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Silence Isn’t a Strategy: Academic Leaders Must Resist Assault on Higher Ed
Capitulating to the assault on higher education will only bring more attacks.
Trump Administration Is Investigating CA Privacy Protections for Trans Students
The Department of Education is threatening to pull state funding if officials don't out trans kids to their parents.
Educators Sue Trump Over Plan to Eliminate Education Department
“Nothing is more important than the success of students,” said National Education Association President Becky Pringle.
K-12 Leaders Rejected Weaponization of Antisemitism Claims. Why Won’t Higher Ed?
Columbia has capitulated in what one scholar calls “an ideological battle to shut down any dissent” against Trump.
Project 2025 Lays Out Broader Goal of Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Ed Dept.
The real target is anything that the government does to make the country more equal, says journalist Jennifer Berkshire.
Columbia University Historians Warn of Trump’s Threat to Academic Freedom
“Authoritarian regimes always seek to gain control over independent academic institutions,” the historians warned.
War Architects Enjoy Top Academic Gigs 22 Years After Illegal Invasion of Iraq
As Gaza’s genocidaires receive plum positions at universities, they’re joining a cohort of experienced warmongers.
New Oklahoma School Curriculum Requires Students to Learn “The Big Lie”
The new standards would require students to “identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results.”
Pro-Palestine Campus Organizers: Demilitarization & Democratization Go Together
Campus-based Palestine solidarity organizing is global. It’s not backing down.
I Was Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech Amid AI-Generated Smears
Rather than investigate the source of these allegations, Yale Law School accepted them at face value.