Compact Grant Strike

Faculty need to send a clear message about what's at stake, and to follow through.

Oct 4 • 

Brendan Cantwell

1

1

A Rotten Compact

The Trump Administrations Proposed Compact opens the door for federal control of higher education.

Oct 2 • 

Brendan Cantwell

9

1

September 2025

Trump's H-1B Rule Could Devastate Higher Ed

American colleges and universities are talent magnets and international workers are vital for fulfilling the mission.

Sep 20 • 

Brendan Cantwell

17

3

August 2025

Four things to understand about Trump's deals with Brown and Columbia.

And what they mean for the rest of higher ed.

Aug 14 • 

Brendan Cantwell

1

Data whiplash

How the Trump administration is leading on established data policy to pursue its new higher ed goals.

Aug 8 • 

Brendan Cantwell

1

July 2025

Governance by vibes and deals.

End of the rules-based order for US higher ed?

Jul 30 • 

Brendan Cantwell

2

The case for resistance

Why Larry Summers is right, but I still disagree with his conclusions

Jul 25 • 

Brendan Cantwell

4

Efforts to re-segregate the elite professions.

How outside groups and federal policy work to advance a white-nationalist agenda through higher education.

Jul 18 • 

Brendan Cantwell

1

July 2024

Higher Ed Policy Goals for a Second Trump Presidency

The specific ways people in Trumps orbit plan to remake US higher education.

Jul 11, 2024 • 

Brendan Cantwell

How the federal government could kill higher education.

We need to consider the risks.

Jul 3, 2024 • 

Brendan Cantwell

March 2024

November 2023