College: One troubling trend for American universities is coming at the worst possible time.
5 months ago

College: One troubling trend for American universities is coming at the worst possible time.

Slate  

It is urgent that the leaders of colleges and universities stand up in defense of their interests and the values of higher education. This may seem straightforward, but in the wake of Oct. 7 and controversies over statements concerning the atrocities, many academic leaders have embraced a doctrine of “institutional neutrality.” Recalling the bruising hearings with lawmakers in December 2023 and the campus protests of last spring, it seemed to many safer to celebrate a doctrine that called for silence. After years of encouraging “more speech” as a sign of a school’s commitment to freedom of expression, the fear of offending students, faculty, and, especially, lawmakers and donors has led many academic leaders to retreat from the public sphere. Although for decades schools have interacted well with Republican and Democratic representatives, the brazen VP candidate has declared that “universities are the enemy.” The Trump agenda promises to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion departments and to punish those schools who do not live up to a right-wing version of civil rights standards. This week, the candidates spoke of using the military against those who don’t share their views, referring to Democrats as “the enemy within.” As Ian Bassin has noted, “There is not a case in American history where a presidential candidate has run for office on a promise that they would exact retribution against anyone they perceive as not supporting them in the campaign.” We must not be neutral about this.

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Trump and the silencing of America’s universities
1 week, 3 days ago

Trump and the silencing of America’s universities

The Hindu  

The 1960s and 1970s saw a significant shift in the academic landscape, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Understandably, Mr. Trump’s immigration policies are deeply rooted in his nationalist and populist ideology, which emphasises the need to protect American jobs and culture from perceived external threats. In a joint letter, presidents of over 50 universities urged Mr. Trump to …

If universities fall, democracy is one step closer to demise
2 weeks, 1 day ago

If universities fall, democracy is one step closer to demise

LA Times  

Hello and happy Thursday. Write that on a blackboard 100 times and never forget it.” That charming list of perceived villains might seem like a blast from the past, except that Vice President JD Vance ended a 2021 speech railing against American universities with that “professors” portion of the Nixon quote. "#NatCon pic.twitter.com/YCTfIw3M1y — National Conservatism November 3, 2021 Brian …

Trump wants to deport foreign students like me. Universities must defy him
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump wants to deport foreign students like me. Universities must defy him

Al Jazeera  

Universities will get nowhere by facilitating the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian students. Mischaracterising the antiwar protests that took place across US campuses last year, Trump was quoted as saying in a White House fact sheet: “To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we …

A College President Gets Real About Trump’s Attack on Universities
2 weeks, 2 days ago

A College President Gets Real About Trump’s Attack on Universities

Politico  

But in an interview with POLITICO Magazine, Roth said he worries that a growing number of colleges have adopted positions of institutional neutrality in a misguided effort to avoid controversy. Roth said he has no desire to fight the Trump administration just for the sake of it, but that universities need to remain fierce advocates of students’ right to protest …

What colleges will do under Trump: How presidents of universities can react.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What colleges will do under Trump: How presidents of universities can react.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Anticipating how best to be obedient, they aim to please those at the vanguard of what Mark Zuckerberg called a “cultural tipping point.” It’s one thing to be reminded that “elections have consequences,” but quite another to insist that …

US universities brace for education policies overhaul under Trump
4 months ago

US universities brace for education policies overhaul under Trump

Al Jazeera  

School initiatives focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion are likely to be first on the chopping block. Overhauling liberal education Among the proposals Trump or his backers have floated are the shuttering of all diversity and equity offices across the federal government and the removal of chief diversity officers, the targeting of other offices that have traditionally served underrepresented groups, …

Donald Trump's plan to reform higher education in the USA, wants to eliminate 'Marxist lunacy' from universities
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump's plan to reform higher education in the USA, wants to eliminate 'Marxist lunacy' from universities

