Opponents testify against bill tying funding to Ohio higher education overhaul compliance ‘A dangerous escalation of political interference,’ one opponent called it by Reilly Ackermann ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/19/o...

Opponents tesitfy against bill tying funding to Ohio higher education overhaul compliance • Ohio Capital Journal

More than 150 opponents flooded an Ohio House committee last week with written and spoken testimony against new legislation that looks to tie college and university funding to the anti-diversity highe...

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Kent State professors cautious in the classroom following SB1 The law’s vague language and nature, they say, have led to many professors changing their teaching for fear of retribution. signalakron.org/kent-state-o...

Kent State professors cautious in the classroom following SB1

Public university professors are struggling to adjust to Ohio’s Senate Bill 1, the Advance Ohio Higher Education Act.

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Let’s hear it for having to use Canvas! Teaching an online course this semester and it’s the only way to do it. Nothing like seeing this when I logged on especially since it’s finals week. Fall 26 only teaching in person will avoid Canvas and back to unhackable paper!

Thoughtful article by Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social about college campuses, protest, and Kent State in the 1970s. I'm a KSU History professor. Bunch is right about what's going on in Ohio today and since 1970. Public universities cost a lot more to attend than in 1970. share.inquirer.com/bnFQwf

Kent State and the silence of American campuses | Will Bunch Newsletter

Plus, a grim World Press Freedom Day for America

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Ohio, Springfield officials prepare for possible ICE surge by Sarah Donaldson www.wvxu.org/2026-01-28/o...

Ohio, Springfield officials prepare for possible ICE surge

Hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in Ohio and the U.S. are set to lose their legal status Tuesday, absent further court action.

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Great news about this resource from the amazing Library of Congress! Great to use in the undergraduate history classroom. During the pandemic my intro history students searched Chronicling America to see what local newspapers said-or not-about the 1918 pandemic. They enjoyed finding the old stories.

Library of Congress@librarycongress.bsky.social · last yr.

NEWS: The Library of Congress has launched a significant upgrade to the Chronicling America website, the nation’s leading free resource for historical U.S. newspapers. newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

Teaching first half US History intro survey this semester and covering 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and efforts like this to rescue people who freed themselves. Asking students to imagine being alive then and considering what can you/could you/should you do? Tubman knew the answer.

Zinn Education Project@zinnedproject.bsky.social · last yr.

Harriet Tubman, with a group of people, "stormed building where Charles Nalle was being held for 2nd time &, through gunfire, liberated him." #tdih 1860 in Troy, NY, Tubman helped rescue Nalle, held under horrific Fugitive Slave Law. Read⬇️ 🎨 by Mark Priest www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ha...

Dang, too true. So many boxes of tissues. . .

King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · last yr.

Meanwhile a survey of more than 500 historians finds the vast majority curled up into a ball and weeping softly.

Glad I had my history class read the Declaration closely last month especially grievances against the king. Still too relevant 1 month later! NO KING, NO MONARCH! 🗃️

Liz Smith-Pryor@lizsp.bsky.social · last yr.

Teaching first half US History survey this semester. We’re up to the Revolution. Class did close reading of the Declaration of Independence last week. Inspired new bumper sticker. Current events too relevant 😳

It’s for pieces like this from Will Bunch that I subscribe to the Inquirer although Phillie is at least a 5 hour drive away. He reminds us of the moral issues at stake right now. You won’t find anything like it in the other “national” newspapers which I no longer subscribe to.

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · last yr.

There's a reason ICE agents wear masks in the street. From Kristi Noem's war-crime propaganda to the airport officers harassing innocent tourists, the MAGA deportation regime is not just immoral but increasingly criminal Someday, there must be justice. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Should be a national holiday! I celebrate the Confederacy’s defeat in the Civil War and remind anyone who wants to put those statues back up ( you know the ones I mean) that they are monuments to losers and traitors.

