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@petersuber@fediscience.org · 15 hours ago

"Federal Data Is Disappearing."
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/federal-data-is-disappearing

"Since retaking office, the Trump administration has transformed how the government collects data, cut access to previously-public data and stopped collecting some data altogether. This overhaul has left significant holes in data on everything from substance use to maternal mortality…Researchers estimate that well over 3,000 data sets have been removed from public access."

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Federal Data Is Disappearing

The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, disaster preparation and the economy.

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@petersuber@fediscience.org · yesterday

Happy first birthday, #DataRescueProject (@datarescueproject.org)!
https://www.datarescueproject.org/a-year-in-data-rescue/

"In a single year, we have rescued over 2500 datasets from over 90 government agencies. This work was supported by over 900 volunteers."

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

@petersuber@fediscience.org · yesterday

Happy first birthday, #DataRescueProject (@datarescueproject.org)!
https://www.datarescueproject.org/a-year-in-data-rescue/

"In a single year, we have rescued over 2500 datasets from over 90 government agencies. This work was supported by over 900 volunteers."

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 months ago

Update. The American Enterprise Institute ( #AEI) defends the #Trump compact and offers some improvements.
https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/the-trump-administrations-higher-education-compact-eight-proposals-for-delivering-on-its-vision/

After the compact was introduced (Oct 2025), "a rough consensus emerged that the Trump administration had identified crucial problems but that its solution needed work. This project is an attempt to do some of that work."

By "rough consensus" I suppose AEI means "rough consensus of the people and orgs we read." If so, take that as a sign of how it reads.

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Takedowns #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

@petersuber@fediscience.org replied · 5 days ago

Update. Billionaire #MarcRowan was the driving force behind the #Trump compact with universities.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/billionaire-marc-rowan-trump-deal-universities.html

It helps to know that Rowan is the owner of the for-profit University of Phoenix...
https://www.republicreport.org/2025/billionaire-behind-trump-pressure-campaign-on-colleges-owns-predatory-university-of-phoenix/

...which has paid hundreds of millions to settle more than a dozen claims of fraud.
https://vetsedsuccess.org/university-of-phoenix-recent-actions-and-concerns/

Now we learn that Rowan has a history of talking business with #JeffreyEpstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/business/dealbook/epstein-files-business.html

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

@petersuber@fediscience.org · last week

Key indicator of what's happening to US higher ed:

"Despite Harvard's victory [in court, against the Trump admin], more schools agreed to deals."
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/29/nx-s1-5559293/trump-settlements-colleges-universities

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

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@petersuber@fediscience.org · last week

"Some 10,109 [Ph.D.s] in science and related fields left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce."
https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-has-lost-more-10-000-stem-ph-d-s-trump-took-office

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

@petersuber@fediscience.org · last week

"Some 10,109 [Ph.D.s] in science and related fields left their jobs last year as President Donald Trump dramatically shrank the overall federal workforce."
https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-has-lost-more-10-000-stem-ph-d-s-trump-took-office

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

"Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’."
https://www.404media.co/dozens-of-cdc-health-databases-have-gone-dark-under-trump-the-consequences-will-be-dire/

"Nearly half of routinely-updated CDC databases have experienced delays or shutdowns in 2025, with vaccination-related systems disproportionately affected, according to a new study."

Primary source: "Unexplained Pauses in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance: Erosion of the Public Evidence Base for Health Policy."
https://www.404media.co/dozens-of-cdc-health-databases-have-gone-dark-under-trump-the-consequences-will-be-dire/

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #Medicine #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Dozens of CDC Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’

Nearly half of routinely-updated CDC databases have experienced delays or shutdowns in 2025, with vaccination-related systems disproportionately affected, according to a new study.

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@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org · 2 weeks ago

Fighting attacks on knowledge requires understanding the terrain! Register for this first #DefendResearch webinar to hear from PEN America about their new report “America’s Censored Campuses” analyzing #censorship within research and education. https://tinyurl.com/437aybub #Academia

America's Censored Campuses: DefendResearch.org and PEN America discuss US academic censorship

As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conversations with scholars and experts who view the current attacks on academic freedom as existential and who believe that it is vital to educate the public about the repercussions of these acts of censorship. We kick off February 12, at 11 am ET with PEN America to discuss their important new report: America’s Censored Campuses: Expanding the Web of Control. The webinar will provide an overview of both DefendResearch.org and PEN America's work, focusing specifically on this new report and what it can tell us about the state of scientific research and education in the United States. This webinar is open to all but space is limited to 100 attendees. REGISTER TO ATTEND by completing the form below. -------------------------------------- More on the report and PEN America: As a result of a dramatic escalation in political censorship, more than half the students at U.S. colleges and universities now study in a state with at least one law or policy restricting what can be taught or how campuses can operate, according to a new study by PEN America. America’s Censored Campuses: Expanding the Web of Control highlights the unprecedented heights of government censorship of colleges and universities that spread nationwide in 2025. The report builds on PEN America’s work tracking educational censorship legislation since 2021, and analyzes the continued passage of state-level educational gag orders that restrict college teaching, the explosion of ideologically-motivated attacks on university operations (including faculty governance, academic curricula, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives), and the Trump administration’s vast weaponization of federal power to bend academic research and teaching to its ideological will. PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. They champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Their mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible. Learn more at https://pen.org. More on DefendResearch.org Launched by scholarly communications professionals in February 2025, DefendResearch.org is the home of the "Declaration to Defend Research from US Government Censorship" - a statement condemning the Trump Administration's attacks on academic and scientific freedom and highlighting the dangers to American intellectual life. The Declaration's signatories are both individuals and organizations and represent over tens of thousands of people across the globe. All are welcome to sign and are further encouraged to commit to actions that highlight the dangers of censorship through outreach to elected officials and the broader community. Learn more at DefendResearch.org. Sign the Declaration! Follow us on Bluesky @ DefendResearch.bsky.social.

