Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed
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We are a group of scholars, educators, and writers in higher ed working and collaborating to demand financial accountability and total realignment of funding to make education a public good with fair tuition and fair labor.
Public higher ed for all!
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Tools & Resources
We created toolkits so we can all make higher education a true public good. These ready-made resources can be adapted to your institutions and campuses. If you have a proposal to create another toolkit, please let us know.
We created toolkits so we can all make higher education a true public good. These ready-made resources can be adapted to your institutions and campuses. If you have a proposal to create another toolkit, please let us know.
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Judging colleges by how they teach vocational skills misses the point, argues an engineering professor.
The skills employers need most include initiative, critical thinking, navigating ambiguity, and more – and those come from blending humanities and STEM. buff.ly/FWQuzll
The skills employers need most include initiative, critical thinking, navigating ambiguity, and more – and those come from blending humanities and STEM. buff.ly/FWQuzll
Colleges teach the most valuable career skills when they don’t stick narrowly to preprofessional education
Parents and policymakers want job security for graduates, but in the AI and automation era, careers may depend as much on curiosity and initiative as on credentials.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Judging colleges by how they teach vocational skills misses the point, argues an engineering professor.
The skills employers need most include initiative, critical thinking, navigating ambiguity, and more – and those come from blending humanities and STEM. buff.ly/FWQuzll
The skills employers need most include initiative, critical thinking, navigating ambiguity, and more – and those come from blending humanities and STEM. buff.ly/FWQuzll
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Learning With AI Falls Short Compared to Old-Fashioned Web Search
In virtually all the ways that matter, getting summarized information from AI models was less educational than doing the work of search.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
The US committed to public education funded by the public for the whole public. This has required years of efforts to push for this ideal -- privatization and vouchers are doing more than undermining the system, they allow people to profit from it.
An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The US committed to public education funded by the public for the whole public. This has required years of efforts to push for this ideal -- privatization and vouchers are doing more than undermining the system, they allow people to profit from it.
National Council on Teacher Quality = another corporate-led interest group that wants to gut teacher preparation and teacher unions.
Review the founders, funders, and missions of all orgs claiming to want to "improve education."
Free partial podcast below:
Review the founders, funders, and missions of all orgs claiming to want to "improve education."
Free partial podcast below:
NCTQ Pressures State Governments, Rejects Teacher Preparation Programs, Dictates To School Districts, Discredits Reading Researchers, Bans Their Books, And Vilifies Teachers.
Part Four of: The Key Elements of the Strategies the Right is Using to Reshape Reading Instruction in American Public Schools. I've recorded the first eight pages of the post.
substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
National Council on Teacher Quality = another corporate-led interest group that wants to gut teacher preparation and teacher unions.
Review the founders, funders, and missions of all orgs claiming to want to "improve education."
Free partial podcast below:
Review the founders, funders, and missions of all orgs claiming to want to "improve education."
Free partial podcast below:
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The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
August 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
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A Biden-era senior policy official shares surprising facts about the immigration system and concerning changes under the Trump administration.
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bit.ly/3LSrLet
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A Biden-era senior policy official shares surprising facts about the immigration system and concerning changes under the Trump administration.
bit.ly/3LSrLet
bit.ly/3LSrLet
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Our most recent AAUP TV episode breaks down AAUP v. Trump, a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit that resulted in a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump-Vance administration's attempt to stifle free speech & academic freedom across the University of California system.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
What the Victory in AAUP v. Trump means for the UC System and Higher Education
YouTube video by TheAAUP
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November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Our most recent AAUP TV episode breaks down AAUP v. Trump, a historic wall-to-wall labor union lawsuit that resulted in a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump-Vance administration's attempt to stifle free speech & academic freedom across the University of California system.
Full episode here👇
Full episode here👇
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Increasing temperatures are already killing huge numbers of people.
A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Increasing temperatures are already killing huge numbers of people.
A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
A ProPublica and @us.theguardian.com analysis found that Trump’s “America First” agenda is expected to add substantially to the toll, with the vast majority of deaths occurring outside the U.S.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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Here's an idea, double parking fees (from $1 to $2), raise utility taxes by 1%, and make buses free. Iowa City did that and reduced traffic by 5,200 cars and emissions by 24,000 metric tons of co2/year.
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here's an idea, double parking fees (from $1 to $2), raise utility taxes by 1%, and make buses free. Iowa City did that and reduced traffic by 5,200 cars and emissions by 24,000 metric tons of co2/year.
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Read @shannanclark.bsky.social of @sfndhe.bsky.social in the @higheredlabor.bsky.social blog!
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Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education (SNDHE) Continues Its Advocacy for Higher Education as a Public Good – Higher Education Labor United
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November 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Dept of Ed created to manage big systemic issues: fed aid, equity in subsidies, programs like TRiO for support for historically marginalized/first-gen students. Moving so much Ed $$ to Labor Dept sets up: increased inequality in higher ed, and dollars used for "workforce develop" instead of college.
The Trump administration is accelerating its plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Dept of Ed created to manage big systemic issues: fed aid, equity in subsidies, programs like TRiO for support for historically marginalized/first-gen students. Moving so much Ed $$ to Labor Dept sets up: increased inequality in higher ed, and dollars used for "workforce develop" instead of college.
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This gets to the core of so much of what is wrong at UMN: (and most other universities): “When the Board of Regents realized there was such a conflict, shouldn’t they have asked some physicians to stand before them and give their perspective?” Yannopoulos said.
