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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder

@jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social
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Prof at Carleton, writes on K-12 schools, higher ed, race, culture wars, & free expression. Co-hosts Banished podcast & blog w/ @amnauncensored.bsky.social. See jeffreyaaronsnyder.com & banished.substack.com.

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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don't let AI colonize your mind! That's what Carleton College philosophy professor Daniel Groll tells students in the punchy, thought-provoking AI policy statement he shares with students in all of his classes. Give it a read... banished.substack.com/p/dont-let-a...
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Don’t Let AI Colonize Your Mind!
If you want to start a conversation with your students about AI, have them read this AI policy statement from Carleton philosophy professor Daniel Groll
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Coming to this a bit late -- this is by far the BEST piece I have read on the Jason Arday tragedy. @musaalgharbi.bsky.social as insightful and honest as ever! www.chronicle.com/article/jaso...
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Opinion | Jason Arday and Me
Getting canceled is a fast track to despair and anomie.
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is an extraordinary post-mortem by Tyler Austin Harper and should be very discomfiting to anyone with responsibility in higher education.
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Why I Quit the Tenure Track
The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
My conversation with @jonfreadom.bsky.social & Amy Reid about their latest report is now live: "Virtually No Institution of Higher Learning is Safe." banished.substack.com/p/virtually-...
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"Virtually No Institution of Higher Learning is Safe"
Amna talks to PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman and Amy Reid about unprecedented government censorship on U.S. campuses
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Banished's latest episode just dropped! @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social & I talk with @yaschamounk.skystack.xyz. Thanks to @adamkunz.com, @erictkasper.bsky.social and Phil Rechek at the Menard Center for Constitutional Studies at UWEC for making this possible. . banished.substack.com/p/are-divers...
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Are Diverse Democracies an Endangered Species?
Amna & Jeff Talk to political scientist Yascha Mounk about liberalism, populism, patriotism, and Donald J. Trump
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bluae.bsky.social @bluae.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Are Too Many Professors Excellent Sheep? open.substack.com/pub/banished...
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Are Too Many Professors Excellent Sheep?
Amna & Jeff talk to Jon Zimmerman about why some profs are afraid to speak their minds
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Why are so many professors so afraid to speak their minds? @amnauncensored.bsky.social & I discuss this question with UPenn historian of education Jon Zimmerman. Inspired by "Why Aren't Professors Braver?" by @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social in @chronicle.com. banished.substack.com/p/are-too-ma...
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Are Too Many Professors Excellent Sheep?
Amna & Jeff talk to Jon Zimmerman about why some profs are afraid to speak their minds
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
What happened to literature and the publishing industry in the Age of the "Great Awokening"? @amnauncensored.bsky.social & I get the behind-the-scenes stories from debut author Adam Szetela-- banished.substack.com/p/that-book-...
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That Book Is Dangerous!
Listen now | Amna and Jeff talk to Adam Szetela about literature and the publishing industry in the Age of the "Great Awokening"
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
In this new episode of Banished, @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social & I talk to Adam Szetela about his book (published by @mitpress.bsky.social) about cancel culture in the publishing industry. banished.substack.com/p/that-book-...
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That Book Is Dangerous!
Listen now | Amna and Jeff talk to Adam Szetela about literature and the publishing industry in the Age of the "Great Awokening"
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
In this new episode of Banished, @amnauncensored.bsky.social & I talk to debut author Adam Szetela about his fascinating, behind-the-scenes account of the effects of cancel culture in the publishing industry-- banished.substack.com/p/that-book-...
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That Book Is Dangerous!
Listen now | Amna and Jeff talk to Adam Szetela about literature and the publishing industry in the Age of the "Great Awokening"
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Cathy Young @cathyyoung63.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Good stuff!
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
What do you think are the politics of the person who said the following? When a person says something that a ton of people find offensive...and then that person is punished for it, that’s not cancel culture. That is consequences for your actions. Click 👇 banished.substack.com/p/what-we-ke...
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What We Keep Getting Wrong about the Cancel Culture Debate
Amna & Jeff re-up, & reflect on, a deep-dive post on cancel culture from 2022
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
@amnauncensored.bsky.social & I interview @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social about her brilliant new book, Authoritarians in the Academy, as well as the turbulent free expression climate in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination-- open.substack.com/pub/banished...
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Authoritarians in the Academy
Listen now (28 mins) | FIRE's Sarah McLaughlin discusses her new book and the turbulent free speech climate in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Tune in on Mon, Sept 8 at 3pm CT (4pm ET) for "Trump v. History," a conversation featuring @dblight.bsky.social, @jgrossman.bsky.social, and Leslie Harris. Also check out @newrepublic.com's Sept issue featuring essays by 11 historians on the issue. www.eventbrite.com/e/trump-vs-h...
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Trump vs. History
How Trump is trying to change our sense of who we are.
