the University's Role in Political and Social Action | Office of the Provost

The Kalven Committee was appointed in February 1967 by President George W. Beadle. This faculty committee was charged with preparing "a statement on the University's role in political and social actio...

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Apr 24

"... instances will arise in which the society, or segments of it, threaten the very mission of the university and its values of free inquiry. In such a crisis, it becomes the obligation of the university as an institution to oppose such measures and actively to defend its interests and its values."

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Apr 24

Ironic given this part of the Kalven report on the university defending itself that the institutional neutrality advocates skip over -

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Apr 23

“We’re all at risk of being a target, and we have two choices. We can either let that risk render us voiceless, or we can use our voices to speak out against these attacks on higher education,” Pasquerella said.

www.chronicle.com/article/more...

More Than 200 Higher-Ed Leaders Decry Trump Administration’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’

The statement marks college presidents’ largest collective rebuke of the White House’s actions to date.

www.chronicle.com

Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Apr 14

New open access article in @aeraedresearch.bsky.social AERA Open that extends my research on bias response in higher education and illustrates how institutions retreat from educationally and legally defensible practices purely to avoid the threat of lawsuits.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Bowing to External Pressures: How the Threat of Lawsuits Dilutes Bias Response in Higher Education - Ryan A. Miller, 2025

Bias response teams (BRTs) have proliferated in colleges and universities as administrative mechanisms to respond to hate and bias incidents on campuses. Advoca...

journals.sagepub.com

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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Mar 31

New publication with @drantonioduran.bsky.social & @jaudrazona.bsky.social reviewing the last 15 years of research about disabled queer & trans college students published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Ed
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Ryan A. Miller (he/him) @drryanmiller.bsky.social · Mar 31

www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Survey: Texas DEI Ban Negatively Impacts LGBTQ Students

As DEI bans take hold nationwide, interviews with Texas college students and employees offer some hints about what could be on the horizon for universities and students across the country.

www.insidehighered.com

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