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Bolts staff writer Alex Burness explains how Southern states ignored a Reconstruction-era law and manipulated the criminal legal system to prevent Black people from voting. This year, that has finally caught up with one state: Virginia.

Texas Tech Prof. Deena Varner on the Creighton memoranda and the administrative takeover of higher education. 👏👏⬇️

How to Occupy a University

Project 2025, Texas Tech, and the Administrative Remaking of Higher Education

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“A bureaucratic restructuring that leads to the selective elimination of faculty members really puts academic freedom in jeopardy… particularly for professors who have displeased admin, trustees or donors.” — Mark Criley, Senior Officer in the AAUP Dept of Academic Freedom, Tenure & Governance.

He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway.

The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.

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The Tiger Marching Band is coming to Harlem. Grambling State University leads the 57th African American Day Parade Sept. 20, celebrating the band's 100th anniversary and GSU's 125th. See more: https://bit.ly/4xlhycX #AADP #GramblingState #Harlem

A 4th data center? WTF? This is why Elon targeted Memphis for xAI — he knew local officials would let him do whatever he wanted regardless of the community’s health/input. @mayorpaulyoung 🤔 (Even after canceling the promised water facility) More: www.instagram.com/p/DblVyoMgKO...

FAITH is a “last-dollar, full cost of attendance” award, specifically designed to support Mississippi students who need the help to attend college. Because of a funding gap, 170 foster students are left without scholarships they were previously approved for.

‘Soul-Crushing’: 170 Foster Students Denied Scholarships at Last Minute Across Mississippi

The State of Mississippi is denying 170 Mississippi foster students full-ride scholarships weeks before classes begin due to lack of funding.

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While this is a HUGE WIN, there's more work to do. It's time to DOUBLE DOWN in pressuring Congress. They need to revoke the OMB Proposal. Members of Congress who fail to stop the Proposal will be out of a job January 3rd, 2027, we will make sure of it. 🧵

Congress created a federal voucher tax credit, but governors still have a choice. They can reject a scheme that drains attention and resources from public schools and instead invest in the schools that serve all children. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

The GOP’s ‘free cash’ for education puts Democrats on the hot seat

Teachers unions say blue state leaders need to reject the federal program, but parents and other groups are urging them to let the money flow.

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>>>>>>>>>>>> Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas

Matthew Boedy@matthewboedy.bsky.social · 2d ago

The 2026 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas please take a second to fill it out: forms.gle/iLheVskd4wcA...

In fall of 2027, tuition will be free for Rice students whose families earn between $100K - $200K annually. Students from families earning less than $100K annually will get tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board covered. | Kathryn Palmer www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t... #BlackskyNews

Rice to Give Free Tuition to Students From Families Earning $200K or Less

Rice University in Houston is expanding its free tuition program, the university announced in a news release Monday. Beginning in the fall of 2027, new students from families earning between $100,000 ...

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Jackson police are investigating the death of an unidentified Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a vacant home in Mississippi’s capital city on Monday night. www.mississippifreepress.org/black-woman-...

Black Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Home in Jackson, But Details Are Sparse

Jackson police are investigating the death of a Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a home in Mississippi's capital city.

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Jackson police are investigating the death of an unidentified Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a vacant home in Mississippi’s capital city on Monday night. www.mississippifreepress.org/black-woman-...

Black Woman Found Hanging in Tree Behind Vacant Home in Jackson, But Details Are Sparse

Jackson police are investigating the death of a Black woman who was found hanging in a tree behind a home in Mississippi's capital city.

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Everything is big in Texas. Including the racism, bigotry & law breaking across Texas’ public universities. And the resistance. The lawsuits are here. First one hit Tech. This one hits A&M. UT just matter of time. @texasaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org

Gautam Hans@gshans.bsky.social · yesterday

Another banger from @aclu.org @aaup.org www.aclutx.org/press-releas...

BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1

BREAKING NEWS! The Senate has paused the OMB rule that would put Trump appointees in charge of federal spending. Next step - Contact your MoC and tell them to permanently REVOKE THE RULE: zurl.co/1SXEN Article: zurl.co/23mF8

Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul

Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.

