Read @jabannandale.bsky.social "If universities do not fight to maintain the vital work they have done to promote democracy in its most literal form, they will lose that foundational purpose, and the nation will lose the vital contributions of countless young adults" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/o...
Thanks @msroth.bsky.social
Read @bardcollege.bsky.social prez @jabannandale.bsky.social "One fears that by the time US academic leaders understand the implications of our current retreat, the country’s leadership in higher education, like in so many other fields, will be lost." www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/even...
Very proud to have this piece on the amazing Charles Gomillion from Tuskegee Institute and the fight against the racial gerrymander of Tuskegee, Alabama in @theeduledger.bsky.social Thanks to my colleague Lisa Bratton and co-editor @yaelbromberg.bsky.social (link in com section). #YouthVoting.
American higher education leaders need to invest resources – moral, financial, intellectual and organisational – to promote and defend the most foundational democratic right: voting. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/us-u...
US universities must do all they can to counter voter suppression
Reject calls for passive ‘neutrality’ and develop integrated plans to promote student voting, say Jonathan Becker, Erin Cannan and Yael Bromberg
timeshighereducation.com
Church and College Leaders Work to Free a Detained Afghan Student www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...
Church and College Leaders Work to Free a Detained Afghan Student
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Tuesday night at Upstate Films at 5:00 pm please join Jonathan Becker and Yael Bromberg and Seamus Heady for a free talk on our book YOUTH VOTING RIGHTS and screenings of four documentary films. Introduced by Leon Botstein, President of Bard College. Reserve free tickets Upstate Films.
Please see our article on displaced students and civic engagement. www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-...
What universities gain from involving displaced students in civic engagement
Civic action not only gives displaced students and refugees a sense of belonging and agency, it brings academic communities benefits such as cultural insight and leadership skills
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