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The Nation Magazine
1 day ago
Trumpās first year of his second term featured a lawless grasp for power, exercised most dramatically in his culture war and reign of untrammeled corruption, writes Bob Borosage.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/donald-trump-2026-first-year/
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Dr. Karen Weaver
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Well, considering the world of NIL, rev share in DI, this seems a bit nuts:
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Augsburg runner with Olympic dreams barred by NCAA after accepting $6K donation
Mohammed Bati, a senior nursing major at Augsburg University, says the NCAA has informed him that he will be ineligible to compete in indoor and outdoor competitions in the coming season.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/augsburg-runner-olympic-dreams-barred-193411514.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall&utm_source=www.d3playbook.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=tufts-tops-fall-learfield-directors-cup-standings&_bhlid=1c4352e0057a281f74d5c562f841c585e2211c3e
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An appointment I wasn't expecting: Ron DeSantis named former University of Florida and Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees.
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Gov. DeSantis appoints former UF football coach to New College Board of Trustees - The Independent Florida Alligator
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed a new member to the New College of Floridaās Board of Trustees: former UF football head coach Urban Meyer.
https://www.alligator.org/article/2025/12/new-college-urban-meyer
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Mother Jones
4 days ago
Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AIās founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
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The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI
Clearview AIās founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/clearview-ai-immigration-ice-fbi-surveillance-facial-recognition-hoan-ton-that-hal-lambert-trump/
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New College of Florida alumni are blasting that dreadful
@nytimes.com
article, pointing out that it is riddled with multiple errors, falsities, and a fundamental misunderstanding of the situation.
www.novocollegian.org/blog/nca-res...
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NCA Responds to the New York Timesā December 28th Front Page Coverage of New College ā Novo Collegian Alliance
The front page of the Sunday, December 28, 2025 edition of the New York Times featured that paperās first major story on New College in two years. We stand in that awkward space between gratitud...
https://www.novocollegian.org/blog/nca-responds-to-the-new-york-times-december-28th-front-page-coverage-of-new-college
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Drew Harwell
3 days ago
New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding:
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ICE plans $100 million āwartime recruitmentā push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
https://wapo.st/44QrP5j
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Dave Zirin
4 days ago
Iāve been writing an annual column for 20 years on the year in sports and politics. Hereās this yearās edition. Short version: 2025 was the fucking worst. But maybe 2026 sees a turnaround thatās already being glimpsed in unlikely places
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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In a Year of Violent Tumult, the Sports World Was Silent
When the country needed them to speak out, most athletes kept mumāand a few openly embraced embraced Trumpism.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/2025-year-sports-review/
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The Guardian
6 days ago
Donald Trump in his own words ā the year in racism and misogyny
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Donald Trump in his own words ā the year in racism and misogyny
The president has increased the amount of invective heās spewed against women and people of color
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/donald-trump-racism-dei-misogyny-2025-review?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1767007879
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Charles Ornstein
5 days ago
āYou are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,ā is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters,
@megomatz.bsky.social
, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
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Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people theyāre writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, theyāve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles
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Don Moynihan
6 days ago
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok! So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: š§µ
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The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-recruiting-brochure-for-new
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As someone who has closely covered New College of Florida since early 2023, there are at least a dozen problems with this article (I stopped counting at 12). The most significant issue is how the reporter condenses runaway spending to a paragraph.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...
