Huge thanks to @michaelhgavin.bsky.social and @kevincarey1.bsky.social for a fabulous session today on higher ed under this administration. Follow Mike & the great work he's doing at education4allhub.com and read this excellent piece from Kevin in the Atlantic: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A series of webinars focused on how higher education is organizing and unifying as it is attacked. Show up for your friends and colleagues. We have webinars from faculty experts on law and race; the roles of governing boards in this moment; faculty who have been on Watch Lists and more.

Amnesia when it comes to race, gender, sex, and sexuality is typical of American memory...This fact is worth studying as we think about the Charlie Kirk assassination and what it means for higher ed, the 1st and 2nd amendments, and our democracy. lnkd.in/eSnvec5d open.substack.com/pub/michaelh...

Was honored to offer my thoughts about the latest survey on Academic Freedom. open.substack.com/pub/michaelh...

Appreciate @emmawhitford.bsky.social asking for my thoughts on the survey's: "If curriculum is being changed as a result of anti-DEI laws, or faculty believe they cannot ask the questions they used to in class as a result of DEI restrictions, then there is impingement on academic freedom."

Appreciate @emmawhitford.bsky.social & asking for my thoughts on the survey's meaning: "“50% percent of provosts saying academic freedom is facing challenges is pretty bleak...That means that our administrators are having to defend the work of their faculty in ways that they should not have to.”

It’s not a moment it’s an movement. The work against it is a lifetime of love. www.bloomsbury.com/us/new-white...

Was happy to have been asked to write this piece...

@nytimes.com Times covered community colleges' impact in higher education and the way in which attacks on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and funding in general harm our students and region. Delta College & @education4all.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/.../trump-co.... @velshi.com

Sooo…setting goals to educate black and brown people at higher levels is against Civil Rights, but to arrest them to deport is ok. www.bloomsbury.com/us/new-white...

I appreciated being asked to write this piece.

My latest in Times Higher Education, which outlines some concrete strategies, including how to be clear-eyed in this moment that higher education, academic freedom; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and institutional autonomy are under attack. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/there...

100% www.bloomsbury.com/us/new-white...

My latest article in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Tagline: The constitutional rights fundamental to a democratic society are under assault. This assault began by targeting Black, brown, and LGBTQ Americans while others stood by. www.diverseeducation.com/opinion/arti...

Honored to be part of a closing plenary at American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) discussing the leadership and vision for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Institutional Autonomy; Academic Freedom; and the basic humanity of our students.

Was happy to share my thoughts on politics and the state of citizenship with FutureU, especially in context of the newest bill. futureu.education/uncategorize...

Re-upping this piece from 2.5 years ago with @insidehighered.com. Since that time, I started Education for All, a group of higher Ed leaders focused on developing ways to navigate around and beyond anti-American approaches to education to a visionary approach. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...

Who we imagine as part of our world today (and who we don’t) is the foundation of the real world tomorrow.

This ouster is in retaliaton for working to make an institution align with its values of equality by attending to racial oppression. The political intervention shows whiteness shall not be challenged without consequence, & a clear overreach and violation of institutional autonomy. lnkd.in/e-V7TSTF

The intervention of politics into higher education, and other spheres, is an attempt to shape the country’s future by defining who is a citizen and who is not, in a cultural sense by creating legal definitions of ‘American’ contrary to democracy and equality. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Despite not having a fancy column like many of the fools who promoted a panic about free speech that empowered the current white supremacist assault on higher education, I nevertheless pointed out this obvious endgame of this strategy back in 2017. www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/...

NEW: The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a 2021 censorship law can't be used to ban teaching about race and gender in Oklahoma's higher education institutions. This is a win for academic freedom and the First Amendment.

An honor to be singled out for the work of standing up for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Academic Freedom, and Institutional Autonomy. www.campusworksinc.com/education-fo...

Each and every one of these moves is intertwined with a single goal and philosophy. www.amazon.com/White-Nation...

Any higher ed stakeholder interested in navigating this moment and protecting our role in democracy, consider joining Education for All here education4allhub.com.

Although most colleges are not the target they are targeted by policy and budget proposals which equate to limitations of access and support for those who need it the most. Was happy to be quoted in this article about leading a culture in higher Ed at this moment.

A true how did I get here moment as I attended the PEN Literary Gala. Was a pleasure to meet @velshi.com And see Jonathan Friedman in person finally! Courage Award winner Michael Roth was both eloquent and brilliant.

honored to be offering concrete strategies to lead with purpose and moral clarity in an environment that is uncertain and challenging to many or our purposes. Honored to be offering a keynote on Inclusive Leadership in Register here: lnkd.in/eg9FDfZa

When support for marginalized students is cut; the disciplines where oppression is studied are under threat; and media that focuses on truth are under assault, the nation’s borders as they are imagined today are being redrawn for only a select few tomorrow. rowman.com/ISBN/9781793...

All sectors intertwine with one another--and this book, published in 2019, predicted the moment we are in. But there are ways out. Consider joining us at Education for All. rowman.com/ISBN/9781793...

Great reporting on the higher ed pushback from @hechingerreport.org. Huge thanks to @michaelhgavin.bsky.social to drawing attention to it AND leading the charge — long before others joined the cause. hechingerreport.org/column-trump...

100 percent. rowman.com/ISBN/9781793...

New ways of building coalitions are necessary and so is creating a newly-imagined higher ed system. truthout.org/articles/sil...

We at Education for All had developed tools for institutions to use in order to gain some sense of control in a chaotic environment, where our sector is being attacked. They are flexible enough for multiple contexts and free. We also offer free training based on lessons learned from our colleagues

Comprise today means compromising tomorrow and soon there is no resemblance to what higher education should be. truthout.org/articles/sil...

“The executive orders have laid the blueprint for states to follow, and that’s where community colleges are really at risk,” Gavin said. “That will impact community colleges just as much, if not more, in the long run, than four-year schools, in my opinion." www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

Comprise today means compromising tomorrow and soon there is no resemblance to what higher education should be. truthout.org/articles/sil...

“The executive orders have laid the blueprint for states to follow, and that’s where community colleges are really at risk,” Gavin said. “That will impact community colleges just as much, if not more, in the long run, than four-year schools, in my opinion." www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

We at Education for All had developed tools for institutions to use in order to gain some sense of control in a chaotic environment, where our sector is being attacked. They are flexible enough for multiple contexts and free. We also offer free training based on lessons learned from our colleagues

"[S]elf-imposed restrictions miscalculate the multidecade history, scale and intent of the assault we are facing. For being safe today does not mean safe tomorrow; and tomorrow’s attack will be more refined and scaled than today’s." - @michaelhgavin.bsky.social, president of Delta College

While the attack is horrifying, the potential to reimagine our world is reciprocally great. Highered is… well-situated to assert how civil rights, citizenship, justice and humanity intersect. At that intersection we must imagine and act with urgency. truthout.org/articles/sil...

Finally got to listen to a phenomenal NACAC presentation by @michaelhgavin.bsky.social on how higher ed can respond to anti-DEI policies. If you don't know the work Dr. Gavin's doing with Education4All and Delta College (www.delta.edu), you need to check it out. education4allhub.com

As Mike Gavin says, “Moreover, self-imposed restrictions miscalculate the multidecade history, scale and intent of the assault we are facing. For being safe today does not mean safe tomorrow; and tomorrow’s attack will be more refined and scaled than today’s.” @michaelhgavin.bsky.social

My latest piece.

Capitulating to the assault on higher education will only bring more attacks.

My latest piece. As a college president, I argue, as I have for years, the urgent need to act, not just speak out. And to understand we are facing a movement, not a moment, that will not end with a change in political seats. truthout.org/articles/sil...

Creating a process to censorship is the problem, not the solution to book banning--too often it is seen as a win when it is a concession to anti-educational actors. pen.org/press-releas...

Proud to be listed as one of the four college presidents who see and speak about threats to our sector. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

100 percent. So many of us had moments to speak up and act prior to this, and because we did not take it, we are here. www.insidehighered.com/advice/2023/...

A reminder that Education for All, continues to train leaders and stakeholders in higher education with concrete strategies for this moment of anti-DEI, anti-educational attacks. Join our list-serve. education4allhub.com