Op India  

On 11th November, social media influencer Collin Rugg shared a video of President-elect Donald Trump announcing a sweeping plan to overhaul the higher education system in the United States. Protecting American traditions and cutting costs In his statement, Trump criticised rising tuition costs, attributing it to “wasteful administrative positions.” He said his plan would mandate colleges to defend American traditions, …

How Trump’s win could reshape UC research, LGBTQ+ rights and student loan forgiveness
4 months, 2 weeks ago

How Trump’s win could reshape UC research, LGBTQ+ rights and student loan forgiveness

LA Times  

California’s schools, colleges and universities are girding for potentially sweeping changes under a new Trump administration, based on his starkly different vision for education gleaned from campaign pledges, the GOP platform and his past actions. Trump and conservative allies could reduce federal financial aid, privatize student loans and end student loan forgiveness. “Under Trump, higher education in the US will …

'You’re not a school anymore': Trump plan would 'threaten the existence of universities'
5 months, 2 weeks ago

'You’re not a school anymore': Trump plan would 'threaten the existence of universities'

Raw Story  

A video recording shows high-ranking Republican elected officials threatening to pull federal funding from universities and strip their official accreditation as punishment for campus protests. House majority leader Steve Scalise met last week in Washington with the powerful pro-Israel lobby group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and The Guardian reviewed video showing him describe how Republicans would coordinate with …

Donald Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. Some professors would welcome it
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump wants to dismantle the Department of Education. Some professors would welcome it

Salon  

Donald Trump has never made a secret of his antipathy to higher education, but scapegoating the academy has become a central preoccupation of his second presidential run. If Trump takes the White House in November his administration could abolish the Department of Education, as called for by Project 2025; levy fines on universities and use them to fund an online …

University protests: What the past two weeks have really revealed about America.
10 months, 3 weeks ago

University protests: What the past two weeks have really revealed about America.

Slate  

In the chaos of the past few weeks, as adults across so many disciplines have reacted to student protesters with suspensions, zip ties, violent police raids, arrests, and worse, it seems everyone has forgotten something very elemental about university students: They are raw idealists. Students are supposed to be volatile and passionate—they’re the new members of our society who shake …

Column: The truth about the Harvard president’s ouster
1 year, 2 months ago

Column: The truth about the Harvard president’s ouster

LA Times  

You may have heard during the last few days about the resignation by the president of a smallish university in New England. “The biggest threats to speech are coming from people who write the laws and set the budgets, not from students.. University trustees in public institutions are increasingly political appointees determined to impose right wing values.” He’s right. By …

Column: Antisemitism debate shows colleges have lost their way
1 year, 3 months ago

Column: Antisemitism debate shows colleges have lost their way

LA Times  

Believe it or not, one recent divisive week in Washington did manage to produce a cause on which 303 members of the House could agree: condemning the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, MIT and Harvard. In between impeachment talk and the battle for Ukraine funding, the House passed a resolution calling out antisemitism on college campuses as well as …

Plan to use taxpayer dollars for a Trump University reboot trashed by WSJ
1 year, 4 months ago

Plan to use taxpayer dollars for a Trump University reboot trashed by WSJ

Raw Story  

The Wall Street Journal on Monday trashed Donald Trump's proposal to create a new taxpayer-funded online university to "compete directly" for college students. The former president announced what the newspaper called "Trump University 2.0" in a Truth Social video, but which would actually be called the "American Academy," but the Journal's editorial board questioned the need for such an institution …

Trump floats idea for ‘American Academy’ years after his Trump University ‘sham’ cost him $25m
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump floats idea for ‘American Academy’ years after his Trump University ‘sham’ cost him $25m

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Despite agreeing to a $25m settlement after the New York …

Trump promises to launch free online university where support for 'jihadists' is outlawed
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump promises to launch free online university where support for 'jihadists' is outlawed

Raw Story  

As the son who bears his name testified in the New York City courtroom where Donald Trump is being sued for fraud, the former president Wednesday dropped a Truth Social video detailing plans for a new public university that he said would not condone support of “savages and jihadists.” “Americans have been horrified to see students and faculty at Harvard …