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Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Turning to the past can be a potent antidote to the bewilderment and desperation we feel in the face of today’s crises. Authoritarians do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped. Rule of law will not endure simply because it is good;
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Authoritarianism Is Made—and It Can Be Unmade
Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.
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Ken @bludrone.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
“Authoritarians do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped. Rule of law will not endure simply because it is good; democracy is fragile and always in a fight with its opposites.If Trumpism was made, it can it be unmade.” newrepublic.com/article/1983...
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Authoritarianism Is Made—and It Can Be Unmade
Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.
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Kevin Barron @kevinbarron.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Trumpism-unmade Must-read piece by @amnauncensored.bsky.social
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Authoritarianism Is Made—and It Can Be Unmade
Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
At a time when teaching US history with integrity is under threat, historians of other places must rise to the occasion & give students & the public hope. My latest in The New Republic: newrepublic.com/article/1983...
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Authoritarianism Is Made—and It Can Be Unmade
Autocrats do not merely fade away; they have to be countered and stopped.
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David Blight @dblight.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Good morning. Here is the cover and all 11 essays of new special issue of the TNR by historians ighting back against Trump administration's assaults on history, museums, archives, libraries. No surrender among historians. newrepublic.com/magazine?utm...
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Musa al-Gharbi @musaalgharbi.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I'm thrilled to announce that my second book is now officially under contract with @princetonupress.bsky.social, slated for publication in late 2026! 🧵
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Book Announcement: Those People
My second book is now officially under contract with Princeton University Press
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
11 historians on doing history under Trump 2.0 featured in TNR's Sept issue. Check out ‪@michaelkazin.bsky.social‬'s excellent piece on the history of American greatness. newrepublic.com/article/1983...
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Trump Against History
How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
@dblight.bsky.social's phenomenal lead essay in @newrepublic.com challenging Kevin Roberts to a public debate on US history. Check it out (and 10 essays by 10 other historians on history under Trump 2.0 in TNR's Sept issue). Spread the word: newrepublic.com/article/1983...
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What if History Died by Sanctioned Ignorance?
We must mobilize now to defend our profession, not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion.
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Am honored & delighted to be part of @newrepublic.com's Sept issue featuring a series of historians reflecting on Trump's war on our history. Many thanks to @dblight.bsky.social for curating this. The first 4 articles released online today; others coming soon! newrepublic.com/series/67/tr...
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Trump Against History
How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Don't miss @thenewrepublic.bsky.social's new series on Trump's attack on history curated by @dblight.bsky.social. Four pieces dropped online today (by @dblight.bsky.social, @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social, Leslie M. Harris & yours truly); more coming soon. newrepublic.com/series/67/tr...
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Trump Against History
How is Trump changing our sense of who we are? We asked eminent Yale historian David W. Blight to round up some colleagues to consider the question. Here’s what they had to say.
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
ICYMI, my latest in the Chronicle on how Trump's anti-DEI campaign undermines one of our most sacred values, the freedom of association. Substack link for those who hit a paywall: banished.substack.com/p/whatever-h...
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Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 10/03/2025
Opinion: Trump's war on DEI risks attacking the basic American value of freedom of association. chroni.cl/4kCn4SP
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Trump’s Anti-DEI Directives Trample on Freedom
Voluntary affinity groups are an American tradition, not a form of segregation.
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Hank Reichman @hankreichman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A past critic of DEI extremism speaks out. www.chronicle.com/article/trum...
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Trump’s Anti-DEI Directives Trample on Freedom
Voluntary affinity groups are an American tradition, not a form of segregation.
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Larry O. Dean @larryodean.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Trump’s Anti-DEI Directives Trample on Freedom
Voluntary affinity groups are an American tradition, not a form of segregation.
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"If fed govt outlaws campus affinity groups for their connection to DEI, it will be rejecting principle of free association. In that case...any conservative orgs have no more claims to legitimacy than any other college affinity group." @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/trum...
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Trump’s Anti-DEI Directives Trample on Freedom
Voluntary affinity groups are an American tradition, not a form of segregation.
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
A brilliant piece by @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social on how the attack on affinity groups on campus is anti-American. A must read:
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Whatever happened to freedom of association? Voluntary affinity groups are an American tradition, not a form of DEI discrimination. My latest in @chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/trum...
chronicle.com
Trump’s Anti-DEI Directives Trample on Freedom
Voluntary affinity groups are an American tradition, not a form of segregation.
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Holden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Freewheeling discussion about the current moment with two great editors and three brilliant people. @chronicle.com @amnauncensored.bsky.social Enjoyed this. www.chronicle.com/article/ther...
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Carleton College @carleton.edu · 25/02/2025
We are so proud to be recognized once more as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Students — this time marks the 20th year in a row that Carleton has made this prestigious list! Learn more about the seven Carls with 2024–25 #Fulbright awards on Carleton News 💛💙 www.carleton.edu/news/stories...