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This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

So Trump and McMahon now are trying the velvet glove approach to get universities to submit. It’s just a watered down version of the compact they tried to impose last year. No self-respecting university should comply. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...

After Colleges Reject ‘Compact,’ Trump Officials Try a Letter (Gift Article)

The open letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon fell far short of the attempt at a compact last year that dangled research money in return for embracing the Trump administration’s agenda.

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The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...

New Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t Over

The Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...

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A consortium of journalists is revealing how the industry influences governments in Latin America and globally.

How American Big Tech guards the profits it extracts around the world – The Markup

A consortium of journalists is revealing how the industry influences governments in Latin America and globally.

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Reparations for Black Americans w/ @sandydarity.bsky.social

Reparations for Black Americans w/ William A. Darity

We’re joined this month by William A. (“Sandy”) Darity to discuss reparations for Black Americans. Sandy Darity is Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studie…

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The peer-reviewed study defines anti-Black misogyny [ misogynoir ] as “the structural system through which people, institutions, and environments interpret and regulate Black women’s bodies, emotions, and intellectual contributions across a www.theimpactmagazine.com/lifestyle/dw... #BlackskyNews

Dr. William A. Smith Didn’t Study Burnout In Black Women: He Studied The System That Produces It

In 2026, five researchers published a peer-reviewed study in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. They interviewed twenty-five Black women across multiple U.S. region…

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This is an outstanding result, but we’re not done yet! The NSF update is still open for comment and not directly impacted. Keep the pressure up! fight2win.standupforscience.net

Stand up for Science

Stand up for Science

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Colette Delawalla, PhD@cdelawalla.bsky.social · 3d ago

THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Nearly 500,000 public comments have flooded in since the Trump administration proposed a rule that gives political appointees control over research funding. “The United States will not just fall behind. It will step aside,” one physicist wrote.

How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...

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PUBLIC HEARING: @dchealth.bsky.social will consider Howard University Hospital’s proposed freestanding hospital pavilion at 641 S St NW on Thursday, Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. To attend, email dana.mitchener@dc.gov for the Webex link. To testify, call 202-442-5875 by Aug. 12. More below 👇

Howard unenrolled 502 freshmen over a July 10 deadline. Its own site lists August 3. Its payment plan didn't collect until July 15. Federal aid couldn't disburse until August 7. 200+ have been readmitted. #StudentLoans #HigherEd

Howard University Reversed 40% Of Its Own Unenrollment Decisions In Nine Days

Howard University reversed 40% of its unenrollment decisions after cutting 502 freshmen. What families should check on their own student accounts now.

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If anyone is interested I added an accreditation page to the Georgia AAUP website with info about how faculty can fight the new state-run accreditation group www.aaupgeorgia.org/policy-resou...

Georgia AAUP - Accreditation

The Georgia AAUP has joined other AAUP leaders throughout the South to fight the creation of a state-run accreditaiton agency. The Commission for Public Higher Education (CPHE) is an accrediting body ...

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Maryland offers assistance to students unenrolled from Howard University

Maryland offers assistance to students unenrolled from Howard University

The state of Maryland is looking to help the hundreds of students who were unenrolled at Howard University.

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Howard University's interim president says over 200 of the more than 500 first-year incoming students who were unenrolled for the fall semester have been readmitted to the school.

Howard University president says more than 200 students readmitted after mass unenrollment

Howard University's interim president says over 200 of the more than 500 first-year incoming students who were unenrolled for the fall semester have been readmitted to the school.

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More than 200 of the 502 students unenrolled from Howard University have been reinstated, interim president Wayne Frederick told a D.C. news outlet. Others are being offered help transferring or deferring enrollment. Read more: https://bit.ly/4pJUeTE #HowardUniversity #HBCU

Some Howard University students impacted by un-enrollment exploring options at Hampton University instead

Some Howard University students impacted by un-enrollment exploring options at Hampton University

Some Howard University students impacted by un-enrollment exploring options at Hampton University instead

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