Keith Landa
@ufs-keith-landa.bsky.social
Past President, SUNY University Faculty Senate
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See also @keithlanda.bsky.social for my Teaching/Learning/Tech posts
See also @landa84.bsky.social for my faculty / Mars / astrobiology / geology / personal posts
@sunyofficial.bsky.social leading the way on #innovation, #research for the #PublicGood
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SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund Provides $550,000 in Seed Funding
SUNY Chancellor John B King Jr today announced that $550,000 in seed funding through the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) has been distributed to eight SUNY campuses through 11 awards.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@sunyofficial.bsky.social leading the way on #innovation, #research for the #PublicGood
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There's nothing wrong in being an excellent R2 university - supporting student academic and personal success, supporting excellent faculty research and scholarship, supporting regional economic development in your state.
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The University That Couldn’t Stop Reinventing Itself
The U. of Tulsa was a commuter campus that tried — and tried again — to become a regional powerhouse. Now it’s drowning in red ink.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
There's nothing wrong in being an excellent R2 university - supporting student academic and personal success, supporting excellent faculty research and scholarship, supporting regional economic development in your state.
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The Trump compact is a non-starter, but higher ed institutions should put forward their own #compact and begin rebuilding our relationship with the public, we need to do a better job of presenting the #PublicGood that #HigherEd represents
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Why I’m Excited About the White House’s Proposal for a Higher Ed Compact – Ash Center
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November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The Trump compact is a non-starter, but higher ed institutions should put forward their own #compact and begin rebuilding our relationship with the public, we need to do a better job of presenting the #PublicGood that #HigherEd represents
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"Rights, liberties, and freedoms are never secure when they lie dormant or unused." Interesting article in the latest volume of the Journal of Academic Freedom. Rather than thinking of #AcademicFreedom as a defense against attacks, we should make it an active practice.
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Conspicuously Exercising Academic Freedom as a Response to Incremental Threats
Abstract:
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November 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"Rights, liberties, and freedoms are never secure when they lie dormant or unused." Interesting article in the latest volume of the Journal of Academic Freedom. Rather than thinking of #AcademicFreedom as a defense against attacks, we should make it an active practice.
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We should always be reviewing our programs, making sure they fit our mission and serve the needs of our students, adding, tweaking, and phasing out as needed. The process gets fraught though when it's driven by cost savings rather than academic program health.
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U. of Nebraska’s Attempt to Measure Academic Programs’ Productivity Draws Faculty Ire
Administrators at the Lincoln campus say insufficient state aid and a decline in enrollment resulted in a $27.5-million budget deficit.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
We should always be reviewing our programs, making sure they fit our mission and serve the needs of our students, adding, tweaking, and phasing out as needed. The process gets fraught though when it's driven by cost savings rather than academic program health.
www.chronicle.com/article/a-un...
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Join a discussion of the actors behind the current administration's compact for higher education.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Who is Marc Rowan? The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Higher Ed Loyalty Oath & How We Fight Back. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about...
Billionaire Marc Rowan, CEO of the private equity giant Apollo Global Management, is a key author of the Trump administration's "Compact" for higher ed—a loyalty oath that would award federal research...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Join a discussion of the actors behind the current administration's compact for higher education.
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An interesting listen, for any supporters of #public #HigerEd as a #PublicGood ( #PublicGoodU ). I've added the book to my shopping cart.
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408. The University Unfettered – tea for teaching
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September 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM
An interesting listen, for any supporters of #public #HigerEd as a #PublicGood ( #PublicGoodU ). I've added the book to my shopping cart.
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Candice Vacin, president of the SUNY Faculty Council of Community Colleges, and I led a tabletop exercise on common shared governance scenarios and participated in a panel discussion for the Academic Affairs division at Rockland Community College today to help kick off their academic year.
August 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Candice Vacin, president of the SUNY Faculty Council of Community Colleges, and I led a tabletop exercise on common shared governance scenarios and participated in a panel discussion for the Academic Affairs division at Rockland Community College today to help kick off their academic year.
Do colleges suppress diverse opinions, as is often claimed by culture warriors? Not according to students, who feel respected by peers and faculty, who feel a sense of belonging, and who think their campuses do a good job in this area. #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom
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Most Students Say College Does Well Promoting Free Speech
Most students say their college does an "excellent" or "good" job promoting free speech and that they feel respected by other students and faculty.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Do colleges suppress diverse opinions, as is often claimed by culture warriors? Not according to students, who feel respected by peers and faculty, who feel a sense of belonging, and who think their campuses do a good job in this area. #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom
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I'm going to miss working directly with our #SUNY #Chancellor. His recent editorial is well worth reading.
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Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Trying to Unravel One of Our Greatest National Accomplishments
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July 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I'm going to miss working directly with our #SUNY #Chancellor. His recent editorial is well worth reading.
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This is a bad idea. Presidents need legitimate #governance leadership partners to make the best decisions for their campuses, not an echo chamber. Strong, competent presidents know this. #PoliticalInterference #SharedGovernance
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In Texas, Presidents May Soon Control Faculty Senates
A bill awaiting Gov. Abbott’s signature would require college administrators to set procedures for faculty governing bodies and appoint their leaders, part of an effort to address “liberal faculty con...
