Anna L. Haley
@annahaleysw.bsky.social
Professor (org mgmt/leadership & employment quality), shared governance practitioner, social work crusader & critic, cheese grits fan.
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Oh goodness.
The UNC Board of Governors is now requiring every campus to form “compliance committees” to audit whether hiring, training, and departmental practices are sufficiently ideologically neutral.
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
The UNC Board of Governors is now requiring every campus to form “compliance committees” to audit whether hiring, training, and departmental practices are sufficiently ideologically neutral.
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
UNC Board of Governors Demands New DEI Compliance Committees
The campus-level committees will scrutinize whether schools have complied with policies targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
www.theassemblync.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Oh goodness.
The UNC Board of Governors is now requiring every campus to form “compliance committees” to audit whether hiring, training, and departmental practices are sufficiently ideologically neutral.
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
The UNC Board of Governors is now requiring every campus to form “compliance committees” to audit whether hiring, training, and departmental practices are sufficiently ideologically neutral.
www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...
The latest in the fed attack on higher ed, & why collective response is critical. How one campus, one faculty member, responds sets precedent for us all. Higher ed leaders + their faculty need each other, within and across institutions. More on #MADC strategy here: tinyurl.com/55kv7b2z #AcademicSky
I just received a public records request for my course syllabus, and it looks like the request came from The Oversight Project (an affiliate of the Heritage Foundation). | Christopher Petsko
I just received a public records request for my course syllabus, and it looks like the request came from The Oversight Project (an affiliate of the Heritage Foundation). The stated goal for the record...
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July 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The latest in the fed attack on higher ed, & why collective response is critical. How one campus, one faculty member, responds sets precedent for us all. Higher ed leaders + their faculty need each other, within and across institutions. More on #MADC strategy here: tinyurl.com/55kv7b2z #AcademicSky
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“I’ve never heard of anything like this in K-12 or higher education.
The full scope of the monitor’s role is not even clear.
Will this person be policing what is taught? Who is hired? Who is admitted? This is dangerous.”
The full scope of the monitor’s role is not even clear.
Will this person be policing what is taught? Who is hired? Who is admitted? This is dangerous.”
As part of the $200 million deal Columbia made with the Trump administration, an outside monitor will assure the school complies. To critics, this represents an unprecedented governmental intrusion into the affairs of a private university.
Columbia agreed to a monitor, stoking fears about independence
An agreement between Columbia University and the White House this week is an unprecedented intrusion that could erode the independence of universities, observers say
www.washingtonpost.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“I’ve never heard of anything like this in K-12 or higher education.
The full scope of the monitor’s role is not even clear.
Will this person be policing what is taught? Who is hired? Who is admitted? This is dangerous.”
The full scope of the monitor’s role is not even clear.
Will this person be policing what is taught? Who is hired? Who is admitted? This is dangerous.”
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WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
July 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽
Summers opposes (most) government control of Harvard, but encourages Harvard central admin's consolidating power. A crisis exploited. #AcademicSky @aaup.org
‘The Best Day Higher Ed Has Had in A Year’: Larry Summers on the Columbia Settlement
The former president of Harvard sees it as a model for a university he once led.
www.chronicle.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Summers opposes (most) government control of Harvard, but encourages Harvard central admin's consolidating power. A crisis exploited. #AcademicSky @aaup.org
Are we - higher ed folk of various sorts - able to agree that Jim Ryan should NOT have resigned? Please discuss.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
July 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Are we - higher ed folk of various sorts - able to agree that Jim Ryan should NOT have resigned? Please discuss.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
I've got Mark Twain's line in my head about this - in part because shared governance is a group effort, not a gift. (Maybe more a team sport really - qigong meets mixed martial arts.) I say a bit more about that here: tinyurl.com/bdeadd4r
#AcademicSky @aaup.org #sharedgovernance
#AcademicSky @aaup.org #sharedgovernance
The Death of Shared Governance
When administrators attempt to slash programs and lay off staff, should faculty have a say?
www.chronicle.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I've got Mark Twain's line in my head about this - in part because shared governance is a group effort, not a gift. (Maybe more a team sport really - qigong meets mixed martial arts.) I say a bit more about that here: tinyurl.com/bdeadd4r
#AcademicSky @aaup.org #sharedgovernance
#AcademicSky @aaup.org #sharedgovernance
Re-watching The Handmaid's Tale as validating documentary vs. apocalyptic sci-fi.
