Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed
We are a group of scholars, educators, and writers in higher ed working and collaborating to demand financial accountability and total realignment of funding to make education a public good with fair tuition and fair labor.
Public higher ed for all!
- 2013: Department of Commerce’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship spoke directly to colleges and universities around the country to understand how they are nurturing and promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. This effort was conducted in response to a letter that was marshaled...
- The Underclass Is in Session... a vastly unequal academy. 'Not a single ivory tower anymore. An iron plinth of student debt upon which stands a decidedly thinner ivory tower that casts a long shadow over an academic underclass with few prospects for advancement.' @higheredlabor.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdIf Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
- Yess -- but it's true everywhere: K-12 ed, food stamps, public transport, etc. This is the neoliberal project full effect w cultural narratives of market forces, efficiency, and finance obscuring the material movement of wealth/income upward to elites and gutting of the collective public good.
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- Money, power, sex, connections -- the elites of academia are not immune. Another reason to fight for a higher education system for all students, faculty, staff, and communities that serves all equitable. Not just for the benefit of a handful of elites.
- Get organized -- and then follow the money $$ and demand shared governance.
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdThis is a huge win for higher ed! Unfortunately, many institutions complied in advance and already folded many of their DEI efforts. This is an example of why it’s so important to resist until there is no other option. Most of the programs that were terminated won’t be resurrected. What a loss.
- "After a lawsuit and a defeat in court, however, the Trump administration says it is dropping the matter entirely." Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdFor the countless immigrant communities affected by escalating immigration enforcement, donation drives and other forms of collective aid have been a beam of light amid the darkness of fear, brutality, and chaos. Educators have been at the forefront of this response.
- Follow the $$. And now when we follow the money, we will find shady allocations involving AI, particularly LLMs
- The college at which I'm employed, which has signed a contract with the AI firm that stole books from 131 colleagues & me, paid a student to write an op-ed for the student paper promoting AI, guided the writing of it, and did not disclose this to the paper. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdWe are pleased to invite contributions to Money on the Left: History, Theory, Practice. Money on the Left publishes peer-reviewed articles about monetary arrangements, knowledges, and cultures with the aim of promoting ecosocial justice.
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed@lawcha.bsky.social and @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social will jointly award a $2,000 grant for research leading to an article to a contingent/adjunct faculty, community college faculty, or independent scholar engaged in work related to working people. @contingent-mag.bsky.social @historians.org
- Fair share taxes -- progressive taxes on income, wealth assets, capital gains, inheritance.
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed“Teachers also should have confidence that making a comment on social media that someone doesn’t like can be a career-ending decision” #TheCTDifference
- Responding to the catastrophe of climate change requires the humanities: history to understand the depth, the players, and the infrastructure; literature to make arguments for massive social change; art and media for storytelling that gets people involved rather than shutdown in denial; etc. etc.
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdICE doesn’t share its violent incidents with the public. So here’s our list. prospect.org/2026/01/29/i...
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- "key component of the U.S. Department of Education’s America 250 celebrations, coordinated with the America 250 Civics Education Coalition, a national partnership with the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 50 national and state orgs" @historians.org
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨! Three of the CUNY Fired Four have been reinstated. We celebrate this victory but will keep fighting until all four PSC members dismissed have been rehired. Send this 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 to Management today! --> psc-cuny.org/issues/reins...
- We need to know the opponents, get on the offense to head off the next phases of their dismantling higher ed. "Directing efforts to eliminate the Department of Ed and downsize the federal role in higher ed would be a major step forward." @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social
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- Academic Freedom Module Designed as stand-alone 1-2 hour session offering foundational understanding of academic freedom. It can be incorporated into a grad seminar, undergrad class, professional development course, new faculty orientation, or used as part of a campus discussion group. @aaup.org
- One of the wealthiest institutions in the world. Over $44 billion in endowment. But cutting PhDs. "Dean of Grad School of Arts and Sciences, said in email that increase in the endowment tax comes at a time that the “historic partnership between universities and the federal government is shifting."
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Ed🎊 Exciting news: We’re proud to introduce our 2026 cohort of think tank fellows! This inspiring group will help advance our #GoodLife vision of shared prosperity and power for working people. Meet the new Roosevelters ⬇️
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- What happened at University of Vermont, West Virginia University, other public flagships was already happening at community colleges, state universities. Faculty, staff, students have to organize on budgeting: follow the $, demand shared governance over the money, refuse austerity. CT has the money.
- We say -- follow that $$$
- The new app will operate under "defined safeguards that protect national security through comprehensive data protections, algorithm security, content moderation and software assurances for U.S. users," the company said in a statement Thursday. to.pbs.org/4jS2j5K
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- Research universities — KU, K-State and WSU — faculty teach 6-9 cred/sem. Annual reviews w teaching 40% to 55% of workload. Research obligations would range from 35% to 45%. Regional universities — PSU, ESU and FHSU — faculty teach 12 credit/semester. Teaching, 60% to 75%; research, 15% to 30%.
- so much for the "cliff"
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- Follow that $$$$$$ University president earning base salary of $2mill + who knows what bonuses and "incentives." Corporatization full bloom. @aaup.org
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdJoin the PSC and allies on Wednesday, February 25th for an all-day bus trip to Albany to make the case to state legislators for a more progressive tax system. Sign up for a bus here: psc-cuny.org/TaxTheRich
- AI running 8-week online course to replace faculty teaching 16-week semester. This is right-wing and tech utopianists' idea of "helping" higher ed students. Charge them same amount, but make them believe it's better bc they finish faster and can back to full-time jobs. @higheredlabor.bsky.social
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdFlorida is the number one book banning state in the country. This year, the Florida legislature is proposing two new book banning bills that will drive this crisis to unimaginable heights. But we're not backing down, and neither should you. Read more—and how to push back—at: pen.org/florida-doub...
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdHistoric Win: Staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art voted overwhelmingly to unionize with UAW, with about 76% voting in favor after years of organizing. seiu.co/4qw2qq3
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdLet us know you will be there to say NYC stands with Minnesotans, ICE Out for Good. Our communities deserve to live without fear – free from raids, detention, and the expanding reach of surveillance.
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdMartin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life to advocating tirelessly for the justice and equality of Black Americans and resisting elected leaders’ deliberate abuse and neglect of our communities. He was relentlessly targeted by our government for his views and pursuit of equality.
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdSunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket. He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War. Notice the suppressors 1/2
- Get to know the jargon of budget power. Get to know the potential to follow that $$$ to get influence over that $$$ www.aaup.org/academe/issu... @aaup.org @higheredlabor.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social
- As relevant as ever -- articles about organizing based on budget issues and tactics to get more shared governance over the $$$$$$$$ www.aaup.org/academe/issu...
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdFor @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdYour periodic reminder the college student are adults CHOOSING their courses in NONCOMPULSORY education. Yet a record number of state legislatures have decided they know best. Give adults the freedom to learn. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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- Reposted by Scholars for a New Deal for Higher EdNew: Secretary Linda McMahon says the Department of Education has decided to "pause" garnishing wages for student loans.
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