Estelle R. Jorgensen
@ejorgensen.bsky.social
I’m an author of books and articles on the philosophy of music education, editor of the Philosophy of Music Education Review, and Professor Emerita of Music (Music Education), Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. http://estellejorgensen.com
Lee Grant, blacklisted during McCarthyism, is speaking out against Florida's teaching standards
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Lee Grant, blacklisted during McCarthyism, is speaking out against Florida's teaching standards
At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Lee Grant, blacklisted during McCarthyism, is speaking out against Florida's teaching standards
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From Inside Higher Ed:
Indiana Censors Newspaper, Fires Adviser
Indiana University officials demanded a student newspaper not print news in its homecoming edition, then fired an adviser who objected to censorship demands.
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Indiana Censors Newspaper, Fires Adviser
Indiana University officials demanded a student newspaper not print news in its homecoming edition, then fired an adviser who objected to censorship demands.
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Indiana Censors Newspaper, Fires Adviser
Indiana University officials demanded a student newspaper not print news in its homecoming edition, then fired an adviser who objected to censorship demands.
www.insidehighered.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
From Inside Higher Ed:
Indiana Censors Newspaper, Fires Adviser
Indiana University officials demanded a student newspaper not print news in its homecoming edition, then fired an adviser who objected to censorship demands.
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Indiana Censors Newspaper, Fires Adviser
Indiana University officials demanded a student newspaper not print news in its homecoming edition, then fired an adviser who objected to censorship demands.
www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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The decline in long-form reading and thinking is already manifest in doctoral programs where students no longer read “whole books” and extended arguments. This author portrays a “post rational age” and its dire consequences for societies already in evidence.
The decline in long-form reading and thinking is already manifest in doctoral programs where students no longer read “whole books” and extended arguments. This author portrays a “post rational age” and its dire consequences for societies already in evidence.
Opinion | Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good
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August 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The decline in long-form reading and thinking is already manifest in doctoral programs where students no longer read “whole books” and extended arguments. This author portrays a “post rational age” and its dire consequences for societies already in evidence.
The decline in long-form reading and thinking is already manifest in doctoral programs where students no longer read “whole books” and extended arguments. This author portrays a “post rational age” and its dire consequences for societies already in evidence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o... Good to know that some professors and their students are resisting the uncritical use of AI and keeping the “humane” in the humanities.
Opinion | These College Professors Will Not Bow Down to A.I.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o... Good to know that some professors and their students are resisting the uncritical use of AI and keeping the “humane” in the humanities.
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NO KINGS! National Day of Mobilization Hyannis · Mobilize
We the people say NO KINGS! National, peaceful day of defiance
We are the many, they are the few.
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June 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u.... A crucial move on behalf of academic freedom that should stiffen the spine of educational institutions.
Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump Is ‘of Momentous Significance’
But a fight with the nation’s oldest, richest and most elite university is a battle that President Trump and his powerful aide, Stephen Miller, want to have.
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April 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u.... A crucial move on behalf of academic freedom that should stiffen the spine of educational institutions.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o... A chilling picture of the current US regime.
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
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April 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o... A chilling picture of the current US regime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u... The lawlessness of the Trump administration continues.
Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
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March 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u... The lawlessness of the Trump administration continues.
Multistate lawsuit seeks to reverse Trump admin purge of federal workers - The Washington Post The cruelty and chaos engendered by mass layoffs, firings, and terminations from the federal workforce is now being resisted by state attorneys general. This is a welcome development.
March 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Multistate lawsuit seeks to reverse Trump admin purge of federal workers - The Washington Post The cruelty and chaos engendered by mass layoffs, firings, and terminations from the federal workforce is now being resisted by state attorneys general. This is a welcome development.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/a... Christian Tetzlaff’s principled decision to oppose Trump’s policies by canceling his US concerts highlights the tragedy unfolding in the country and the relative “quietness” of cultural subversion in the country.
The Violinist Christian Tetzlaff’s Tactic to Oppose Trump’s Agenda: Cancel Concerts
Christian Tetzlaff said he was disturbed by the president’s embrace of Russia and other policies. “There seems to be a quietness or denial about what’s going on,” he said.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/a... Christian Tetzlaff’s principled decision to oppose Trump’s policies by canceling his US concerts highlights the tragedy unfolding in the country and the relative “quietness” of cultural subversion in the country.
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This needs to be amplified.
February 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This needs to be amplified.
It is almost subversive now to insist that one’s teaching and learning constitutes a “technology-free” and entirely human process. Music offers the possibility of a wonderful break from the constant technology and allows people to interact entirely personally with voices and acoustic instruments.
February 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It is almost subversive now to insist that one’s teaching and learning constitutes a “technology-free” and entirely human process. Music offers the possibility of a wonderful break from the constant technology and allows people to interact entirely personally with voices and acoustic instruments.
Reposted by Estelle R. Jorgensen
A lesson in how claims of meritocracy as justification for opposing DEI are often cover for the demand that we return to a system of preference for white men - whatever their qualifications. Fire a qualified Black man. Hire a statutorily unqualified white man. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
February 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A lesson in how claims of meritocracy as justification for opposing DEI are often cover for the demand that we return to a system of preference for white men - whatever their qualifications. Fire a qualified Black man. Hire a statutorily unqualified white man. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Don't let Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk us out of democracy
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Don't let Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk us out of democracy
Trump and Musk are testing the limits, trying to sell America on being an authoritarian state — but they can’t do it unless we allow them to do so.
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February 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Don't let Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk us out of democracy
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o... Beyond Trump’s desire to control the arts, is his dismissal of the importance of academic scholarship and federal influence in education more broadly.
Opinion | Trump Wants to Destroy All Academia, Not Just the Woke Parts
The administration’s war on universities defies rational self-interest.
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February 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o... Beyond Trump’s desire to control the arts, is his dismissal of the importance of academic scholarship and federal influence in education more broadly.
Tragic to think of past European allies needing to make a statement in defense against Trump and Putin.
February 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Tragic to think of past European allies needing to make a statement in defense against Trump and Putin.
sarasotaorchestra.prospect2.com/index.php?ac.... A new music center built specifically for acoustic instruments is being planned for the Sarasota Orchestra, thanks to a generous gift of $60 million USD. This center will serve musical and educational needs in Sarasota and West Coast Florida.
Music Center Update: February 2025
We're celebrating a...
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February 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
sarasotaorchestra.prospect2.com/index.php?ac.... A new music center built specifically for acoustic instruments is being planned for the Sarasota Orchestra, thanks to a generous gift of $60 million USD. This center will serve musical and educational needs in Sarasota and West Coast Florida.
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz... This comedic post illustrates the problem for the Kennedy Center and the nation.
Trump Names Himself Principal Ballerina of Kennedy Center Ballet
Trump took to Truth Social to announce a purge of the company's ballerinas.
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February 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz... This comedic post illustrates the problem for the Kennedy Center and the nation.
The notion of Trump chairing the board of the Kennedy Center is preposterous and should be strenuously opposed by the board, musicians and artists, and the public. The mind boggles at the thought of POTUS opining on anything artistic from the depths of his ignorance.
February 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The notion of Trump chairing the board of the Kennedy Center is preposterous and should be strenuously opposed by the board, musicians and artists, and the public. The mind boggles at the thought of POTUS opining on anything artistic from the depths of his ignorance.
