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"The letter, which was reviewed by Bloomberg News, asks schools to publicly pledge to make sweeping changes that include reexamining admissions practices, hiring more conservative faculty, cracking down on student protests, combating grade inflation, reducing foreign donations and lowering tuition."

McMahon Asks US Colleges to Pledge Campus Reforms by End of 2026Education Secretary Linda McMahon is sending a letter Monday to the leaders of US universities asking them to commit to a slate of campus reforms by the end of 2026 in the Trump administration’s lates...www.bloomberg.com

Happy "Sunday Scaries, but for the whole school year" to all who celebrate.

Hear me out: we want our senior military officers to have a robust liberal arts education, including multiple perspectives from history, literature, and the social sciences, and to know that civilians sometimes know things.

Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo saysThe Pentagon is considering a sweeping remake of military higher education, including an end to civilian tenure and a "line-by-line" review of courses, according to a draft memo obtained by CBS News.www.cbsnews.com

Harris Teeter and Organic Valley, taking advantage of how no one understands imperial units anymore.

Let me tell you, I was already pretty radicalized against car insurance companies' offers to "monitor your drive." Then I spent the summer wrestling with RoadReady...

Delighted this morning to get to the next episode in my @relationscapes.bsky.social to find that it's with @aditaferrer.bsky.social talking about her memoir, sharing her family's story.

Life Between the Cracks of History: An Immigrant Family's Story (with Ada Ferrer) | Relationscapes: Exploring How We Relate, Love, and BelongHistory is often told through revolutions, presidents, and wars. Historian Ada Ferrer tells it through the experience of her own family. When Ferrer was just 11 months old, her mother fled Cuba with h...www.relationscapes.org

You know what's a supportive online community? The Jeopardy! subreddit, helping fans who just got back into the show via streaming and needing guidance on all of the post-season tournaments.

Today's one of my favorite teaching days all year: the day I get to see my students' Unessays for History of Latin America. This year's bunch includes TWO data visualization animations and TWO fully-built microsites plus other cool collages, scrapbooks, drawings, etc.

I encourage more faculty to take a few minutes to read the Chicago statement on institutional neutrality, because: 1) It supports the scholarly rigor and honesty that Michael speaks to in his post and the stronger foundation of academic freedom that Henry Giroux lays out in the piece and...

"Voters don’t think college professors, journalists, and academics are actually among the elite. Instead, that label is reserved primarily for billionaires and celebrities, with significant agreement for grouping 'elected officials' and 'business executives' among them as well."

The elites aren't who you think they areThe Argument's latest poll undermines the notion of the liberal elitelwww.theargumentmag.com

This is wild.

Brookings: "Perhaps [having comparatively few randomized controlled trials] helps explain why only 1 in 5 edtech products in classrooms have any evidence that they can improve teaching and learning outcomes." Me: "I can think of some other reasons..."

Worth watching in full.

Messi ran into a guy who was...just standing there.

Surprise muppets!

I appreciate Spain's ability to have twice as many guys on the pitch at any given moment. Real game-changer.

The number of quote posts on this is civil discourse.

Text from doctor office: Urgent message! Please see portal! Portal inbox: You have an appointment in the next two weeks. Good talk.

Who are the #skystorians 🗃️ working on Hiram Revels?

Spending my afternoon at a Fayetteville Newsmakers event organized by @theassemblync.bsky.social and hosted by Fayetteville State. Notable moment: a member of the audience spoke up to denounce the Iran War for its human and economic cost. That does NOT happen here, especially at events like this.