University of Minnesota administrators have fired more leaders of the doctors group that negotiated a controversial contract, signaling escalating tensions between Fairview Health Services and the U’s doctors.
More dismissals in U leadership as tensions rise over ‘secret’ Fairview deal
The firings stem from a Board of Regents directive to resolve ‘conflicts’ created by the doctor-Fairview negotiations, the U said.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This gets to the core of so much of what is wrong at UMN: (and most other universities): “When the Board of Regents realized there was such a conflict, shouldn’t they have asked some physicians to stand before them and give their perspective?” Yannopoulos said.
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Nigeria’s president postponed his trip to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwestern region of the country.
https://to.pbs.org/4oOBtx9
https://to.pbs.org/4oOBtx9
Nigeria's president postpones G20 trip, vows to intensify efforts to rescue abducted schoolgirls
Nigeria’s president has postponed his trip to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwe...
www.pbs.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Nigeria’s president postponed his trip to this weekend’s Group of 20 summit after promising to intensify efforts to rescue 24 schoolgirls who were abducted by gunmen earlier this week in a northwestern region of the country.
https://to.pbs.org/4oOBtx9
https://to.pbs.org/4oOBtx9
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@aaup.org Report Defends Shared Governance Amid Political Attacks https://bit.ly/484zptP
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
@aaup.org Report Defends Shared Governance Amid Political Attacks https://bit.ly/484zptP
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In one hour! 🔥
AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!
@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social
Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In one hour! 🔥
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The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings.
Inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic
Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine the booming market a troubling new market.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The entrepreneurs who are part of the booming school safety industry face a cruel irony: they are dependent on the uniquely American epidemic of school shootings.
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Harvard University has reopened an investigation into connections between former President Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein, a university spokesperson said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3XBKcGO
Harvard reopens probe of Larry Summers after release of Epstein emails
Harvard has reopened an investigation into connections between former university President Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein.
www.pbs.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Harvard University has reopened an investigation into connections between former President Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein, a university spokesperson said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3XBKcGO
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Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective subjectivity, to the inner life of a country in the throes of deep pain and uncertainty. n.pr/4864WeG
New poetry stresses that our stories are more precious and urgent than ever
Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective subjectivity, to the inner life of a country in the throes of deep pain and uncertainty.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective subjectivity, to the inner life of a country in the throes of deep pain and uncertainty. n.pr/4864WeG
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These students put every editorial page in the nation to shame! I'm glad to hear Harvard listened to them. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
These students put every editorial page in the nation to shame! I'm glad to hear Harvard listened to them. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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🟡 NEW: Democrats are fighting to preserve states’ ability to regulate AI after President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass a moratorium on state-level action.
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Democrats fighting to preserve states’ ability to regulate AI
The issue is roaring back to life during defense bill talks after President Donald Trump urged Republicans to act; the Senate had voted 99-1 against a state-level moratorium.
www.semafor.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
🟡 NEW: Democrats are fighting to preserve states’ ability to regulate AI after President Donald Trump called on Congress to pass a moratorium on state-level action.
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
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A Victory for the Right to Read in Missouri: Judge Overturns Law with Criminal Penalties for School Employees Over Books https://pen.org/press-release/victory-for-right-to-read-in-missouri/
A Victory for the Right to Read in Missouri
“The court's ruling is a win for librarians, educators, students, and schools,” said Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America. “Making school employees criminals over their book selections is simply outrageous and unacceptable. The overtu...
pen.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A Victory for the Right to Read in Missouri: Judge Overturns Law with Criminal Penalties for School Employees Over Books https://pen.org/press-release/victory-for-right-to-read-in-missouri/
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“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Students, faculty, and staff are the ones stepping up to defend their institutions and higher education, while administrators run for cover.” -- @proftwolf.bsky.social on the what the AAUP v. Trump win means for the University of California.✊ @aaup.org @ucaft.bsky.social @uc-faculty.bsky.social
By all means -- follow the money, demand transparency.
My state senator, @creighdeeds.bsky.social, could not get answers from the University of Virginia (which he represents) about the ousting of President Jim Ryan, so he FOIAed them, for which they charged him $4,500 and took one month and four days to respond (five days are allowed by law).
State Sen. Creigh Deeds received his FOIA requests from U.Va. — here’s what we learned
After submitting a six-section Freedom of Information Act Request to the University Sept. 18, State Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Charlottesville, received 284 pages of records Oct. 29, pertaining to former Un...
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
By all means -- follow the money, demand transparency.
THE CORE OF HIGHER ED
COMMUNITY AND STATE COLLEGES
America's community colleges educate roughly 40% of the country's undergraduates, and they're subject to many of the Trump administration's cancellations and restrictions.
COMMUNITY AND STATE COLLEGES
America's community colleges educate roughly 40% of the country's undergraduates, and they're subject to many of the Trump administration's cancellations and restrictions.
Three community college presidents discuss the Trump administration's impact on them
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks three community college presidents - J.B. Buxton, Nerita Hughes, and Georgia Lorenz - how the Trump administration's war on higher education is affecting their schools.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
THE CORE OF HIGHER ED
COMMUNITY AND STATE COLLEGES
America's community colleges educate roughly 40% of the country's undergraduates, and they're subject to many of the Trump administration's cancellations and restrictions.
COMMUNITY AND STATE COLLEGES
America's community colleges educate roughly 40% of the country's undergraduates, and they're subject to many of the Trump administration's cancellations and restrictions.
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Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.