Are Universities Hiring for Viewpoint Diversity Now? We asked HxA members about their perceptions of the academic job market these days.

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The Heterodox Academy newsletter today straightforwardly defines "viewpoint diversity" as attracting more conservatives (see question atop chart):

Tenn. Passes “Charlie Kirk Act” Defending Campus Speakers Lawmakers in multiple states named bills after Turning Point USA’s controversial founder following his shooting death on a campus in September.

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happy anniversary to all who celebrate

I’d like to die.

Kentucky GOP Overrides Beshear's Veto of Faculty Firing Bill A new law says Kentucky public college and university boards can lay off even tenured faculty for “bona fide financial reasons” including, but not limited to, low enrollment in a major or “misalignmen...

Kentucky Republicans Override Beshear's Veto of Faculty Firing Bill
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As Bahrain Cracked Down Amid War, a Death in Custody Sparked Outrage

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Just got the "this looks like a long document, use AI to summarize it" prompt from Adobe Acrobat for a document that's only 6 pages long. Kids will only read an AI summary of my obituary.

Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’

Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...

Wisconsin System Fires President The Universities of Wisconsin system board fired President Jay Rothman in a meeting that lasted just over 30 minutes and yielded few insights on the decision. Republican state lawmakers condemned the ...

Rothman is out in what one Republican state lawmaker called a “blatant partisan hatchet job.” More from @byjoshmoody.bsky.social

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5 Things to Know About Trump’s Latest Budget Proposal Congress broadly rejected the president’s proposed gutting of research funding agencies for this fiscal year. But his new budget proposal still attacks them, and ED. Here are our five takeaways.

Trump Once Again Pushes Steep Education, Research Cuts
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being a parent with ADHD of children with ADHD is kinda like herding cats but I’m also one of the cats

Higher Ed Denounces GSA’s Proposed Federal Funding Strings Major groups representing universities, faculty and others oppose draft General Services Administration rules targeting DEI and more. Trump’s recent executive order doubles down.

‘Potentially Existential’: Higher Ed Denounces Proposed Federal Funding Strings
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Didn’t see this coming, but I’m back at the Post to cover the final stretch of the Caps’ season. It’s been a really weird couple of months, but I’m grateful to have the work and be back doing what I love for the time being

Kentucky Senate Passes Bill Allowing Easier Faculty Layoffs The legislation would explicitly permit terminations for low enrollment or “misalignment of revenue and costs.” The GOP supermajority can override any veto from the Democratic governor.

The Kentucky Senate passed a bill that would allow colleges to lay off tenured faculty with 30 days of notice if program enrollments are determined to be low, going well beyond the norm of discontinuing the program in order to do layoffs.

Kentucky Senate Passes Bill Allowing Easier Faculty Layoffs The legislation would explicitly permit terminations for low enrollment or “misalignment of revenue and costs.” The GOP supermajority can override any veto from the Democratic governor.

Kentucky Lawmakers Want to Make It Easier to Lay Off Faculty
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The DC Metro

Happy birthday to the Washington Metro, which opened 50 years ago today with service on 4.6 mi of Red Line between Rhode Is. Ave & Farragut N. System now serves 130 mi.

The DC Metro shows that, with good planning & enough investment, the public sector can succeed & build something extraordinary.

GOP Decries Chinese Higher Ed “Espionage”; Dems Focus On Other Issues The House Ed and Workforce Committee chair referred to Democrats’ questions as an “alternate hearing” from the one he called on foreign threats.

GOP Decries Chinese ‘Espionage’; Dems Focus on Loan Debt, ED Layoffs
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Senate Votes to Fund Most of D.H.S. in Bid to End Partial Shutdown The bill excludes funding for federal immigration enforcement and deportation operations. The House could consider the package on Friday morning.

Breaking News: The Senate voted to fund the Homeland Security Department, except for ICE and the Border Patrol, a key step toward ending a partial shutdown.

The shift from lead-ins of @washingtonpost.com newsletters to the actual news of the day is always jarring. Today: "Good morning. It’s Thursday, March 26, and the FX drama 'Love Story' is finally ending" ... IRAN WAR SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION ICE IN AIRPORTS

AAMC: NIH Has Only Obligated 15% of External Research Funding The science community fears the funding agency’s slow contract and grant making could result in another rush of multiyear obligations at the end of the fiscal year. The NIH director has said, “Don’t p...

Halfway Through the Fiscal Year, NIH Has Only Obligated 15% of Research Funding
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Faculty, Grad Workers Left Out of Va.’s Unionization Bill Lawmakers sent the new Democratic governor a bill to end the state’s longtime ban on public workers unionizing. But faculty and grad students are excluded.

Faculty, Grad Workers Left Out of Virginia’s Collective Bargaining Expansion
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There's a lot of questions about how this partnership will work, but Ryan has the details on what we know so far.

ED Transfers Defaulted Loan Collection Duties to Treasury The Education Department says its latest move to distribute its duties to other federal agencies will include Treasury taking on much more student financial aid oversight in the future.

ED Transfers Defaulted Student Loan Collection Responsibilities to Treasury
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NIH director says we'll start seeing hires this month to start filling the 16 current acting director roles within NIH with permanent directors.

“Can you commit to this committee that NIH is going to accelerate its grant making?” DeLauro asked.

Bhattacharya replied, “The grants are already going out the door. ... Scientists need not worry, we will get the grants out the door.”

Good news for NIH-funded researchers and universities?

“I understand that OMB finally approved NIH’s apportionments last night” Rep. Rosa DeLauro said just now at a hearing with NIH director.

Iowa House OKs Bills Affecting Public University Curricula The Republican-controlled Iowa House passed three bills last week that would order curricular and other changes at the state’s three public universities: the University of Iowa, Iowa State University ...

Iowa House Passes Bills Affecting Public University Curricula, President Searches
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