The Alliance unites higher education to protect: the freedom to teach, think, and learn; the ability to self-govern without partisan influence; and a sector where all students have a fair opportunity to learn and thrive.
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There are no workarounds to higher education's contemporary authoritarian challenges nor the sector's shortcomings.
The only way out is through. By building coalitions in defense of and in the advancement of knowledge, democracy, and the freedom to teach, learn, and research.
Looking forward to this on Thursday!
"The proposed budget by this administration eliminates access to programs like TRIO, GEAR UP, child care for college students funding for MSIs, Medicaid, federal work student grants... and research funding focused on DEI. The hardest part of college should be in the classroom, not outside of it."
New research shows how institutional preemptive and over-compliance with anti-DEI laws allow policies to surpass their original goals, amplifying a chilling effect that harms students, faculty, and the freedom to teach, learn and research.
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OMB's latest rule proposal replaces peer review with political authority.
Public comment is open now! Please join us and @standupforscience.net to stop the weaponization of federal funds to control knowledge and the freedom to teach, learn, and research.
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On the Future Trends Forum just now @michaelhgavin.bsky.social says we should expect a major conservative push on general education this fall.
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There are no workarounds against the multi-decade, multi-billion-dollar movement to dismantle higher education. The harm is indeed to democracy and our students. For example, the state-level assaults on higher education began prior to the current
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"Compliance ceases to be a fixed legal threshold and becomes an ever-narrowing set of assumptions about political risk," write @jackiepedota.bsky.social (@umassboston.bsky.social), @garceslm.bsky.social (@alliancehighered.bsky.social), and Eliza Epstein in @insidehighered.com:
I spoke with Edwin Eisendrath on his show "It's the Democracy Stupid" @heartlandsignal.bsky.social about Iowa's (Orwellian) Center for Intellectual Freedom, attacks on higher education, and critical race theory. @alliancehighered.bsky.social
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Edwin Eisendrath is joined by Victor Ray, University of Iowa associate professor in the Departments of Sociology & Criminology and African American Studies and vice president of The American Sociologi...
