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Ken Budd

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‘We Were Living in a War Zone’

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By Marilyn Cooper, Ken Budd Verified, Mark Bayer
| American Association of Colleges and Universities
In early 2026, Minnesota once again found itself at the center of a national reckoning over law enforcement, civil liberties, and the limits of federal authority, echoing the intense scrutiny and upheaval that followed the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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Lost in Translation

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By Mike De Socio, Marilyn Cooper, Ken Budd Verified
| American Association of Colleges and Universities
In a higher education landscape where career prospects are the top priority for most students, humanities degrees face a fundamental challenge. “The major isn’t named the same name as a job,” says Thor Sawin, vice president for academic affairs and dean of language schools at Middlebury College. Indeed, a French major can’t easily walk out of commencement and into a job as a Frenchist in the way that a science major can walk into a job as a scientist.
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Make Your Science Case Heard

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By Mark Bayer, Marilyn Cooper, Ken Budd Verified
| American Association of Colleges and Universities
Since President Trump took office for the second time in January 2025, his administration’s anti-science directives have cratered the nation’s scientific research enterprise. The administration has terminated billions in higher education grant funding, halting research on scores of high-impact projects ranging from infectious disease and cancer research to computer science education and climate change work.
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