American universities were founded to nurture free minds, not compliant subjects. If higher ed is to remain a cornerstone of liberal democracy, it must reclaim the values that make dissent possible. My latest in @insidehighered.com: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

A Return to Racial Quotas in Admissions? By NACAC's David Hawkins: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Read more about the growing number of commercialization #postdoc opportunities available to PhDs in the US in this @insidehighered.com piece out today, coauthored w/ Tomer Joshua. @virginiatech.bsky.social @cornelltech.bsky.social @activatefellows.bsky.social www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

How I Lost Faith in My University's Mission, by Cynthia Stark: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Exclusive: Santa Ono explains why he pursued the UF presidency. "I believe in Florida’s vision for higher education. I understand its priorities, and I support them." Full op-ed here: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Career Advice | Our College Closed: Advice for Navigating Professional Deaths and Rebirths Jennifer N. Suriano, Terri Ward and Julienne Cuccio Slichko share insights for other faculty looking for new jobs after a college closure. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4iZRNbk

My new OpEd for @insidehighered.com is out. I detail just some of McMahon's policies in her first few weeks and illustrate one key issue with her and the #Trump administration... They're unreliable partners for #HigherEd. Expect fall to be a shit show. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

How can deans support faculty well-being? By Richard Badenhausen: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

🚨 Breaking News | @usedgov.bsky.social to Lay Off Half of Staff Ahead of the announcement, the department told staff that DC offices would be closed on Wednesday and reopen Thursday for “security reasons.” #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4ik7zxp

"So: Let’s destroy it to prove that we can." Brian Rosenberg's new essay on "The Attempt to Destroy Columbia": www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Beth Mitchneck and Stephanie A. Goodwin offer ideas for relatively simple ways academic administrators can tangibly support faculty whose research and teaching are being deterred: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

For 20 years, Scott McLemee has penned the Intellectual Affairs column for Inside Higher Ed, exploring the world of books and ideas. As he retires from the column today, take a look back at some pages from this 'intellectual vagabond's' notebook: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

With House Republicans eyeing cuts to Medicaid, public higher ed should be worried, F. King Alexander and Stephan Katsinas write. They dig into the data here: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

This is a really thoughtful first piece in a series from the leadership of Cabrini University, which closed with more than a year's notice. It's a must read for many college leaders. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Good discussion by @oiyanpoon.bsky.social & @janellewong.bsky.social about the racist ploy to use Asian American students & families to threaten colleges over admissions, diversity, & who is framed as ‘deserving’ of attending highly rejective institutions. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Opinion | Why Are Campuses Quiet and College Leaders Silent When U.S. Democracy Is in Crisis? The stakes are too high for higher ed to stay out of the fray, Austin Sarat writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3X4h3Ew

For over 20 years, I've been at schools affiliated w the Council of Independent Colleges; in my experience, CIC has been an unflinching advocate for higher education. So I'm unsurprised, but still heartened, to see this from CIC president Marjorie Hass today. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Ed Department: DEI Violates Civil Rights Law In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4hCrabL

By the always insightful Christopher Newfield-- #AcademicSky @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Opinion | ‘What’s Going to Happen to Science?’ The U.S. university-federal partnership is a miracle for global scientific progress. It must be protected, Mary Sue Coleman writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4gGndBv

"By tacking immediately to DEI in the wake of a tragedy, he seeks to create an association in the minds of Americans: People of color are underqualified and incompetent. As a woman of color who earned a Ph.D. and is also the president of a university, I know these narratives are baseless."

"In our current political climate, data inclusion has become particularly urgent as marginalized communities face unprecedented attacks," Chad M. Topaz and Tyrone Bass write.

Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been thinking about the current state of public higher education and the role of private universities like SMU. Put down some thoughts down that @insidehighered.com published today.

Benjamin Rifkin calls for reframing class participation as "class engagement."

Highly recommend this reflective essay from Temple Prof. Seth Bruggeman. It captures the central challenge of teaching today in a system that over time has become entirely transactional, and then suddenly technology that could satisfy the transaction arrived. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

🚨 Breaking News | Major Error Skewed Freshmen Enrollment Data Freshmen enrollment did not decline this fall, as previously reported in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s annual enrollment report in October. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky #BreakingNews bit.ly/4heePKl

Seems like a good time to share this views essay published yesterday by Erin O’Callaghan and Anne Kirkner: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

🚨 Breaking News | Biden Scraps Debt Relief Plans The Education Department said it's withdrawing the plans in order to focus on helping at-risk borrowers return to repayment successfully. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3P5RTRu

As I come to tenure, I'm doing more public scholarship. I wrote an OpEd on Linda #McMahon. Linda is much different than DeVos with a skill set developed through experience running the WWE and political relevance tied only to Trump. #highered #acadmicsky www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

What's next for DEI during a second Trump term? Patrick J. Casey argues a need to address GOP voters' perceptions "that that those of us in DEI spaces are incurious, that we’re politically motivated, that we’re patronizing and that we’re censorious." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Today in Inside Higher Ed views Melanie Dusseau argues writing faculty should resist AI: "Unpopular opinion: Just because large language models mimic writing does not mean that teaching students how to use them should fall to English departments." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...