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New College of Florida Was Progressive. Then Gov. DeSantis Overhauled It.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/us/new-college-ron-desantis-florida-conservative.html
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Kansas Reflector
6 days ago
Opinion editor
@claywires.bsky.social
writes: Happy holidays, one and all, as Emporia Stateās worst president ever finally leaves the building
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Happy holidays, one and all, as Emporia State's worst president ever finally leaves the building ⢠Kansas Reflector
President Ken Hush gave Emporia State University the best Christmas present possible in 2025. He quit after four years.
https://kansasreflector.com/2025/12/28/happy-holidays-one-and-all-as-emporia-states-worst-president-ever-finally-leaves-the-building/
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The Upshot
11 days ago
On DOGEās watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/us/politics/doge-musk-trump-analysis.html
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Timothy Burke
12 days ago
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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National Press Club Journalism Institute
11 days ago
Save the date: We're hosting a free webinar with
@opensecrets.org
to help journalists cover the 2026 midterm elections with financial data top of mind. Learn how to find, download, and incorporate public data into your elections-focused storytelling on deadline (+ more).
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Following the Money in the 2026 Midterms - Resources for Local Journalists - Journalism Institute
The most consequential midterm election stories ā who is organizing, how money and messaging are taking shape, and which issues are reshaping voter priorities ā are already unfolding, long before the ...
https://www.pressclubinstitute.org/event/following-the-money-2026-midterms-coverage/
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Inside Higher Ed
15 days ago
Our Favorite Stories of 2025 From scoops gleaned through public records requests to deep analyses of current events, these were some of the Inside Higher Ed teamās favorite articles of this tumultuous year. https://bit.ly/3MVrGHr
#EDUSky
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Inside Higher Ed
15 days ago
The In-and-Out List As the calendar flips over, Inside Higher Ed looks back at what happened in 2025 and what could be in store for 2026, with the return of our in-and-out list. https://bit.ly/3Y4emD8
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Washington Monthly
12 days ago
To pay for tax cuts, Republicans cut graduate student loan support for female-dominated professions. That turns out to be bad policy and terrible politics.
@glastris.bsky.social
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/22/g...
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The GOP War on Nurses
Donald Trump and the Republicans cut graduate student loans for nurses and social workers to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/22/gop-war-on-nurses-graduate-student-loans-tax-cuts/
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CJ Ciaramella
12 days ago
Latest: I asked DHS' public affairs office if it considers recording or following federal law enforcement to be obstruction of justice. DHS response: "That sure sounds like obstruction of justice."
reason.com/2025/12/22/d...
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DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
https://reason.com/2025/12/22/dhs-says-recording-or-following-law-enforcement-sure-sounds-like-obstruction-of-justice/
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The Nation Magazine
12 days ago
To survive a school shooting is traumatic enough but to then face a racist smear campaign that falsely accuses you of being the murderer is even worse. That, writes @jeetheer.bsky.social, was the fate of a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.
https://bit.ly/3MO9hMK
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Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student
Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.
https://bit.ly/3MO9hMK
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Chris Dunker
12 days ago
Just re-upping this to note I got a "no comment" from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor and a "I can't really talk about it" from the university system president and
@journalstar.com
still ran the story.
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The chancellor report Nebraska says doesnāt exist. University paid $15K for it.
Despite paying $15,000 to the Center for Applied Research, NU said it is not in possession of the ā360-Degree Assessmentā of Chancellor Rodney Bennettās time leading the University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
https://journalstar.com/news/state-regional/education/article_260ce085-28e4-4827-b235-c27014b7e49c.html#tracking-source=mp-homepage
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The Wall Street Journal
12 days ago
Exclusive: Mike Penceās political group is poaching top officials from the Heritage Foundation as the conservative movement continues to splinter.
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Top Heritage Officials Flee to Mike Penceās Nonprofit as Think Tank Fractures
āThe former āvice āpresidentāās political group is poaching top officials from the āfoundation amid growing ideological fights within the conservative movement.
https://on.wsj.com/3Y3OpUd
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Hamilton Nolan
12 days ago
"Having a boss like Bari Weiss" is why many journalists are alcoholics
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David Folkenflik
12 days ago
My story on the decision of CBS Editor in Chief Bari Weiss to pull a 60 Minutes story on alleged abuses of Venezuelan migrants sent to notorious Salvadoran Center. Updated with this morning's remarks from Weiss:
www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...
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CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g-s1-103282/cbs-chief-bari-weiss-pulls-60-minutes-story
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The Intercept
15 days ago
Brooks had not only met Epstein in the past, but also attended a dinner alongside the infamous sex trafficker in 2011. There is still no addendum to his column saying this.
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NY Timesā David Brooks Said Thereās Too Much Focus on Jeffrey Epstein. Here He Is Hanging With Epstein.
New York Times columnist David Brooks appears at a 2011 dinner with Jeffrey Epstein in the latest set of photos from the House Oversight Committee.
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/18/david-brooks-jeffrey-epstein-photos/
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Inside Higher Ed
16 days ago
The Colleges That Couldnāt Survive 2025 At least 15 nonprofit institutions announced closures this year due to enrollment and financial challenges, down from 16 last year. There were also fewer mergers announced. https://bit.ly/4rZqCT7
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Inside Higher Ed
17 days ago
Utah System Head Calls Out Weber State for Censorship
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/12/17/utah-system-head-calls-out-weber-state-censorship?utm_campaign=IHESocialEditorial&utm_content=Utah+System+Head+Calls+Ou&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=bluesky
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ProPublica Guild
17 days ago
1/ At bargaining yesterday,
@propublica.org
management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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Harvard is investigating students who secretly recorded former president and current professor Larry Summers addressing his ties to notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein during class. (Summers is currently on leave.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/us/harvard-investigates-students-larry-summers-video-epstein.html
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David at FOIAball
17 days ago
The University of Arkansas spent $36,000 on balloons last year. After seeing what they got, we think it was worth every penny. In FOIAball this week, we EMBRACE THE HOG.
www.foiaball.com/p/college-fo...
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Prem Thakker ć
18 days ago
Who is Randy Fine and where did he come from? Spoke with folks on all sides of the aisle, a school board official he called a āwhore,ā a construction contractor who felt compelled to primary him, a classmate from his time causing ruckus in Harvard student government, and more to find out.
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Meet Randy Fine, Americaās Most Racist Congressman
The Florida lawmaker says 'destroy' mainstream Muslims. Who is he and where did he come from?
https://zeteo.com/p/meet-randy-fine-america-most-racist-congressman
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USA TODAY
18 days ago
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
https://bit.ly/4q5KZfA
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Matt Brown
18 days ago
cool idea ESPN! I wonder if anything might have inspired you?
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David at FOIAball
18 days ago
In FOIAball tomorrow, it's the post you've been waiting for... balloon expenses for all of college football's biggest programs Sign up today to get it tomorrow:
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Watching the NACIQI meeting and there's a
@themountaingoats.bsky.social
name drop by Bob Shireman. Not the crossover I expected.
18 days ago
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Jason Wilson
19 days ago
New from me today: Heritage has appointed Scott Yenor Director of its American Studies center. Yenor is the founder of the far right men only Society for American Civic Renewal lodges, and appears to oppose full legal equality for women
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āJust disgracefulā: outcry as Heritage thinktank appoints far-right figure to key post
Scott Yenor, who has offered views on women, marriage and LGBTQ rights, helped to found secretive fraternal order
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/15/heritage-foundation-thinktank-scott-yenor
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Texas Tribune
19 days ago
Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender.
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Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/texas-universities-ai-course-audits/
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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker
19 days ago
In 2025,
@pressfreedomtracker.us
documented at least 32 instances in which journalists were detained or charged ā just for doing their jobs. Nearly 90% of them occurred while journalists were covering demonstrations. Read our annual arrest report:
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Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025
More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped
https://pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/press-arrests-used-to-silence-protest-coverage-in-2025/
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Inside Higher Ed
19 days ago
Is DEI Deadāor Just Changing? After a year of repeated blows, diversity professionals and scholars are debating whether DEI has a future on college campuses, and if so, what its next iteration looks like.