July 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Re-watching The Handmaid's Tale as validating documentary vs. apocalyptic sci-fi.
The feds tying $ to civility is a red flag combo. Higher ed leaders: please don’t use this to curry fed favor | chase dollars | tighten control on your campuses. Civility-&-civics-as-compliance (to the govt, of your community) is not leadership, something I wrote more on here: tinyurl.com/2j9bmf7t
ED Favors Colleges With “Civic” Schools in Awarding Grant
The federal government is funding educational seminars about the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. Applying institutions get a leg up if they have what are often criticized as conservative cent...
www.insidehighered.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The feds tying $ to civility is a red flag combo. Higher ed leaders: please don’t use this to curry fed favor | chase dollars | tighten control on your campuses. Civility-&-civics-as-compliance (to the govt, of your community) is not leadership, something I wrote more on here: tinyurl.com/2j9bmf7t
I deeply respect Cornel West. But this piece, like so many calls for "civility" in higher ed, aims faculty & students without examining leaders' arguably greater role in shaping the conditions that make such engagement possible. I try to unpack that part of things here: tinyurl.com/2j9bmf7t
July 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I deeply respect Cornel West. But this piece, like so many calls for "civility" in higher ed, aims faculty & students without examining leaders' arguably greater role in shaping the conditions that make such engagement possible. I try to unpack that part of things here: tinyurl.com/2j9bmf7t
Higher ed presidents' not standing up, not standing together (#MADC), and not standing with their institutional communities (#sharedgovernance) will mark the end of American universities and colleges.
July 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Higher ed presidents' not standing up, not standing together (#MADC), and not standing with their institutional communities (#sharedgovernance) will mark the end of American universities and colleges.
I haven't posted in a while because I'm doubting the impact of anything. The UVA president's resignation put me over the edge from a higher ed standpoint. A longer-form piece somewhat on that: tinyurl.com/2j9bmf7t
Civil Leadership in Higher Ed
The resignation of University of Virginia president Jim Ryan – forced out under pressure from both federal and state forces[1] – marks a threshold moment for higher education. It signals that those wh...
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July 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I haven't posted in a while because I'm doubting the impact of anything. The UVA president's resignation put me over the edge from a higher ed standpoint. A longer-form piece somewhat on that: tinyurl.com/2j9bmf7t
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
I was a Michigan undergrad in the late '80s when anti-apartheid shanties became a feature of the "Diag." We - administrators, faculty & students - must TOGETHER figure out how to balance avoiding harm (different than hurt) w/ preserving voice. Hint: "civility" (tinyurl.com/5fjh9nuj) is not it.
Opinion | Students’ Right to Be Hostile
Protest is, by definition, discomfiting.
www.chronicle.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I was a Michigan undergrad in the late '80s when anti-apartheid shanties became a feature of the "Diag." We - administrators, faculty & students - must TOGETHER figure out how to balance avoiding harm (different than hurt) w/ preserving voice. Hint: "civility" (tinyurl.com/5fjh9nuj) is not it.
