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#academicfreedom

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Preston MacDougall

With #Cornell and #Yale Presidents signing onto the statement by the #American Association of #Colleges and #Universities opposing the autocratic #Trump restrictions on #AcademicFreedom , the only Ivy League school that has not joined the now 300+ signatories is Dartmouth College, which is more like a #fraternity masquerading as a #HigherEd institution anyway. #ChangeMyMind
cornellsun.com/article/2025/04

#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.

Kotlikoff Joins More Than 230 Higher Education Leaders in Signing Letter Against Trump’s ‘Political Interference’ - The Cornell Daily SunKotlikoff Joins More Than 230 Higher Education Leaders in Signing Letter Against Trump’s ‘Political Interference’President Michael Kotlikoff signed a statement condemning the federal government’s political interference in universities as “endangering American higher education” this week.
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Dan Drake 🦆

I was glad to see Harvard take a stand against the Trump administration, and am now very happy to see so many colleges and universities sign on to this statement about academic freedom:

aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c

In particular, I'm happy to see several institutions I've worked for or attended there: the University of Wisconsin -- Madison; the University of Puget Sound, and my upcoming Macalester College.

(Hey, University of Minnesota, my PhD institution: you should sign too!)

#academicfreedom#uwmadison#Macalester
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MediaFaro News Digest

Ghent University warns staff about working with US colleges amid Trump's crackdown.

“The United States government took several measures that threaten the autonomy of universities and academic freedom,” Ghent University said in an email to staff, adding that due to its many research collaborations with US institutions, “the university is concerned about these developments.”

mediafaro.org/article/20250423

The campus of the University of Ghent. | Jonas Dhollander/Belga/AFP via Getty Images
Politico.eu · Ghent University warns staff about working with US colleges amid Trump's crackdown.By Elena Giordano
#University#Ghent#HigherEducation
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Nonilex

Read the full letter from American Association of #Colleges & #Universities [#AACU] opposing ‘government intrusion’

>200 #college presidents & other officials signed a letter Tues protesting the “unprecedented #GovernmentOverreach & political interference” that higher #education is facing under the #Trump admin.

#law #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #FirstAmendment #democracy #AbuseOfPower #AmericanAutocracy #Dictatorship
aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-c

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oatmeal

[cont’d] more on this issue…

Wait Till the Jews Are Blamed for Bringing Down Harvard by Naftali Kaminski haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-17 or archive.is/Js3yx

The #Trump Administration’s use of #antisemitism concerns to target pro-Palestinian campus protests is threatening academic freedom and research funding. The controversial #IHRA definition of antisemitism risks silencing legitimate criticism of Israel, endangering free speech and scientific progress. Kaminski (an Israeli physician-scientist and Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Yale University School of Medicine) warns against weaponizing antisemitism to suppress debate and call for standing up to protect academic independence.

@academicchatter @palestine @israel
#Palestine
#GazaGenocide
#AcademicFreedom
#FreeSpeech

'Fuck Israel, Free Palestine': At Coachella
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petersuber

Update. "Trump’s #DOJ Sends Intimidating Letters to Medical #Journals for Supposedly Being ‘Partisan’ "
gizmodo.com/trumps-doj-sends-i

"The U.S. Department of Justice has sent letters to medical journals for supposedly being “partisan,” heavily suggesting that they’re spreading misinformation and are influenced by “funders” rather than medical science. Gizmodo has confirmed that the journal CHEST, a peer-reviewed publication on pulmonary care published by the American College of Chest Physicians, received a letter this week. And MedPage Today reports that at least two other journals have received similar intimidating letters."

PS: The letter to Harvard shows that the Trump admin wants to control what universities teach. These letters show that it also wants to control what scholarly journals publish.

Gizmodo · Trump's DOJ Sends Intimidating Letters to Medical Journals for Supposedly Being 'Partisan'Trump's goons will eventually come for everyone.
#AcademicFreedom#Censorship#DefendResearch
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Esther Alder 🇺🇦
When truth is erased, dignity resigns.
Thank you, Professor Louthan.
Shame on you, UofM.
Timothy Snyder warned us: do not obey in advance.
Instead, the University of Minnesota went straight to licking Trump’s boots, no one even asked

https://buttondown.com/ModernMedieval/archive/public-speech-by-historians-about-history/

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📍 Minnesota State Capitol (March 15)

#photo #photography #filmphoto #filmisnotdead #analogvibes #everydaylife #FilmPhotography #ShootFilm #35mmFilm #AnalogPhotography #BelieveInFilm #film #analog #DocumentaryPhotography #ProtestPhotography #Solidarity #SupportUkraine #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #russiaIsATerroristState #StopRussianAggression #Minnesota #mnastodon #UofM #AcademicFreedom #UniversityOfMinnesota #fucktrump #resist
A view of the Minnesota State Capitol building on a cloudy day, with its large white dome and golden chariot sculpture prominently visible. On the front steps, a small group of people hold Ukrainian flags, showing support for Ukraine.
#resist
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Nonilex

#Trump has threatened to withhold federal #funding to those institutions over the issues. Rights advocates have condemned what they call an assault on #FreeSpeech & #AcademicFreedom.

US #law [already] requires #universities to report donations from foreign sources exceeding $250k in a year.

In a letter to #Harvard President Alan Garber, Trump’s Dept of *#Education* said Harvard made "incomplete & inaccurate" disclosures between 2014 and 2019.

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Nonilex

#Trump's admin said on Fri it sought #Harvard University's records on foreign #funding going back a decade & on some foreign ties, in the govt's latest escalation against the educational institution.

Trump has launched a widely condemned crackdown against top US #universities, including Harvard, over pro-#Palestinian campus #protests & other #CultureWar issues like #transgender rights & #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs.

#law #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom
reuters.com/world/us/trump-adm

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