Repeated calls for pay restraint among university leaders ‘could be dangerous’
1 year, 6 months ago

Repeated calls for pay restraint among university leaders ‘could be dangerous’

The Independent  

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Florida College Students Rebuke Ron DeSantis By Hosting Their Own Graduation
1 year, 10 months ago

Florida College Students Rebuke Ron DeSantis By Hosting Their Own Graduation

Huff Post  

A student makes her way past the sign at New College of Florida, Jan. 20, 2023, in Sarasota, Florida. DeSantis has stoked fury among New College students and national voters alike by leveraging a culture war on so-called “wokeness” against schools and corporations across the state. According to The New York Times, DeSantis said New College of Florida has had …

Trump vows to go after ‘radical Left’ colleges, echoing DeSantis approach
1 year, 10 months ago

Trump vows to go after ‘radical Left’ colleges, echoing DeSantis approach

Politico  

Trump’s plan: Trump said he would “fire” the existing accrediting organizations that oversee colleges and universities and replace them with new accreditors who would impose a range of new standards on colleges. Colleges would also be required to offer options for “accelerated and low-cost degrees” and provide “meaningful job placement and career services.” And Trump would also force colleges to …

A college in upheaval: War on ‘woke’ sparks fear in Florida
1 year, 11 months ago

A college in upheaval: War on ‘woke’ sparks fear in Florida

Associated Press  

SARASOTA, Fla. — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed. Ron DeSantis has targeted the tiny school on the shores of Sarasota Bay as a staging ground for his war on “woke.” The governor and his allies say New College, a progressive school with a prominent LGBTQ+ community, is indoctrinating …

A college in upheaval: War on ‘woke’ sparks fear in Florida
1 year, 11 months ago

A college in upheaval: War on ‘woke’ sparks fear in Florida

Associated Press  

SARASOTA, Fla. — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed. “It felt very much like New College was a little bubble in Florida,” said Willem Aspinall, 19, an environmental studies major who grew up in a Chicago suburb. “Now it feels like everything has blown up.” She adds, “I’m trying …

US universities forced Trump administration to retreat on foreign students
4 years, 8 months ago

US universities forced Trump administration to retreat on foreign students

Hindustan Times  

President Donald Trump-led administration gave up within 5 minutes of the start of arguments in a federal court in Boston on Tuesday, and to the relief of hundreds of US universities and their hundreds of thousands of international students including many from India, its lawyer told the judge they were rescinding the controversial order issued last week. “They also agreed …

The partisan rift over college will haunt us (Opinion)
5 years, 7 months ago

The partisan rift over college will haunt us (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: David M. Perry is a journalist and historian. Thanks especially to public colleges and universities, but also due to civil rights legislation and its acceleration of desegregation and co-education, increased access to private education beyond the wealthy, and other related factors, America grudgingly stumbled into an era where pretty much everyone could access some form of affordable and …

The truth about the "campus free speech" crusade and its myths that won't die
5 years, 11 months ago

The truth about the "campus free speech" crusade and its myths that won't die

Salon  

Let’s not let the controversy over the Mueller Report’s reception eclipse what President Donald Trump is doing to advance the long-running conservative crusade against liberal arts colleges, that helped to elect him in the first place. The underside of the “free speech” crusade’s attack on colleges was sidelined by media coverage of the 2015 outbreak of “political correctness” at Yale, …

What’s Stopping College Students from Political Engagement?
7 years, 6 months ago

What’s Stopping College Students from Political Engagement?

