Lisa Philip

.@NorthwesternU student: "I would like to see from my academic institution ... some resistance and some strength in the face of … what is starting as an attack on pro-Palestine speech, but is going to continue as an attack on academia as a whole.” https://t.co/MsizLJkP6g

Talk about whiplash. In January I wrote this story👇 about a PhD student's experiences with racial discrimination as a Black woman at @UChicago. Today UChicago is under federal investigation relating to supposed preferential treatment of Black students. https://t.co/yvzlEkFreF

So glad the Baltimore Banner has a higher ed reporter! Also, this lead photo is beautiful.

Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe

Maryland legislators are currently deciding whether to cut a state scholarship program by 50% for the second year in a row. The financial impacts would be “devastating,” college presidents told me. Some had to layoff workers to deal with last year’s cuts: https://t.co/Szf4zP8Dw7

RT @emanabdelhadi: I've seen screenshots of this training. It's absurd. It equates @jvplive with the KKK, claims that you cannot possibly b…

Professor @eshurd calls the new @NorthwesternU training on antisemitism "unscholarly": "This is a university that values debate and discussion, not political propaganda.” @WBEZ @opencampusmedia https://t.co/MsizLJkP6g

"You can’t achieve the goal of robust and open inquiry ... if you’re not creating environments that are free from racial bias, stigma, stereotypes and harassment." @JPYGold on the legality of DEI and what universities should be doing in this moment: https://t.co/QP85mo8Vcf

THIS DETAIL: "Patel also sells K$H wine, featuring Trump’s mugshot on the label, with prices ranging from $109 to $344.99 per bottle; $10 from the sale of each bottle is donated to the Kash Foundation."

OpenSecrets.org @OpenSecretsDC

The Senate has advanced Kash Patel's nomination to head the FBI. We break down his financial history, his ties to President Trump and how that background might impact his job. https://t.co/PrHAXgt7tr

RT @CostsOfWar: Few graphics convey the civilian toll of the so-called “War on Terror” better than this one. At least 38 million people ha…

Students and faculty fought to establish cultural centers @thisisUIC and at campuses across #Illinois, to provide spaces for students to celebrate one another’s differences. Under the Trump administration, they worry these spaces will be taken away. https://t.co/odHUWd5slP

Big thanks to @szarlotka for tipping me off to this legislation, and for her photos too. @WBEZ @opencampusmedia #college Illinois weighs opening state financial aid to students in prison https://t.co/qnVi9ztIDR

RT @OneGoalGraduate: OneGoal Chief Program Officer Karla Robles-Reyes spoke with @LAPhilip of @WBEZ about the impossible choice students f…

RT @WBEZ: Trump plans to try to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Most school funding is local, as are policy decisions. But his…

A Black student at @UChicago says she experienced racial discrimination. Now her PhD is at risk. @WBEZ @opencampusmedia https://t.co/yvzlEkFZ4d

“The only way my loans will ever get paid off is if I either die or win the lottery, which I don’t play,” said Valerie Scott, who owes $389,000 for a degree she completed at Argosy, a for-profit college, more than a decade ago. @WBEZ @opencampusmedia https://t.co/bqJxcvJlp2