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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 10h

📣Join our next PUI Invited Research Talk, highlighting outstanding research from Primarily Undergraduate Institutions!

On October 22, Lupita Gonzalez will present her research on the effects of social identities on how exonerees are perceived.

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SPSP PUI Invited Research Talk
Title: Guilty Despite Proven Innocent? Intersectional Effects of Social Identities on Perceptions of Exonerees

Speaker: Lupita Gonzalez
Institution: State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase

When: 2-3 PM ET, October 22
Where: Virtual

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AAUP @aaup.org · 13h

AAUP chapters across the nation in solidarity against Trump's compact!

"Jonathan Gilligan, who proposed the resolution, [said]
that the language of the resolution closely mirrored that of the University of Virginia’s...to 'help ensure unity & solidarity'" for others opposing the compact.

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Vanderbilt faculty ask school administration to reject Trump memo, citing free speech

The Vanderbilt Faculty Senate voted on a resolution asking the university to reject a recent White House compact.

www.tennessean.com

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 17h

That's what is reported by Bloomberg News here (also Time), based on an anonymous source: www.bloomberg.com/news/article.... ..but I haven't yet heard confirmation from any universities saying a communication has been received. A lot of schools on break right now, so maybe news is slow...

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 21h

Students can teach us a lot.

#academicsky

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

www.instagram.com/p/DPm507ljBJ...

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 21h

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The undersigned are the MIT Student Body President, Brown Undergraduate Council of Students, UPenn Undergraduate Executive Board, Dartmouth College Student Body Vice President, UVA Student Council President, Vanderbilt Student Gov., and U Arizona Student Body President.

On October 1st, 2025, the White House sent the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education to our seven universities, outlining expectations universities must meet to continue receiving federal benefits.

Although the compact’s full implications remain unclear, the document outlines unprecedented expectations universities must meet to receive federal benefits. This could systemically alter the mission of higher education and erode the independence that has long defined our universities. We must not allow these attempts to control what can be taught, studied, or spoken on our campuses.

Our universities represent the full spectrum of American higher education, from liberal arts colleges to leading research institutions. As students, this directly impacts us, and thus, our voices must be heard. We know firsthand that institutional autonomy is instrumental to the perpetuation of innovation and progress. As the Compact itself acknowledges, “American higher education is the envy of the world and represents a key strategic benefit for our Nation,” yet the document undermines the very principles that make this statement true. Our administrations have been presented with a false choice between their commitments to knowledge and education and our access to the resources that sustain them. To preserve our status as world leaders in education, we must remain true to the foundation of academic freedom that has propelled us forward.

As student representatives, we stand in united opposition to the outlined conditions. We call on our community of students, faculty, alumni, and leadership to reaffirm our commitment to reject political interference and federal overreach. Academic freedom is not negotiable.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 23h

Uni administrators and trustees: We need viewpoint diversity.

Professor, outside of class: Working class should organize to overthrow capitalism

Uni administrators and trustees: No, not THAT kind of viewpoint diversity

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Texas State upholds the firing of associate history professor Thomas Alter

Alter’s termination occurred on Sept. 10, stemming from his remarks at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference on Sept. 7.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 1d

If true this has gone out to all schools this is a huge deal that threatens academic freedom in the United States, and the credibility of the entire US higher ed system.

But Bloomberg News is the only outlet I see reporting this, and their claim is based on a single anonymous source.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 1d

Is this confirmed by any source other than this Bloomberg News article? I see it nowhere else, and this says based on single anonymous source.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 1d

Has this been confirmed by any source except Bloomberg News?

Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 1d

Has this been confirmed by any source except Bloomberg?

Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 1d

Wut!? Is this accurate? Can anyone confirm the compact has actually been sent out to all schools?

Bloomberg News is the only source I see saying this, based on an anonymous source.

Also, STOP CALLING THIS AN "OFFER". Its a threat to destroy higher ed.

#academicsky #edusky

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 1d

After getting zero firm commitments to this point from the first nine invitees, the Trump administration is extending its proposed compact to all colleges. Expect some red-state publics to say yes.

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 1d

Make an effect size prediction!

@jamiecummins.bsky.social and I are replicating Balcetis & Dunning's (2010) "chocolate is more desirable than poop" (Cohen's d = 4.52)

Let us known in the replies what effect size you think we'll find. Details of the study in the thread below.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 1d

I predict d_rm will be only between 2 and 3, owing largely to the noise inherent in online responses. I assume upper bounds on reasonable effect sizes would be larger in a high quality in-person setups vs. online.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think this is true. Dartmouth's President came out with a very vague and short statement a week ago, which notably did NOT say they aren't signing. (president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10...).

This article is probably referring to that statement, which I read as contentless at best.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans

Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

I looked at changes in enrollment shares for first-year classes in 2022 & 2023 vs. 2024 & 2023 (aka pre- and post-SFFA decision).

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 4d

Nice. But to really take this to the next level of #highered bullshit, you should be sure to exclusively refer to this slogan by it's acronym, "NeFOF" (pronounced: "knee-foff").

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 4d

P.S. - Please STOP calling this "SPECIAL FUNDING TREATMENT".

The "compact" promises to remove all research funding, all federal financial aid, all visa approvals, and tax exempt status from any school that won't comply. Thats a threat to crush universities, not a promise to give special treatment.

Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 4d

🚨MIT says "NO"!!🚨

They are the first to respond to the "compact" sent to 9 universities last week -- crucially, this sets the tone.

“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”

#academicsky

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 4d

🚨MIT says "NO"!!🚨

They are the first to respond to the "compact" sent to 9 universities last week -- crucially, this sets the tone.

“Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone”

#academicsky

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 4d

Students and faculty at Brown know the right answer to Trump's "compact".

But 9 days since the letter went out and no response from their board and administration.

Does deciding whether you want to abandon #academicfreedom and integrity really take this much time?

#academicsky

AAUP @aaup.org · 5d

Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd

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Kathryn @kathrynlaughon.bsky.social · 5d

Today the UVA School of Nursing passed, with overwhelming support, a resolution demanding that the rector and interim president reject the compact. bit.ly/3KPRMKV

SON resolution against the compact

The University of Virginia School of Nursing places the ethical principles of our profession at the center of its work. The American Nurses Association's Nursing Code of Ethics affirms nurses' obligat...

bit.ly

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 4d

Vanderbilt students and faculty know the right answer to Trump's "compact" for #highered.

Why doesn't their Chancellor?

#academicsky #edusky

Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 6d

Vanderbilt students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration.

Campus Crowd Demands Vanderbilt Reject Trump Deal

Students, faculty and professors marched on Wednesday as Chancellor Diermeier mulls funding deal with Trump administration

www.nashvillescene.com

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 5d

That's the faculty's position, but sadly, faculty have very little if any control over big-picture strategic decisions at a university. Administrators (presidents, provosts, VPs) and Boards are the deciders. Alumni and donor voices can be much more powerful.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 5d

While the faculty senate at U of Arizona opposes it (as several other faculty bodies at these schools have), unfortunately faculty have very little if any control over the big-picture strategic decisions of a university. The administrators and boards of these schools are the deciders.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5d

Longhorns have an open letter they can sign here

bit.ly/nodealtexas

A flyer reading “Keep Texas Free” with a picture of a state of Bevo on the strip

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