PhD Timeline: Trump2-amended
https://xkcd.com/3081/
Diamond: Harvard for standing up for academic freedom
Coal: Trump sycophants/cowards/ICE-abetting domestic terrorist organization Columbia University
#Trump #Christofascism #transgenocide
#TransLivesMatter #TransRights
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/114186381298087870
600 University of Pennsylvania faculty sign open letter urging the school's president to resist trump's 'assaults' on higher education — The Daily Pennsylvanian
http://www.thedp.com/article/2025/04/penn-faculty-letter-to-jameson
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd
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
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/04/kotlikoff-joins-more-than-230-higher-education-leaders-in-signing-letter-against-trump-s-political-interference
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
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:
https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement
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!)
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.”
Miranda Bryant: #Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities: Research council launches 100m kroner fund as Norwegian government calls for the protection of academic freedom
#science #AcademicFreedom #trump #uspol #EU
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/23/norway-launches-scheme-to-lure-top-researchers-away-from-us-universities
A public statement opposing restrictions on #AcademicFreedom by the #Trump administration, and the list of 200+ #university presidents and #HigherEd association CEOs who signed it. 
https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement
Only 2 in #Tennessee ; Knox College and the University of the South. 
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
Leaders of elite private institutions that have been repeatedly targeted by #Trump were among the signers.
“We are open to constructive reform & do not oppose legitimate government oversight. However, we must oppose undue #GovernmentIntrusion in the lives of those who learn, live, & work on our campuses,” the letter, released by the American Assoc of #Colleges & #Universities, said.
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
https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement
Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration is about more than frozen funding.
It’s about protecting academic freedom, resisting political coercion, and calling out the weaponization of federal power.
Democracy dies when knowledge is controlled.
https://apple.news/Aq-tnhkQsTXSU5ahxmTnf0Q
[cont’d] more on this issue…
Wait Till the Jews Are Blamed for Bringing Down Harvard by Naftali Kaminski https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-04-17/ty-article-opinion/.premium/wait-till-the-jews-are-blamed-for-bringing-down-harvard/00000196-3db9-d78d-a1de-3db982650000 or https://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
Glad to see that the Irish Research Staff Association along with many other organisation has endorsed the @ALLEA statement on threats to academic freedom and international Research Collaboration in the US.
Trump is demanding universities change policies or face defunding. Would Poilievre do the same?
Conservative leader has called for an end to 'woke ideology' in schools. Poilievre has also threatened to defund universities over what he perceives as their ideological slant.
#Canada #CdnPoli #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-trump-univrersities-defund-1.7512547
Update. "Trump’s #DOJ Sends Intimidating Letters to Medical #Journals for Supposedly Being ‘Partisan’ "
https://gizmodo.com/trumps-doj-sends-intimidating-letters-to-medical-journals-for-supposedly-being-partisan-2000591550
"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.
FRANCE
Macron to Global Researchers: “Choose France”
Amid US budget cuts, Macron invites global scientists to France.
Launch of “Choose France for Science” platform to fund foreign researchers.
ANR: France stands for global academic freedom.
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Minnesota State Capitol (March 15)
The #Trump admin is also attempting to #deport some foreign protesters & has revoked hundreds of #visas across the country.
The Trump admin has frozen or canceled some #funding for #universities like #Columbia, #Princeton, #Brown, University of #Pennsylvania, #Cornell & #Northwestern as well.
#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.
#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
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-seeks-records-harvard-foreign-funding-ties-2025-04-18/
Sarah Kennedy-O’Reilly, a #Harvard spox, said the #university was aware of the letter, which she said “follows on the heels of our statement that Harvard will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. We continue to stand by that statement.”
