A-Dub 🥝Apr 22, 2025

More than 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement on Tuesday opposing the Trump2 administration's treatment of higher education institutions, coming together to speak out after Harvard University said the administration was threatening its independence:-

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-academics-trump-1.7515142

#USpol #USPSE #GoCrimson

More than 100 U.S. academic leaders unite against Trump's higher education policies | CBC News

More than 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement on Tuesday opposing the Trump administration's treatment of higher education institutions, coming together to speak out after Harvard University said the administration was threatening its independence.

CBC
A-Dub 🥝Apr 22, 2025

go, Crimson!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harvard-university-lawsuit-trump-administration-grant-freeze-1.7514999

#FascistNonsense #USpol #USPSE

Harvard sues Trump administration over $2.2B US grant freeze | CBC News

In a letter to Harvard earlier this month, Trump's administration had called for broad government and leadership reforms at the university, as well as changes to its admissions policies. It also demanded the university audit views of diversity on campus, and stop recognizing some student clubs.

CBC
A-Dub 🥝Apr 19, 2025

a POWERFUL call for universities to resist Trump2, from Ars Technica:-

Resist, eggheads! [U.S.] Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/resist-eggheads-universities-are-not-as-weak-as-they-have-chosen-to-be/

#FascistNonsense #UniversityCourage #USpol #USPSE

Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be.

Opinion: It’s time for public resistance.

Ars Technica
A-Dub 🥝Apr 17, 2025

an open letter started by Manitoba researchers & signed by hundreds of other Canadian scientists & academics is calling on federal leaders to
(1) double Tri-Council (CIHR, NSERC, & SSHRC) research funding;
(2) establish a Research Accelerator Fund to match & incentivize provincial, business, & non-profit investments in direct research & research infrastructure;
(3) lift the cap on foreign trainees.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/open-letter-research-canada-1.7511122

#CdnPSE #USPSE

Open letter to federal leaders from Manitoba researchers gets support from hundreds of Canadian academics | CBC News

An open letter penned by a group of Manitoba researchers has garnered support from hundreds of other scientists and academics across the country, sounding the alarm about the effects of research cuts in the U.S. on Canadian research and urging federal political leaders to take action.

CBC
A-Dub 🥝Apr 17, 2025

Trump2 continues to escalate his violence against universities refusing to comply with his administration's demands — now he's theatening Harvard's ability to enrol foreign students, after withholding billions of dollars in grants:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-administration-harvard-latest-1.7512709

#FascistNonsense #USpol #Harvard #USPSE

Trump administration threatens Harvard's foreign enrolment, tax-exempt status | CBC News

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Harvard University will lose its ability to enrol foreign students if it does not meet demands from the Trump administration to share information on some visa holders, marking the government's latest escalation against the educational institution.

CBC
A-Dub 🥝Mar 29, 2025

Academic Freedom, Democracy, and the Role of Faculty Unions | Academe magazine, Spring 2025 issue

https://www.aaup.org/article/academic-freedom-democracy-and-role-faculty-unions

#FascistNonsense #UniversityNonsense #USpol #USpse

Academic Freedom, Democracy, and the Role of Faculty Unions

In the United States, we face an authoritarian threat unlike anything we have seen in our lifetimes. President Donald Trump is swiftly implementing destructive, dehumanizing, and undemocratic dictates from Project 2025, the authoritarian playbook for his second term. Elon Musk is carrying out his own vast agenda (some would say shadow presidency) with the impunity of an autocrat. Musk and his aides are waging reckless attacks on vital research, accessing highly restricted sensitive personnel information, and purging the civil service of independent experts.

AAUP