Huff Post  

Former Congressman Tip O’Neill, the 47th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is famously quoted for the simple phrase: “All politics is local.” This couldn’t be truer on college campuses, where students expend extraordinary amounts of grassroots energy to address hyper-localized, campus-specific issues. Whether it be a divestment campaign or efforts to increase student voice in education planning, many …

How For-Profit Colleges Sell 'Risky Education' To The Most Vulnerable
8 years ago

How For-Profit Colleges Sell 'Risky Education' To The Most Vulnerable

NPR  

How For-Profit Colleges Sell 'Risky Education' To The Most Vulnerable For-profit colleges have faced federal and state investigations in recent years for their aggressive recruiting tactics — accusations that come as no surprise to author Tressie McMillan Cottom. Cottom worked as an enrollment officer at two different for-profit colleges, but quit because she felt uncomfortable selling students an education they …

How the UC system is bracing for an escalation of political clashes ahead of Trump
8 years, 2 months ago

How the UC system is bracing for an escalation of political clashes ahead of Trump

LA Times  

On Friday, Breitbart provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’s appearance at UC Davis was canceled in the face of loud protests. Yiannopoulos — who is scheduled to speak at UCLA, UC Berkeley and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo over the next three weeks as part of his national “Dangerous Faggot” tour — may be the firebrand of the moment, but university officials believe …

Demands of 'snowflake' students pose threat to freedom of speech, universities warned
8 years, 2 months ago

Demands of 'snowflake' students pose threat to freedom of speech, universities warned

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Universities could …

Students Are Taking A Stand Against Donald Trump’s Immigration Policies On Campus
8 years, 4 months ago

Students Are Taking A Stand Against Donald Trump’s Immigration Policies On Campus

Huff Post  

Protesters block the entrance to Trump Tower over Donald Trump's immigration policies in New York City before being arrested on Aug. 31. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Students at over 50 colleges and universities planned to walk out of class Wednesday to push their schools to adopt “sanctuary campus” policies to keep undocumented students safe from deportation. “It’s to show this …

Petitions to cancel classes at universities after Trump win
8 years, 4 months ago

Petitions to cancel classes at universities after Trump win

Daily Mail  

Students at colleges across the country have started petitions urging their professors to cancel classes due tot heir 'emotional distress after Donald Trump won the election. A Yale economics professor announced he was making an exam 'optional' after receiving 'heartfelt notes' from multiple students who were in shock over the election result The University of Maryland was one of a …

Are for-profit colleges bad? A.J. Angulo explains the history of for-profit colleges and what they have to do with Trump University.
8 years, 8 months ago

Are for-profit colleges bad? A.J. Angulo explains the history of for-profit colleges and what they have to do with Trump University.

Slate  

This article is part of the United States of Debt, our third Slate Academy. So with Trump University, you have almost an outlier, the extreme on one end of the spectrum, where it’s like “We’re really not giving you much at all, and you’re being sold to.” One of the things that surprised me most about your book was the …

The College Question: A Challenge For The Next President
8 years, 9 months ago

The College Question: A Challenge For The Next President

Huff Post  

As the presumptive nominees travel across the country pitching their priorities to voters gathered in church basements, community centers, and football stadiums, a pattern has emerged: Let’s call it, “The College Question.” It usually goes In response, the candidates toss back well prepared responses about a narrow slice of the challenges college students face, usually about debt or skyrocketing tuition. …

It's all a con: Trump's presidential campaign is as big a scam as Trump University
8 years, 9 months ago

It's all a con: Trump's presidential campaign is as big a scam as Trump University

Salon  

There is no longer any doubt that Donald Trump’s defunct real estate school, Trump University, was one big scam that operated to swindle credulous people out of their money. As Ronald Schnackenberg, a former sales manager at the for-profit venture wrote in his testimony: “I believe that Trump University was a fraudulent scheme and that it preyed upon the elderly …

Here Is Every Bogus Claim in Donald Trump’s Defense of Trump University
8 years, 9 months ago

Here Is Every Bogus Claim in Donald Trump’s Defense of Trump University

Slate  

Donald Trump released yet another statement Tuesday afternoon about the doings at Trump University—this time amid an uproar over his racist comments about Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge who is hearing a case against Trump’s defunct wealth-seminar company. Let’s dive in, claim by claim: Trump writes: Throughout the litigation my attorneys have continually demonstrated that students who participated in Trump …