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July 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is a bad idea. Presidents need legitimate #governance leadership partners to make the best decisions for their campuses, not an echo chamber. Strong, competent presidents know this. #PoliticalInterference #SharedGovernance
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I'll believe it when It's more than just a series of press releases and campus web pages.
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thehill.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I'll believe it when It's more than just a series of press releases and campus web pages.
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Well, there were certainly diverse viewpoints at the conference... But Roth's point is valid, there is an existential attack on higher education from the government, and now is the time to fight back against it, not among ourselves
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Scholars Lambaste Higher Ed While Trump Upends It
This year’s Heterodox Academy conference—the first since Republicans retook the White House—featured similar complaints about academe as in years past. But the federal government’s sweeping interventi...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Well, there were certainly diverse viewpoints at the conference... But Roth's point is valid, there is an existential attack on higher education from the government, and now is the time to fight back against it, not among ourselves
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Great networking at the National Council of Faculty Senates #NCFS meeting. Happy to represent @sunyofficial.bsky.social and SUNY University Faculty Senate there. I've finally got the photos and presentations posted. #SharedGovernance #DEIB #CivilDiscourse
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NCFS 2025 Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the National Council of Faculty Senates took place May 29-30, hosted at Francis Marion University. With all of the disruptions that higher education is facing these days, it i…
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June 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Great networking at the National Council of Faculty Senates #NCFS meeting. Happy to represent @sunyofficial.bsky.social and SUNY University Faculty Senate there. I've finally got the photos and presentations posted. #SharedGovernance #DEIB #CivilDiscourse
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Recent meeting of Academic Affairs for the SUNY Board, including my remarks as outgoing Trustee and President of the University Faculty Senate. Go to 26:25 for intro by Provost and Trustee Litow, or to 29:00 if you want to go straight to my remarks.
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2025-06-03 Academic Affairs Committee
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June 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Recent meeting of Academic Affairs for the SUNY Board, including my remarks as outgoing Trustee and President of the University Faculty Senate. Go to 26:25 for intro by Provost and Trustee Litow, or to 29:00 if you want to go straight to my remarks.
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Of course we need a diversity of viewpoints on campus. I'm glad the article calls for campus conservatives to oppose the federal assault on #HigherEd, but where are the examples that this is actually happening? Where are the conservative think tanks pushing back?
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www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The Conscience of a Campus Conservative
We must stand up to Trump’s reactionary arsonists.
www.chronicle.com
May 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Of course we need a diversity of viewpoints on campus. I'm glad the article calls for campus conservatives to oppose the federal assault on #HigherEd, but where are the examples that this is actually happening? Where are the conservative think tanks pushing back?
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
The damage to US research leadership will be devastating; will take a long time to recover
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The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump
As President Trump guts American research institutions, world leaders see a “once-in-a-century brain gain opportunity.”
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May 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The damage to US research leadership will be devastating; will take a long time to recover
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/b...
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If you would like to add your name to the over 250 librarians and library workers, who have already signed this joint statement condemning the dismissal of Dr. Carla Hayden, visit docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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Statement against Carla Hayden's Firing May 14 2025.docx
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May 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Lots of legal ways to build an inclusive incoming class. Agree that class is important, given the role of education to fight the income inequality we see in our country. But also first generation, veterans, recruiting from impoverished districts, etc
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Opinion | Higher Ed Brought This on Itself
The university made itself a target by embracing affirmative action.
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May 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Lots of legal ways to build an inclusive incoming class. Agree that class is important, given the role of education to fight the income inequality we see in our country. But also first generation, veterans, recruiting from impoverished districts, etc
www.chronicle.com/article/high...
www.chronicle.com/article/high...
"Academic Freedom and Civil Discourse in Higher Education" - less than half of faculty feel supported w/re #AcademicFreedom; faculty are self-censoring; 2/3 avoid controversial topics with colleagues; etc
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April 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Academic Freedom and Civil Discourse in Higher Education" - less than half of faculty feel supported w/re #AcademicFreedom; faculty are self-censoring; 2/3 avoid controversial topics with colleagues; etc
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"Harnessing the Power of Higher Education to Renew American Democracy" - unequal access to education undermines democracy, we need to focus on student access and completion, renewing civic education
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April 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Harnessing the Power of Higher Education to Renew American Democracy" - unequal access to education undermines democracy, we need to focus on student access and completion, renewing civic education
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"Many leaders are prioritizing behind-the-scenes resistance over protests and op-eds, according to the president of the Council of Independent Colleges." - we need to protect our students & our values, will quiet #resistance be enough?
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How college presidents are quietly resisting federal attacks on higher education
Many leaders of institutions favor behind-the-scenes resistance over protests and op-eds, the Council of Independent Colleges’ president writes.
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March 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
"Many leaders are prioritizing behind-the-scenes resistance over protests and op-eds, according to the president of the Council of Independent Colleges." - we need to protect our students & our values, will quiet #resistance be enough?
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#SUNY Chancellor King interview on PBS NewsHour, on the negative impacts coming from cuts to the Department of Education. @sunyofficial.bsky.social
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Trump's cuts are designed to 'undermine public education,' former secretary says
President Trump has said he wants to eliminate the Department of Education. Tuesday, his administration slashed 50 percent of its workforce. It’s an enormous reduction for the agency that’s currently ...
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March 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
#SUNY Chancellor King interview on PBS NewsHour, on the negative impacts coming from cuts to the Department of Education. @sunyofficial.bsky.social
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