@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.org · 2 weeks ago

Fighting attacks on knowledge requires understanding the terrain! Register for this first #DefendResearch webinar to hear from PEN America about their new report “America’s Censored Campuses” analyzing #censorship within research and education. https://tinyurl.com/437aybub #Academia

America's Censored Campuses: DefendResearch.org and PEN America discuss US academic censorship

As part of DefendResearch.org's ongoing work to highlight the dangers of government censorship of science and research in the United States, we are launching a webinar series in 2026 dedicated to conversations with scholars and experts who view the current attacks on academic freedom as existential and who believe that it is vital to educate the public about the repercussions of these acts of censorship. We kick off February 12, at 11 am ET with PEN America to discuss their important new report: America’s Censored Campuses: Expanding the Web of Control. The webinar will provide an overview of both DefendResearch.org and PEN America's work, focusing specifically on this new report and what it can tell us about the state of scientific research and education in the United States. This webinar is open to all but space is limited to 100 attendees. REGISTER TO ATTEND by completing the form below. -------------------------------------- More on the report and PEN America: As a result of a dramatic escalation in political censorship, more than half the students at U.S. colleges and universities now study in a state with at least one law or policy restricting what can be taught or how campuses can operate, according to a new study by PEN America. America’s Censored Campuses: Expanding the Web of Control highlights the unprecedented heights of government censorship of colleges and universities that spread nationwide in 2025. The report builds on PEN America’s work tracking educational censorship legislation since 2021, and analyzes the continued passage of state-level educational gag orders that restrict college teaching, the explosion of ideologically-motivated attacks on university operations (including faculty governance, academic curricula, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives), and the Trump administration’s vast weaponization of federal power to bend academic research and teaching to its ideological will. PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. They champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Their mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible. Learn more at https://pen.org. More on DefendResearch.org Launched by scholarly communications professionals in February 2025, DefendResearch.org is the home of the "Declaration to Defend Research from US Government Censorship" - a statement condemning the Trump Administration's attacks on academic and scientific freedom and highlighting the dangers to American intellectual life. The Declaration's signatories are both individuals and organizations and represent over tens of thousands of people across the globe. All are welcome to sign and are further encouraged to commit to actions that highlight the dangers of censorship through outreach to elected officials and the broader community. Learn more at DefendResearch.org. Sign the Declaration! Follow us on Bluesky @ DefendResearch.bsky.social.

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@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

New survey from the American Council of Education ( #ACE): "Seven in 10 senior higher education leaders [in the US] say they are concerned about government interference in academic freedom and institutional autonomy."
https://www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pages/Pulse-Point-Survey-Higher-Education-Federal-Policy.aspx

Serious question: Who are the 30% who are not concerned?

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

ACE Survey: Federal Policy Uncertainty Weighs Heavily on Higher Education Leaders

Seven in 10 senior higher education leaders say they are concerned about government interference in academic freedom and institutional autonomy, according to ACE’s latest Pulse Point survey,

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

New survey from the American Council of Education ( #ACE): "Seven in 10 senior higher education leaders [in the US] say they are concerned about government interference in academic freedom and institutional autonomy."
https://www.acenet.edu/News-Room/Pages/Pulse-Point-Survey-Higher-Education-Federal-Policy.aspx

Serious question: Who are the 30% who are not concerned?

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

ACE Survey: Federal Policy Uncertainty Weighs Heavily on Higher Education Leaders

Seven in 10 senior higher education leaders say they are concerned about government interference in academic freedom and institutional autonomy, according to ACE’s latest Pulse Point survey,

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@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

" #NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-quietly-ends-financial-support-for-planetary-science-groups/

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Scientific American

NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups

The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

" #NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-quietly-ends-financial-support-for-planetary-science-groups/

#DefendResearch #Funding #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Scientific American

NASA quietly ends financial support for planetary science groups

The U.S. space agency will quit funding several independent science advisory groups this year

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@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

"US science after a year of Trump. A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce."
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-00088-9/index.html

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

"When data disappears: The impact of cancelled federal studies on student financial aid research."
https://www.pellinstitute.org/news-impact/blog/when-data-disappears-what-the-cancellation-of-federal-studies-means-for-financial-aid-research/

"In March 2025, the U.S. Department of Education made a quiet yet profoundly consequential decision to abruptly terminate major research contracts and lay off dozens of staff and contractors, [undermining] the nation’s ability to access credible, comprehensive data on college affordability, student success, and postsecondary outcomes."

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Data #DefendResearch #Education #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

The Pell Institute

When data disappears: The impact of cancelled federal studies on student financial aid research - The Pell Institute

This blog explores the impact of cancelled federal studies like NPSAS, BPS, and B&B—and why longitudinal data remains vital to higher education equity.

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 weeks ago

"US science after a year of Trump. A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce."
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-00088-9/index.html

#Censorship #DefendResearch #Funding #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

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@petersuber@fediscience.org · 3 weeks ago

"Trump administration Orders #USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With."
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usda-foreign-scientists

PS: One more reason why non-US scientists will not want to collaborate with US scientists. One more blow to science as an international effort.

#Agriculture #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

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