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Please read and share, and write the NU Board of Regents—they do listen, to Nebraskans and out-of-state voices alike. Ask them what they’re doing to ensure their own policy priorities are upheld and how they’re holding accountable those who are not.
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What’s at stake for Nebraska’s university: extraordinary vision or ordinary cuts • Nebraska Examiner The process used to identify programs for elimination was flawed. Faculty report the numbers justifying cuts were incomplete and often wrong.

New op-ed in the Nebraska Examiner lays out what’s at stake for the University of Nebraska: extraordinary vision grounded in purpose, or ordinary cuts built on flawed data and sidelined governance.
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Opinion | What Will Be Left of Higher Ed in Four Years? The Trump administration’s moves are impoverishing the sector.

Insightful piece on the future of the many different sectors within US higher education

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Odd for sure, in what it reveals about the assumptions this whole enterprise has been built on.

Trying to locate your piece, Dominque, that you reference. But keyword searches are not helping me track it down. Thanks for posting a like or sharing out. TY

This piece is part of a new special issue on Navigating the Challenges, Tensions, and Complexities of Political and Legislative Attacks in Higher Education. Huge thanks to friends and colleagues @drkalebbriscoe.bsky.social and Veronica J. Baldwin for leading this. www.mdpi.com/journal/educ...

We explore what becomes possible when we start with different normative assumptions. If you’re working at the intersection of DEI, institutional change, or field reimagining

It’s not just policy constraints or institutional inertia. Often, DEI efforts are rooted in justice logics that prioritize proceduralism or outcomes over capabilities, context, and meaning. 2/

Screen shot of the first page of a journal article, with title and abstract for Charting New Imaginaries for DEI: Lessons from a Capabilities Approach to Justice, Educ. Sci. 2025, 15(6), 754; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15060754

Pleased to share this new open access publication co-authored with Ruth Oliver Andrew—examining how DEI work in higher ed gets theorized and enacted.
"Charting New Imaginaries for DEI: Lessons from a Capabilities Approach to Justice"
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As the Nation’s Research Model Falls Apart, Private Money Becomes a Band-Aid Some foundations are offering much-needed stopgaps for researchers. But that’s not a permanent fix, scientists and advocates say.

Private foundations are being overwhelmed by a rush of researchers seeking support. If your institution expects faculty to get grants for hiring, tenure, and/or promotion, it's time to have a conversation about how the world has changed over the last few months.

Don’t kill tenure; make it work for Nebraska • Nebraska Examiner Many university professors want to teach students well, conduct research that solves real-world problems and contribute to their communities.

The public and academics want one thing. The system rewards another.

The problem isn’t tenure itself. It’s that outdated policies fail to recognize and support the full range of scholarship Nebraska actually needs.

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