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Two SA vice presidents resign
Two SA cabinet members wrote in an email that SA President Howard Brookins' "conduct and demeanor" have limited the progress of the organization.
Spring Org Fair postponed due to potential for disruptive events
The Spring Org Fair has been moved due to a threat of "disruptive or violent" events unfolding this weekend, according to an email obtained by The Hatchet.
Weekend Outlook – Watch a virtual tribute to MLK
Watch Arlington, Virginia's virtual MLK Day festivities, participate in virtual meditation or help out with a service project at Rock Creek Park.

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articles from Inside Higher Ed

Live Updates: Latest News on Coronavirus and Higher Education
Luther College Students Want to Work at Home Jan. 15, 6:19 a.m. Students at Luther College, in Iowa, want to finish their winter quarter at home, […]
Ph.D. graduates of British university complain about dissertations published by Amazon
Scholars at a British university have condemned “unlawful” attempts to sell their Ph.D. theses without permission on Amazon’s Kindle service. […]
Grand Canyon sues U.S. Education Department for rejecting its conversion to nonprofit status
Grand Canyon University, whose bid to be considered a nonprofit rather than for-profit institution for federal financial aid purposes was […]

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articles from the Chronicle of Higher Ed

What’s Wrong With Graduate Education — and 2 Scholars’ View on How to Fix It
Graduate school — like academe as a whole — finds itself in a crucible moment brought on by the pandemic. On that much, many program leaders and pundits agree.
Distracted Minds: Your Classroom Can Be a Retreat in Dark Times
Support and sustain your students’ attention, and you contribute not only to their learning but to their well-being, too.Support and sustain your students’ attention, and you contribute not only to their learning but to their well-being, too.
Archive of Live Coronavirus Updates (December)
(The latest developments on the impact of the coronavirus in higher ed can be found here.)

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from the New York Times

Alan Canfora, Who Carried Wounds From Kent State, Dies at 71
He devoted his life to pursuing the truth about the tragic events of May 4, 1970, and to keeping them in the public eye.
What Does a More Contagious Virus Mean for Schools?
The coronavirus variant discovered in Britain is more easily spread among children, as it is among adults. Current safeguards should protect schools, experts said, but only if strictly enforced.
Here's How the New Coronavirus Variant Could Affect Kids and Schools
It is expected to become the dominant form of the coronavirus by March in the United States.

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articles from the Washington Post

MLK: ‘If we are not careful, our colleges will produce … close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists’
Martin Luther King Jr. on education in the early 1960s: “At this point, I often wonder whether or not education is fulfilling its purpose.”
Yes, some charter schools do pick their students. It’s not a myth.
A rebuttal to a Post column.

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The Undercommons

Battling with the University for the University: Organizing, Friendship, and Performativity in the NYU Sanctuary Movement
[Photo: Ryan Quan from NYU News] by James McMaster and Olivia Michiko Gagnon What follows is not an account of escalating strategies and spectacular confrontations. That can be found in the news. Consider this a fragmentary homage to and audit of the ideological and intimate micropolitics of […]
Join us for our first open online strategy session March 25, 3:45pm EST
All those who struggle within, against and beyond the neoliberal, neocolonial university are invited to join us on March 25 (15:45-17:15 EST) for a special online/offline strategy session, broadcasting live from the Organizing Equality conference in London, Ontario. This session aims to share and […]
CFP: From Sanctuary to Sabotage: Fighting the Fascist Creep at and beyond Universities
CALL FOR PROVOCATIONS (April 30, 2017) The 2016 US election has been framed as both a decisive break from “politics as usual” and as a continuation and intensification of longstanding racialized, gendered, and sexualized global class warfare. In this allegedly post-truth era, the university […]