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Disgruntled Department Chair
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disgruntledchair.bsky.social
Honestly, can anyone say they are shocked by this? I've been headhunted for multiple admin positions in TX and I have flat-out turned down every one. You could not pay me enough to work in higher ed in TX. #academicsky #texas

www.texastribune.org/2025/09/05/t...
Professors want to leave Texas because of tense political climate, survey says
Professors’ concerns included the state’s DEI ban and new limits to faculty influence at colleges and universities.
www.texastribune.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
disgruntledchair.bsky.social
The details are appalling. Amongst other things, it effectively gives the govt access to ANY anonymous student evals that mention anti-Semitism. Didn't like your grade? You can ruin your professor's life by falsely accusing them of anti-Semitism in your eval & wait for Fox News to destroy them.
chronicle.com Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · Jul 31
Brown University reached a deal with the Trump administration to restore millions of dollars of federal research funding in exchange for a wide swath of agreements, but that does not include paying the government a fine. chroni.cl/4mhFXdR
Brown U.'s Deal With Trump Restores Research Funding Without Paying a Government Fine
The Ivy League institution made fewer concessions than Columbia University, though it will still share admissions data and discrimination complaints with the feds.
chroni.cl
July 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
disgruntledchair.bsky.social
THIS is where things get ugly. VERY ugly. When budgets become weapons to enforce a particular set of political views, we are all in trouble. #highered #academicsky

www.pressherald.com/2025/03/11/u...
USDA halts millions in funding for University of Maine System programs
The move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp...
www.pressherald.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
disgruntledchair.bsky.social
🔥This time is ABSOLUTELY different--some (or all) of these states will succeed in eliminating tenure, and that will be the end of academic freedom as we know it in many states.

#highered #academicsky

www.chronicle.com/article/stat...
States Are Once Again Taking Aim at Tenure. This Time Might Be Different.
A wave of bills seek to crack down on tenure by effectively eliminating it, calling for a stricter system of post-tenure review, or some combination.
www.chronicle.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
disgruntledchair.bsky.social
The domino effect of Medicaid cuts on public higher education $ in the US is a BIG threat. Once voters see that Medicaid cuts could close thousands of nursing homes, state legislatures will be forced to cut other $ to prop up Medicaid.
#highered #academicsky

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Public higher ed should prepare for Medicaid cuts (opinion)
Cuts to Medicaid spending could prove to be the most devastating threat to the sector yet, F. King Alexander and Stephen Katsinas write.
www.insidehighered.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
disgruntledchair.bsky.social
Christopher Rufo is, for all practical purposes, the Secretary of Higher Education in the US at this point.

#highered #academicsky

www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Education Department cancels $350M in contracts, grants
The cancellations came after anti-DEI activist Christopher Rufo posted on social media about the programs.
www.insidehighered.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
disgruntledchair.bsky.social
I'm increasingly convinced the entire purpose of department chairs is to act as a semi-permeable membrane between the absurd demands of university administration and the absurd demands of the university faculty.

#highered #academicsky
February 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
disgruntledchair.bsky.social
Yet another closure of a small, non-elite, private college.

www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

#highered #AcademicSky
Northland College announces closure
Northland College in Wisconsin will close at the end of the 2024–25 academic year amid insurmountable financial challenges and declining enrollment, officials announced Wednesday. The closure comes af...
www.insidehighered.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
disgruntledchair.bsky.social
So, is your administration utterly failing to address the gravity of the "Dear Colleague" letter too, or is it just mine?

#highered #AcademicSky
February 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM