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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 1d

A Compact for Control:
No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.
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A Compact for Control (opinion)

No self-respecting institution of higher education should accept the Trump administration’s unconstitutional terms, Robert Post and Tom Ginsburg write.

www.insidehighered.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 3d

@aacu.org has stepped up & called the Trump "compact" for higher ed what it is: "The compact is, in effect, an ultimatum...This is not constructive engagement." Big question is where is @aau.edu? If your university is part of AAU, write to your president & trustees now.
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AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for… | AAC&U

AAC&U Statement on the Trump Administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

www.aacu.org

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 2d

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 3d

I missed this earlier this week, but the Directors of NIAID, NICHD, NIMHD, & NINR were all fired. The NIAID Director, Mazzaro, was likely fired in retaliation for speaking out against the anti-vaccine moves made by the administration.

Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint

www.nytimes.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 3d

Friends @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is doing well— she’s at home, released last night. I’ll let her speak on the ordeal when she’s ready but for now wanted to share this update.

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · 4d

Please call Cook County DA and ask them to drop charges against the group of protesters arrested in Chicago yesterday: (312) 603-1880

This is particularly for Illinois residents, but national calls couldn’t hurt.

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 4d

Facing censorship challenges? You’re not alone.
Join us Oct 7 at noon CT for a free webinar on two ALA resources, Law for Librarians + Library Helplines, designed to help you push back.
Learn more and check out other free #BannedBooksWeek events at https://www.ala.org/bbooks/events

Censorship is so 1984. Librarians Supporting Eash Other to Confront Book Bans. Tuesday, October 7, 2025. Law for Librarians, Intellectual Freedom Hotline,

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 5d

This is who @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social is. Brilliant. Fearless. I fucking hate typing this shit out: Free Eman.

Amplify amplify amplify please.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 11d

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 11d

It was never about the kids www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

The Texas Tech University system, one of the largest in the state, took steps to restrict academic discussions of gender, directing faculty in a letter circulated on Friday that they “must comply” with an executive order from President Trump recognizing only male and female genders.

The move, apparently a first among large institutions of higher education, raised alarm among professors and advocates of academic freedom across Texas. It signaled that an effort to restrict teaching about transgender people and other gender topics in K-12 classrooms — explicitly prohibited by Texas law — was expanding to colleges and universities, where no such ban exists.

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 19d

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 19d

With Doxing On the Rise, Here Are 7 Tips to Stay Safe Online

Experts offer solutions to prevent doxing and advice about how to respond and keep yourself safe if it happens to you. https://bit.ly/47KLTrY

#AcaemicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

A student looking at a cellphone with a bunch of fists flying out of it.

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 18d

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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 19d

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
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Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 18d

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19d

Here is my best understanding of the timeline:
*A MAGA student recorded professor, objected to gender content
*Had one or more meetings with A&M President, which she also records
*He first tells her no-one is getting fired
*Recording released, political pressure, he fires professor, later resigns

Welsh’s action marks a sharp turn from his comments captured in one of the clips circulated Monday, in which he told a student upset about the content that “firing” the professor was “not happening.” The shift follows mounting political pressure from Republican lawmakers, including Texas Rep. Brian Harrison, R-Midlothian, who posted the clips online and called on state and federal officials to investigate.

The video, which does not show anyone’s face, captures audio of a student objecting to a professor teaching that there are more than two genders. The student says this conflicts with President Donald J. Trump’s executive order and her religious beliefs, and the professor responds she has a right to teach the lesson and the student has a right to leave. It is unclear when the video was shot, and Texas A&M officials have not identified the student or the professor involved.

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · 19d

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MU warns staff about social media, says employees 'do not have unlimited rights to speak'

As controversy around free speech and personal social media use swirled in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, Mizzou clarified its stance and expectations.

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · 19d

Strategies to Protect Yourself Online in the Current Climate

A Guide from the AAUP and Faculty First Responders

www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 21d

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AAUP @aaup.org · 21d

BREAKING:

A historic coalition of national & California labor unions led by the AAUP filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration challenging the illegal & coercive use of civil rights laws to attack the University of California system & the rights of their members.

UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts

University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions camp...

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · 21d

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Funding cut for IU programs that 'do not advance American interests or values'

The U.S. Department of Education is ending funding for more than a dozen Indiana University programs that "do not advance American interests or values," according to a Sept. 10 letter. The loss of fun...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28d

The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.

Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 28d

Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral

Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · 28d

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · 28d

Female law faculty, students are getting unsettling texts

Since the start of the year, women law professors, deans and students have received messages on their personal cellphones saying things like, “Law school isn’t fair for us men.” The FBI is reportedly ...

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · 28d

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Video of clash over gender-identity content in Texas A&M children’s lit class leads to firing, removals

After the video fueled outrage, a professor was fired and two college leaders removed from their administrative roles for approving content inconsistent with the course’s description.

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · Sep 5

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · Sep 5

So if you remember that frustrating article a couple of weeks ago at the Dispatch suggesting that we ought to save the sciences by shoving the humanities overboard, I wrote a response to the financial illiteracy and moral cowardice of that position: thedispatch.com/article/univ...

How (Not) to Save the American University

Why splitting the sciences and humanities—and appeasing Trump—won’t work.

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · Sep 5

Before 9/29, comment on a proposed rule that international students will only have a fixed time during which they are permitted to stay in the United States:

Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media

Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...

www.federalregister.gov

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · Sep 4

link to the Thursday event: form.laborbase.org/252314251674...

Unite for Science! UAW 4811 Science Fair for Canceled Research

Please click the link to complete this form.

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · Sep 4

link to the Wednesday event: forms.gle/rMHPjNMjA1DM...

UCLA Science Fair for Suspended Research

We are holding a Science Fair for Suspended Research at two events to highlight the importance of research that is at risk in the recent federal funding cuts. The first event, sponsored by the UCLA Fa...

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We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social · Sep 4

Two events: the event on Wed Sep 10 from 11:30am to 1:30pm, at the northwest corner of Westwood and Le Conte, and the event on Thurs Sep 11 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in Rolfe Courtyard (the Thurs event is sponsored by UAW 4811)

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