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About 40 AAUP Michigan Members Attended Meeting on Endorsing Candidate www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Roughly 40 AAUP MI Members Weighed in on Endorsing CandidateThe AAUP's first-known national-level endorsement of a political candidate has drawn criticism. Some Michigan members have questioned the representativeness of a poll on their feelings.www.insidehighered.comScouting America scraps inclusion at National Jamboree under pressure from Hegseth | AP News share.google/1da0EiPVQe65...
Scouting America drops diversity initiatives from event after pressure from the PentagonOne of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces pressure from the Pentagon to pull back diversity effort...share.googleDissolved New College of Florida Alumni Board Not Giving In, Chair Says www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
New College of Fla. Alumni Board Not Giving Up, Chair SaysThe chair of the New College of Florida foundation’s formerly official alumni group said the foundation board voted Wednesday to dissolve the alumni organization’s board and remove the chair from the ...www.insidehighered.comNational AAUP Starts Endorsing Political Candidates The group says the move is a first in its over-100-year existence, and part of countering government threats. Critics say AAUP has lost its neutrality. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
AAUP Embraces Political Role With Candidate EndorsementsThe group says the move is a first in its over-100-year existence, and part of countering government threats. Critics say AAUP has lost its neutrality.www.insidehighered.comGroup Says AHRQ Grant Cancellations Top $131M Across 28 States www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Group Says Canceled AHRQ Grants Top $131M Across 28 StatesThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has now canceled more than 100 grants, cutting off $131.3 million in remaining committed funding, according to AcademyHealth, which represents health-ser...www.insidehighered.comThe Trump administration is pushing to end animal testing, but Oregon Health and Science University said federal dollars weren’t available to turn its National Primate Research Center into a sanctuary. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Oregon Institution Says No Funds to End Animal TestingThe Trump administration is pushing to end animal testing, but Oregon Health and Science University said federal dollars weren’t available to turn its National Primate Research Center into a sanctuary...www.insidehighered.comHere's my attempt to write a non-histrionic story about the new White House Office of Science and Technology Policy report, and what it does and doesn't say, and what remains unclear (a lot): www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
White House Seeks to Steer Research Funding Outside AcademiaIn its new strategy for science and research, the administration stopped short of jettisoning higher ed’s role in America’s scientific enterprise. What it all means remains to be seen.www.insidehighered.comI'm also concerned that the WSJ headline "White House to Redirect Billions in Research Funds Toward AI, Away From Colleges" isn't quite backed up by the content of the story, nor the content of the report that I've read so far. I just reached out to White House for clarification.
Dan GaristoThere's a weird horseshoe theory for credulous headlines about the Trump administration: breathless headlines from left and right converge to radically overstate what is actually happening. This is just a policy memo for science agencies, which still receive their budgets from Congress.
Trump Administration Can’t Cite Changed Priorities to Terminate Grants www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Agencies Can’t Cite Changed Priorities to Terminate GrantsThe ruling limits the Trump administration’s power to cancel research and other funding based on the Office of Management and Budget’s termination clause. OMB’s proposed rule may change that.www.insidehighered.comThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality sent researchers letters this week saying they wouldn’t receive long-awaited funding continuations. The agency cited the “best interest of the federal government.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Agency That Supports Health-care Improvement Cuts Off GrantsThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality sent researchers letters this week saying they wouldn’t receive long-awaited funding continuations. The agency cited the “best interest of the federal go...www.insidehighered.comIt's worth noting that Artis was provost of the defunct Mountain State University, the troubled institution whose accreditation the HLC pulled. That's not in her bio on Benedict's website. www.wvgazettemail.com/news/educati...
Former MSU administrator is likely final WVSU presidential candidateWest Virginia State University Tuesday revealed that an administrator who worked at the now-defunct Mountain State University for a dozen years is WVSU’s third and, likely, last presidential finalist.www.wvgazettemail.comkate hidalgo bellowsMy latest presidential profile is of Roslyn Artis, the leader of Benedict College, in South Carolina. Artis has leveraged a greater student safety net, tougher academic policies, and shift away from marketing around fun to try to raise graduation rates. www.chronicle.com/article/is-c...
New College of Florida Absorbs a USF Campus. Sort Of. www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...
New College of Florida Absorbs a USF Campus. Sort Of.The property has changed hands, but the students and employees didn’t go with it. And there’s a reversion clause if New College can’t handle the debt.www.insidehighered.comSteven Thrasher sued Northwestern University and four top federal officials this week, alleging that Northwestern denied him tenure because, among other things, federal agencies pressured officials to punish his pro-Palestine activism. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Thrasher Sues Northwestern, McMahon, Walberg Over Tenure DenialSteven Thrasher sued Northwestern University and four top federal officials this week, alleging that Northwestern denied him tenure because, among other things, federal agencies pressured officials to...www.insidehighered.com"People online compared his sister to Rosa Parks but Joseph shook his head. Rosa Parks had agency. She chose to make a stand. His sister was just riding the Orange Line." www.notus.org/metro/viral-...
The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.www.notus.orgThe White House’s plan to cement political appointees’ control over research and other grants received hundreds of thousands of comments. Lawsuits are likely next. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Legal Threats Loom Over OMB Grant-Control Rule as Comments CloseThe White House’s plan to cement political appointees’ control over research and other grants received hundreds of thousands of comments. Lawsuits are likely next.www.insidehighered.comCourt Upholds Ban on In-State Tuition for Undocumented Texans www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Court Upholds Ban on In-State Tuition for Undocumented TexansUndocumented Texas students will continue to be unable to qualify for in-state tuition rates at public institutions, after an appeals court on Thursday upheld an agreement between the Trump administra...www.insidehighered.comClemson board members just named University of Georgia provost Benjamin C. Ayers as their new president, so they seem to have moved on.
Ryan QuinnMichigan State Trustee Says He Was Caught Off Guard by President’s New Contract www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
Michigan State Trustee Says He Was Caught Off Guard by President’s New Contract www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
MSU Trustee Says He Wasn’t Shown President’s New ContractKevin Guskiewicz’s reversal of his plan to leave for Clemson University raises questions about whether his relationship with some board members has really changed. But he now gets personal travel hour...www.insidehighered.comComments Flood OMB Proposal to Cement Political Control of Grants www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Comments Flood OMB Proposal on Political Control of GrantsThe White House Office of Management and Budget has so far received 90,000 public comments on its plans as scientific and other groups rally against them.www.insidehighered.com