The seeming lack of faculty input here is alarming. With fed attacks, higher ed needs collective defense across institutions + inclusive strategizing w/in them. Faculty, esp. those most impacted, must help shape responses or we risk undermining the academic freedom we aim to defend. #AcademicSky
U.S. college is first to decline federal science grants because of new DEI language
Williams College says NSF and NIH requirement related to discrimination “undermines” academic freedom
www.science.org
June 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The seeming lack of faculty input here is alarming. With fed attacks, higher ed needs collective defense across institutions + inclusive strategizing w/in them. Faculty, esp. those most impacted, must help shape responses or we risk undermining the academic freedom we aim to defend. #AcademicSky
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These are the proactive steps states need to be taking right now. Another thing: every Democratic governor needs to have a sit-down now with the state adjutant general to carefully review that person's understanding of their responsibilities to their state, its citizens and the federal constitution.
Washington just took the reasonable step of not allowing the National Guard of other states to operate here without our agreement. It’s not the Guard personnel we are concerned about, it’s other governors in the Trump cult. katu.com/news/local/g...
Gov. Ferguson signs bill restricting out-of-state military forces in Washington
Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a new law that restricts out-of-state military forces from entering Washington without explicit permission.
katu.com
April 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
These are the proactive steps states need to be taking right now. Another thing: every Democratic governor needs to have a sit-down now with the state adjutant general to carefully review that person's understanding of their responsibilities to their state, its citizens and the federal constitution.
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I got involved in faculty governance 5 years ago because libraries and IT were both vectors of corporate influence over the core functions of the university that went mostly unnoticed by faculty.
And now here they just come out and say it in the NYT. It’s not too late to get involved, y’all.
And now here they just come out and say it in the NYT. It’s not too late to get involved, y’all.
June 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I got involved in faculty governance 5 years ago because libraries and IT were both vectors of corporate influence over the core functions of the university that went mostly unnoticed by faculty.
And now here they just come out and say it in the NYT. It’s not too late to get involved, y’all.
And now here they just come out and say it in the NYT. It’s not too late to get involved, y’all.
Appreciate @drkevinrmcclure.com's/ @chronicle.com's coverage of faculty organizing, but a major example was omitted: one campus sparked a collective academic defense effort that spread to 60+ university senates in 3 months. It's now a movement, and a testament to faculty power. #MADCs
Advice | 5 Steps to Defend Higher Ed
How to stand up for academe in this era of constant attacks from federal and state governments.
www.chronicle.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Appreciate @drkevinrmcclure.com's/ @chronicle.com's coverage of faculty organizing, but a major example was omitted: one campus sparked a collective academic defense effort that spread to 60+ university senates in 3 months. It's now a movement, and a testament to faculty power. #MADCs
In this new piece, I reflect & invite your thoughts on the urgent need to reclaim full-spectrum, not methodologically siloed, MSW education. I share ideas and models already in use, explore barriers to doing this work, and invite an exchange about what’s working in your own SW training experiences.
Re-Embracing Full Spectrum MSW Education: Responding to Crisis by Returning to Our Roots
With the close of this academic year, I’ve been reflecting on what makes social work not only distinct but urgently essential, especially now. In earlier posts, I shared thoughts on how our field uniq...
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June 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In this new piece, I reflect & invite your thoughts on the urgent need to reclaim full-spectrum, not methodologically siloed, MSW education. I share ideas and models already in use, explore barriers to doing this work, and invite an exchange about what’s working in your own SW training experiences.
This is going to be an unusual and busy summer for "academic year faculty." LET'S GO
This Is a Summer to Organize (opinion)
Faculty may want a break, but the architects of the assault on higher ed won’t be breaking and neither should we, Jennifer Lundquist and Kathy Roberts Forde write.
www.insidehighered.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is going to be an unusual and busy summer for "academic year faculty." LET'S GO
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Big hypocrisy for such a little man.
May 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Big hypocrisy for such a little man.
For your Friday contemplation or edification
what makes NYC one of the greatest cities in the world in the same way London and mumbai are is that nothing ever fazes the people in these places. A guy dressed as a rat carrying a slice of pizza bigger than the average child? Sidestep, take the railing go about your day and never think of it again
May 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For your Friday contemplation or edification