https://bit.ly/4aLXete
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Inside Higher Ed
20 days ago
ICYMI | Headlines last week: š¶ After Censoring Again, Weber State Says It Will Be āMore Nuancedā in Applying Law š» TX Tech Begins to Collect Info on Race, Gender Course Content š Purdue Allegedly Rejecting Chinese, Other āAdversary Nationā Grad Students Read the full WNU! ā”ļø
https://bit.ly/4rPYDVX
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The Washington Post
20 days ago
Police have taken a person of interest into custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two and injured nine, according to the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. Follow for more live updates here:
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Live updates: Police detain person of interest after Brown University shooting
Police have a person of interest in custody, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said, after a gunman killed two and injured nine others at Brown University.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/14/brown-university-shooting-suspect/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Bill Kristol
21 days ago
Release the boat videos. Release the Epstein files. Release the ICE and Border Patrol body-cam footage. Justice Brandeis: "Sunlight is the best disinfectant." And there's so much the Trump administration's doing that needs disinfecting.
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Inside Higher Ed
22 days ago
UNC Professors Must Soon Post Syllabi Publicly The UNC system president cited low trust in higher education as justification for the new policy, which echoes rules in Florida and Texas. Faculty are fighting the decision. https://bit.ly/4s8vkxY
#EDUSky
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The Ring Boys case in which former WWE officials, including Linda McMahon, are accused of turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse of teenagers in the late 80s/early 90s has moved to discovery. (Separately, sources have told me there is no way Linda McMahon didn't know, since this was an open secret.)
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Mother Jones
23 days ago
When
@dfriedman.bsky.social
discovered a Goodreads page tied to the email of a top Pentagon official featuring āAsian wife sharingā books and other pornographic works, he did what any reporter would do: ask the Pentagon questions. The very next day, a threatening email from Jack Posobiec arrived.
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I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/eric-geressy-goodreads-pentagon-dod-pete-hegseth-jack-posobiec-threat/
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Just announced: Willamette University and Pacific University are exploring a merger to potentially become the University of the Northwest.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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Willamette and Pacific Universities Plan Merger
Pacific University and Willamette University have signed a letter of intent to merge, pending approval, which would create the largest private institution in Oregon if the deal is finalized. Together ...
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/12/11/willamette-and-pacific-universities-plan-merger
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Inside Higher Ed
23 days ago
Texas Tech Begins to Collect Info on Race, Gender Course Content For each of their courses, faculty must say whether they āadvocate forā or āpromoteā certain race or gender identities. https://bit.ly/4oRNIIq
#EDUSky
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The legal fight over Virginia board appointments is over. The 22 Youngkin picks rejected by Democrats will not join their respective university boards, handing Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger a chance to immediately reshape VA higher ed.
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Youngkin Loses Battle Over Board Picks
The legal battle over whether Virginia governor Glenn Youngkinās university board appointees will take their seats is over after a judge set a trial for 2026, Virginia Business reported. Governor-elec...
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/12/11/youngkin-loses-battle-over-board-picks
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Texas Tribune
24 days ago
Former Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III wasnāt pushed out over just one incident. The A&M Board of Regents came to want a more explicitly conservative leader who would shut down controversy before it reared its head.
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Why Texas A&M president Mark Welsh lost his job
The A&M Board of Regents came to want a more explicitly conservative leader who would shut down controversy before it reared its head, as they grew weary from the steady drumbeat of online posts accus...
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/10/texas-a-m-mark-welsh-regents-abbott-fired/
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Ryan Quinn
24 days ago
After Censoring Again, Weber State Says It Will Be āMore Nuancedā in Applying Law
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Facing Criticism, Weber State Says It Will Be āMore Nuancedā
The Utah university censored a censorship conference. Then it told an Apache speaker she couldnāt use certain words. Now itās revising how it implements a state anti-DEI law.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2025/12/10/facing-criticism-weber-state-says-it-will-be-more
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