Bryan Alexander

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Higher education futurist. Author of _Universities on Fire_ and _Academia Next_.
Blog and links to everything: https://bryanalexander.org/
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US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to lay off Department of Education staff:

https://www.highereddive.com/news/supreme-court-new-york-mcmahon-emergency-order-RIF-layoffs-education-department/753014/

Supreme Court green-lights Education Department layoffs

The decision is a significant victory for the Trump administration as it seeks to close the department to the greatest extent possible.

Higher Ed Dive
Teaching with AI: strategies against cheating.
I sketch out the options.
https://aiandacademia.substack.com/p/teaching-with-ai-strategies-against
Ye gods, there's a lot going on in this Trump post about Epstein and... things.

A thought provoking graph about changes in American household spending.
Look at health care soar!

From NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/07/03/business/economy/healthcare-jobs.html

Found on a newsletter.
Tonight's movie from one of the great directors is a challenging one, a direct, thoughtful meditation on grief, technology, longing.

"Columbia University has discussed paying roughly $200 million as part of a deal with the Trump administration to settle allegations of civil-rights violations"

-Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/trump-columbia-civil-rights-settlement-86f64531

I report on the latest Trump actions vs higher education, and how academics are responding:

https://youtu.be/IZjgvT1xKLE?si=DzaLXQR8jxO4vLPV

What might a drop in international student enrollment cost American colleges and universities?

Some calculations from the Financial Times:

https://archive.is/B5Mom

A demographic update: a futurist's thoughts on world population day 2025.

https://bryanalexander.org/demographics/a-demographic-update-thoughts-on-world-population-day-2025/

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Back in April we held a conversation about academic labor for that month's Day of Action.

Here's our full discussion:
https://youtu.be/8zAo23CMUk8?si=jJ0BdZP5FIwBt56k