Trump University was a "scam from beginning to end": The most damning allegations against the "school"
8 years, 9 months ago

Trump University was a "scam from beginning to end": The most damning allegations against the "school"

Salon  

Trump University promised to turn students into successful real estate investors, but according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the for-profit school was nothing but a "scam from beginning to end." One former employee testified that a member of the Trump University sales team with "no real estate experience" and a background in jewelry sales served as an instructor …

Trump University is a microcosm of Trump's campaign: Why Clinton is right to call him a dangerous huckster
8 years, 9 months ago

Trump University is a microcosm of Trump's campaign: Why Clinton is right to call him a dangerous huckster

Salon  

Donald Trump's hucksterism is well-established by now. The fraud started with the name of the organization, and you can't just go around saying this is the George Stephanopolous Law Firm/Hospital/University without actually qualifying and registering, so it was really a fraud from beginning to end.” Like his campaign, Trump University was a con job. In a separate interview on MSNBC's …

Trump University Promised To Help People Profit Off The Foreclosure Crisis
8 years, 9 months ago

Trump University Promised To Help People Profit Off The Foreclosure Crisis

NPR  

Trump University Promised To Help People Profit Off The Foreclosure Crisis Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D. Franklin/AP Ross D. Franklin/AP Picture this. The internal documents also show how Trump University offered advice on how to profit off the "Great Recession" that peaked in 2008 and caused housing prices to plummet. "Your dreams are all you need, and all …

Hard Sell: The Potential Political Consequences Of The Trump University Documents
8 years, 9 months ago

Hard Sell: The Potential Political Consequences Of The Trump University Documents

NPR  

Hard Sell: The Potential Political Consequences Of The Trump University Documents Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images Trump University was no university the way most people think of one. But the Trump U. documents give Democrats fodder to frame Trump the way they did Mitt Romney in 2012 — as someone who's part of a …

Watch a Cornered Donald Trump Reveal Himself for What He Really Is: A Deceptive Sleazebag
9 years ago

Watch a Cornered Donald Trump Reveal Himself for What He Really Is: A Deceptive Sleazebag

Slate  

Donald Trump is currently facing three lawsuits—two class-action suits in San Diego and one brought by the attorney general of New York state—which allege that the “Trump University” program he ran from 2005 to 2010 was a scam. A lead plaintiff is now getting out of the case because it’s “so bad for her.” This might be the most upsetting …

The People Donald Trump Allegedly Ripped Off Through Trump University Look a Lot Like Trump Voters
9 years, 1 month ago

The People Donald Trump Allegedly Ripped Off Through Trump University Look a Lot Like Trump Voters

Slate  

The now-shuttered endeavor was Donald Trump’s foray into the for-profit-education biz. And now Trump is being sued by both former students and New York state, which claims the billionaire and the now-shuttered program engaged in “persistent fraudulent, illegal and deceptive conduct.” It’s the group of former students that could give Trump something of a campaign headache. That was when people …

A Nation of Trump Universities: The Abuses of For-Profit Colleges
11 years, 7 months ago

A Nation of Trump Universities: The Abuses of For-Profit Colleges

Huff Post  

Because the media loves discussing Donald Trump, it wasn't surprising to see heavy press coverage of a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman accusing the unlicensed Trump University of "persistent fraudulent, illegal and deceptive conduct." What is most significant about the Trump dust-up is that the conduct alleged -- false promises, high prices, weak educational programs, and …

For-Profit College Trade Group: Protectors of Bad Behavior
11 years, 9 months ago

For-Profit College Trade Group: Protectors of Bad Behavior

Huff Post  

The main trade association of for-profit colleges, APSCU, seems to exist for the purpose of protecting the worst, most abusive, most predatory conduct by its member companies. APSCU and members of the for-profit college industry, which receives over $30 billion per year from taxpayer funds, have spent tens of millions of dollars to fight -- with the Obama administration, in …

Letter: University politics
32 years, 1 month ago

Letter: University politics

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Observer reported as far back …

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