Andrew Rothstein@asrothstein.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy Confederate Surrender Day! At the battle of Gettysburg, Minnesota soldiers captured Virginia’s battle flag and Minnesota still has it. Virginia keeps asking for it back and each governor tells them to get stuffed. www.twincities.com/2017/08/20/m...

#HandsOff

Liz Smith-Pryor@lizsp.bsky.social · last yr.

Today’s double sided poster for Hands Off protests. Attended 2 today! One in our county seat and the other in my small Ohio city. Good turnout for both! People are angry about the cuts to the federal government, DOGE, and the Trump tariffs.

Today’s double sided poster for Hands Off protests. Attended 2 today! One in our county seat and the other in my small Ohio city. Good turnout for both! People are angry about the cuts to the federal government, DOGE, and the Trump tariffs.

Two sided sign for today’s Tesla Takedown in the Cleveland area in Ohio. Looked like a good turnout. Very positive responses from passing traffic! #TeslaTakedown

As a history professor at an Ohio public uni all I can say is that this is awful. Not surprised Rep legislature and governor just union busted faculty unions plus going to make it more difficult to teach history accurately. As the immortal Ohioan Christie Hynde once sang, “hey, ho, way to go Ohio!”

David Darmofal@daviddarmofal.bsky.social · last yr.

Mike DeWine just ended academic freedom at Ohio public colleges and universities. He just signed the most restrictive higher ed bill in modern American history.

The governor of Ohio signed this bill into law today. This is going to make Ohio’ s public higher ed whiter than it already is. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/ohio-...

Ohio Gov. DeWine signs higher ed bill regulating classroom discussion and banning diversity efforts • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a massive higher education bill that would ban diversity and equity and prohibit faculty from striking into law into law Friday afternoon. The bill will take effect in 90 ...

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Liz Smith-Pryor@lizsp.bsky.social · last yr.

This bill is going to make it extremely difficult to teach American history accurately in Ohio’s public universities. The elimination of DEI is only going to make Ohio’s public higher ed even whiter than it already is.

As a history professor at an Ohio public uni all I can say is that this is awful. Not surprised Rep legislature and governor just union busted faculty unions plus going to make it more difficult to teach history accurately. As the immortal Ohioan Christie Hynde once sang, “hey, ho, way to go Ohio!”

David Darmofal@daviddarmofal.bsky.social · last yr.

Mike DeWine just ended academic freedom at Ohio public colleges and universities. He just signed the most restrictive higher ed bill in modern American history.

This 2016 conference was fantastic! I had the distinct pleasure of attending. Great material in here for teaching African American History.

American Historical Association@historians.org · last yr.

Looking for classroom resources for courses in African American history? Check out these videos from The Future of the African American Past, a landmark 2016 conference co-hosted by the AHA & the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture that brought together 60+ scholars. 🗃️

The AHA urges Ohioans to write to Governor DeWine and ask him to veto SB 1. This dangerous bill would undermine the integrity, quality, and reputation of public higher education in Ohio. Read our action alert for more information. 🗃️

Action Alert: Ask Governor DeWine to Veto Ohio SB 1

Over the last three years, the American Historical Association and many state-level partners have opposed Ohio SB 1 and its predecessor SB 83, both of which proposed aggressive new mechanisms to overr...

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If you’re an Ohioan please reach out to Gov. DeWine and ask him to veto SB1 when it reaches his desk. It’s an absurd bill that will decrease the quality/value of public higher ed in Ohio and it also hurts faculty unions. Why is Ohio on a race to the bottom?

Honesty for Ohio Education@honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · last yr.

Letter to the Editor Senate Bill 1 hurts Ohio's universities. Don't sign it, Gov. DeWine SB 1 hurts students, teachers and Ohio's economy. Kathleen Jones, Westwood www.cincinnati.com/story/opinio...

This bill is going to make it extremely difficult to teach American history accurately in Ohio’s public universities. The elimination of DEI is only going to make Ohio’s public higher ed even whiter than it already is.