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Carleton named top producer of Fulbright U.S. students for 20th consecutive year - Carleton College
Carleton has been recognized as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. students for two decades now, with seven Carls receiving Fulbright awards for the 2024–25 academic year.
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
New Banished podcast episode now live: Ken Stern (Director of Bard's Center for the Study of Hate) discusses antisemitism, how it is defined, how colleges handled the student protests around Gaza and why so many are facing Title VI lawsuits. banished.substack.com/p/supercharg...
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Supercharged since October 7
Ken Stern on Antisemitism and Campus Conflicts over Israel/Palestine
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
New pod just dropped. Listen to episode 2 of @amnauncensored.bsky.social's conversation w/ @musaalgharbi.bsky.social about his new book, *We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite.* banished.substack.com/p/who-speaks...
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Who Speaks the Language of Social Justice?
Musa al-Gharbi talks to Amna about his new book, We Have Never Been Woke. (Episode 2 of 2)
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Excellent piece by Adam Szetela on the *Ivy Advantage* in the academic job market-- www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
New podcast episode just dropped. @amnauncensored.bsky.social talks to @musaalgharbi.bsky.social about his new book, *We Have Never Been Woke.* Musa is one of our sharpest minds on the economic, political and cultural divides between the haves and have-nots. banished.substack.com/p/you-cant-b...
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"You Can't Be an Egalitarian Social Climber"
Musa al-Gharbi talks to Amna about his new book, We Have Never Been Woke. (Episode 1 of 2)
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Amna Khalid @amnauncensored.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Part 1 of my conversation with @musaalgharbi.bsky.social is now out as an episode of Banished. Thank you Musa for coming to Carleton and engaging so thoughtfully with students and faculty. It was a real pleasure! Click link to listen: banished.substack.com/p/you-cant-b...
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
New podcast episode just dropped. @amnauncensored.bsky.social talks to @musaalgharbi.bsky.social about his new book, *We Have Never Been Woke.* Musa is one of our sharpest minds on the economic, political and cultural divides between the haves and have-nots. banished.substack.com/p/you-cant-b...
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"You Can't Be an Egalitarian Social Climber"
Musa al-Gharbi talks to Amna about his new book, We Have Never Been Woke. (Episode 1 of 2)
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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Kimberly Diei never should've had to defend herself against attacks on her First Amendment rights just because she posted sexually-themed material on social media. But I'm grateful that she stood up for herself, and for the rights of others.
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Student Threatened With Expulsion Over Social Posts Gets $250,000 Settlement
The University of Tennessee threatened to expel Kimberly Diei over posts the school said were inappropriate. She sued on First Amendment grounds.
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Keith E. Whittington @kewhittington.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
A much coveted "highly recommended"
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AJ Alvero @ajalvero.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Still a few days left to submit!
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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela @nataliapetrzela.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I will be at Purdue U on Monday talking about my new book project on schools and the culture wars... join us if you're in West Lafayette! www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/his...
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CAPT - College of Liberal Arts - Purdue University
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Read @michellegoldberg.bsky.social on Trump's dangerous plans for higher ed. For more on this topic, listen to this 20-minute podcast conversation @amnauncensored.bsky.social & I had w/ @jeremycyoung.bsky.social: banished.substack.com/p/trouble-ah... www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
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Opinion | Harvard Has Already Capitulated to Trump’s War on Academia (Gift Article)
The administration is trying to assert political control over American higher education.
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Profoundly misguided move by @Harvard to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism. To understand why, listen to this 20-minute pod episode w/ @jeremycyoung.bsky.social that @amnauncensored.bsky.social & I released yesterday-- banished.substack.com/p/trouble-ah... www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
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Harvard Adopts a Strict Definition of Antisemitism for Discipline Cases (Gift Article)
Many universities have been reluctant to embrace a definition that, among other things, considers some criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. The university’s decision was part of a lawsuit settlement.
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Natalie Alkiviadou @nataliealkiviadou.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Nadine Strossen's endorsement of my forthcoming book on 'Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights.' I am extremely humbled.
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Get up to speed on Trump's plans for higher ed in this 20-minute podcast episode, featuring PEN America's eloquent and incisive @jeremycyoung.bsky.social. cc: @aaup.bsky.social, @brianleiter.bsky.social, @hankreichman.bsky.social, @brsoucek.bsky.social banished.substack.com/p/trouble-ah...
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Hollis Robbins @anecdotal.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Happy to cite @rosiecollington.bsky.social here, in a piece about the Con of big consulting and how I predict higher ed's addiction will end in 2025: hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/last-mile-...
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Last Mile Expertise
How AI Will End Universities' Consulting Addiction
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
"Florida is not a model for the country, but a cautionary tale." PEN America’s @jeremycyoung.bsky.social and Amy B. Reid describe the looming fight over gen ed. Read more in @chronicle.com here: www.chronicle.com/article/flor...
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Essential reading--
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