Update. The U of Virginia surveyed its community in October on how it should respond to the #Trump compact. The Chronicle of Higher Education got the results through a public-records request.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/uva-asked-its-community-to-weigh-in-on-trumps-compact-heres-what-they-said
( #paywalled)

" 'Nope. Nothing. Nada.' 'Not at all.' 'No'. 'NO.' 'NO!'… Those curt replies were broadly representative of the responses as a whole…The F-word is used nine times…There were nearly 200 references to #UVa’s founder, #ThomasJefferson, almost all of which were in service of the argument that the compact went against his vision of the university. 'Stand your ground,' one wrote. 'You know it’s what Thomas Jefferson would have wanted.' "

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

Update. Well-put: "Supporters of [the firings of these professors] say they are justified because professors are straying from their syllabi. But that’s a dodge. If an instructor in Calculus 101 teaches 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘵, the reaction would not be to ban Shakespeare instruction throughout the university."
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/11/25/professor-texas-used-to-have-universities/

"If a university is a place where students and educators engage in free inquiry in the service of understanding, #Texas now has fewer places that meet that definition."

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #AcademicFreedom #Censorship #Gender #Universities

Today at 17:00 UTC free on-line screening of film "Silenced: The dimming of universities" followed by panel discussion with Astronomers for Planet Earth

https://www.eventbrite.it/e/online-premiere-silenced-the-dimming-of-universities-panel-discussion-tickets-1895055103829?aff=oddtdtcreator

#academicFreedom

Update. Five faculty from five institutions argue that "Colleges Must Reject Trump’s ‘Compact’ To Protect Our Democracy."
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-20/college-university-trump-law-professors-compact-opinion

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

Opening of the #DigitalSociety conference in #Utrecht with the theme of #DigitalAutonomy - Caspar Berg of #UNL emphasizes that #AcademicFreedom is a driving value in the movement of societies towards more digital autonomy

#DigitalSocietyConference

#InternationalStudents’ enrollment in US #colleges has stalled, with a 17 % decline in new students this fall after #Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.

#law #immigration #AcademicFreedom #education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/11/17/foreign-student-enrollment-data/

Glass & others say #universities depend on #InternationalStudents to help power #research projects, bolster their revenue & help expose domestic students to a broader array of #cultures & #ideas. Foreign students make up about 6% of enrollment at #US #colleges.

#Trump #law #immigration #AcademicFreedom #education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain

…Many experts expect the numbers will continue to fall next year as many foreigners ecide to study in other countries instead. The number of #InternationalStudents applying to study at #US #colleges next year has fallen 9% so far, acc/to data collected from students who applied using the Common Application by Nov 1. The largest drops occurred among applicants from Asia & Africa.

#Trump #law #immigration #AcademicFreedom #education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain

That effort has included restricting travel from 19 nations; pushing #schools to limit the number of #InternationalStudents; temporarily pausing #StudentVisa screening interviews while the government revamped procedures to include tougher #socialmedia rules; & canceling #visas for students accused of “crimes”, overstaying their visa or participating in pro-Palestinian #HumanRights #protests.

#Trump #law #immigration #AcademicFreedom #education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain

#InternationalStudents’ enrollment in US #colleges has stalled, with a 17 % decline in new students this fall after #Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.

#law #immigration #AcademicFreedom #education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/11/17/foreign-student-enrollment-data/

#InternationalStudents’ enrollment in US #colleges has stalled, with a 17 % decline in new students this fall after #Trump policy changes, a key survey shows.

#law #immigration #AcademicFreedom #education #HigherEducation #BrainDrain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/11/17/foreign-student-enrollment-data/

#MariaLeptin, president of the European Research Council (#ERC, @ERC_Research), spotlights two threats to #AcademicFreedom. One is the kind of direct ideological pressure from heads of state like Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump. The other is a more insidious "web of incentives" self-imposed by academics themselves, including pressure to publish in "high-impact journals".
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/international-news/web-incentives-research-funding-limit-academic-freedom

#Academia #DefendResearch #Incentives #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

#MariaLeptin, president of the European Research Council (#ERC, @ERC_Research), spotlights two threats to #AcademicFreedom. One is the kind of direct ideological pressure from heads of state like Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump. The other is a more insidious "web of incentives" self-imposed by academics themselves, including pressure to publish in "high-impact journals".
https://sciencebusiness.net/news/international-news/web-incentives-research-funding-limit-academic-freedom

#Academia #DefendResearch #Incentives #ScholComm #Trump #TrumpVResearch #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

Very displeased with one of my Alma Maters!

#Cornell Reaches Deal with #Trump Admin to Restore #Research #Funding

The Ivy League #university had warned of #layoffs after the Trump admin stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher #education.

#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“We have been using institutional resources to try to plug these #funding holes in the short term, but these interim measures are not sustainable,” #university leaders wrote. “We must immediately address our significant financial shortfalls by reducing costs & enacting permanent change to our operational model.”

The agreement with #Cornell is the fifth that the #Trump admin has announced since early July in connection with its pressure campaign against top #schools.

#law #AcademicFreedom

In June, #Cornell University leaders warned that they anticipated #layoffs & had begun what they described as “a comprehensive review of programs & head count across the university,” where the work force had climbed by more than 15% in about 4 years.

The suspension of federal #funding turned that #growth into a #crisis.

#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #BrainDrain #extortion #Trump #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState

In April, the #Trump admin abruptly froze planned federal #research #funding for the #university. The govt had been scrutinizing #Cornell after accusing it of racial discrimination & antisemitism, & the university acknowledged receiving dozens of stop-work orders.

University leaders made clear that the #school was feeling extraordinary financial strain. The university has been considering issuing about $1 billion in bonds.

#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion #Autocracy #fascism

Under the terms of the agreement, #Cornell is expected to pay a $30 million #fine to the govt & to invest another $30 million on programs designed to enhance efficiency & lower costs in #agriculture & #farming [they already have a world renowned Ag School]. A land-grant institution, Cornell is known for its agricultural #research programs.

#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion #Trump #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Dictatorship #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState

#Cornell University reached an agreement with the #Trump admin Friday that would restore hundreds of millions in federal #funding to the #university, acc/to university & govt ofcls.

The agreement would also end government *investigations* that have placed the #school under months of federal scrutiny over accusations of *antisemitism* [ #FreeSpeech] & *discrimination* [ #diversity initiatives] in admissions.

#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion

Very displeased with one of my Alma Maters!

#Cornell Reaches Deal with #Trump Admin to Restore #Research #Funding

The Ivy League #university had warned of #layoffs after the Trump admin stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher #education.

#law #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #extortion
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/cornell-deal-trump-administration.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare