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Boards and Administrators Won’t Defend Higher Ed From Trump. It’s Up to Us.
To fight fascism, university faculty, staff and students must show our power.
Underfunded HBCUs Ponder Future Amid Trump’s Education Cuts
Most students at historically Black colleges and universities rely on Pell Grants or other federal aid.
Columbia’s Acquiescence to Trump Was Disgraceful. As Faculty, We Demand Better.
We cannot conduct business as usual if Columbia’s administrators won't defend academic freedom or student rights.
Trump Moves to Revoke Federal Funds From Brown University, Citing “Antisemitism”
Trump’s attacks on universities are “dangerous and politically motivated,” said New York Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler.
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.
Pressley: Tufts’s Ozturk Is a “Political Prisoner” Who Was “Kidnapped” by ICE
Ozturk has been brought to an immigration jail in Louisiana where there is “rampant abuse,” rights advocates say.
Puerto Rico Protests Against Higher Ed Cuts Follow Long Fight Against Austerity
The university showdown is the latest chapter in a decades-long struggle against austerity on the archipelago.
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.
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.
Pro-Palestine Campus Organizers: Demilitarization & Democratization Go Together
Campus-based Palestine solidarity organizing is global. It’s not backing down.