David DeWitt@daviddewitt.bsky.social · last yr.

Commentary: The Ohio Republican higher ed bill substitutes governmental edicts for academic freedom; eliminates diversity and inclusion; restricts how faculty teach; and bans faculty strikes. It guts academic freedom and reshapes public universities.

Life in a gerrymandered state. Despite overwhelming opposition legislature is about to gut public higher ed. Bill is all about union busting and controlling faculty and student speech under the guise of “intellectual diversity.” Why would young people stay in Ohio? newrepublic.com/article/1924...

Ohio Republicans Are Ready to Wreck the Economy Over DEI

Conservative lawmakers in the Buckeye State are pushing a bill that could create a devastating statewide brain drain.

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If you’re an Ohioan please reach out to Gov. DeWine and ask him to veto SB1 when it reaches his desk. It’s an absurd bill that will decrease the quality/value of public higher ed in Ohio and it also hurts faculty unions. Why is Ohio on a race to the bottom?

Honesty for Ohio Education@honesty4ohioed.bsky.social · last yr.

Letter to the Editor Senate Bill 1 hurts Ohio's universities. Don't sign it, Gov. DeWine SB 1 hurts students, teachers and Ohio's economy. Kathleen Jones, Westwood www.cincinnati.com/story/opinio...

This bill is going to make it extremely difficult to teach American history accurately in Ohio’s public universities. The elimination of DEI is only going to make Ohio’s public higher ed even whiter than it already is.

David DeWitt@daviddewitt.bsky.social · last yr.

Commentary: The Ohio Republican higher ed bill substitutes governmental edicts for academic freedom; eliminates diversity and inclusion; restricts how faculty teach; and bans faculty strikes. It guts academic freedom and reshapes public universities.

Life in a gerrymandered state. Despite overwhelming opposition legislature is about to gut public higher ed. Bill is all about union busting and controlling faculty and student speech under the guise of “intellectual diversity.” Why would young people stay in Ohio? newrepublic.com/article/1924...

Ohio Republicans Are Ready to Wreck the Economy Over DEI

Conservative lawmakers in the Buckeye State are pushing a bill that could create a devastating statewide brain drain.

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Time to re-read this classic and important text about the organizing tradition in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement.

Liz Smith-Pryor@lizsp.bsky.social · last yr.

Charles Payne, I've Got the Light of Freedom The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle

Teaching first half USHistory survey. Thursday’s class devoted to close reading Articles 1-3 and students had to focus on specific powers of each branch. Started class by singing this a capella. 😂 The preamble and we the people matter! Time to remind our reps in Congress! youtu.be/0EfnNUt_nwY?...

Schoolhouse Rock! "The Preamble" to the Constitution, music by Lynn Ahrens

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Teaching first half USHistory survey. Thursday’s class devoted to close reading Articles 1-3 and students had to focus on specific powers of each branch. Started class by singing this a capella. 😂 The preamble and we the people matter! Time to remind our reps in Congress! youtu.be/0EfnNUt_nwY?...

Schoolhouse Rock! "The Preamble" to the Constitution, music by Lynn Ahrens

YouTube video by NationTalk.us

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This is real talk. Take responsibility.

Lauren-Ashley Arts@laurenashley087.bsky.social · last yr.

Look, “America” shouldn’t be embarrassed. *White* America should be embarrassed. You all keep dodging the obvious part in an attempt to stave off the bad feels that would come from actually taking responsibility for how your demographic has operated at the ballot box since Richard Milhous Nixon.

Opinion Senate Bill 1 is a disaster Its thinly veiled efforts to promote political neutrality & “intellectual diversity” in public universities are nothing but a trojan horse to push their own political agenda & neuter discussions that scare them by Zach Donaldson www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

Ohio GOP is playing 'silly games' with Senate Bill 1. They deserve silly prizes.| Opinion

My response to Sen. Jerry Cirino's and his colleagues' 76-page list of baseless grievances is this: make us.

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