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Feminist historian, co-host of Collegeland podcast, author of They Didn’t See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties. She/her.
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You Can’t Defend a Nation When Soldiers Don’t Have Child Care Original

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By Lisa Levenstein
| The New York Times Verified
“Don’t send any money for day care,” President Trump told guests at a White House Easter luncheon. Instead, he said, more money was needed for the military, building the “warrior ethos,” free of “woke garbage,” that his secretary of defense has espoused. In Mr. Trump’s telling, the choice is binary: You can fund wars, or you can fund child care, but you can’t fund both. “We have to take care of one thing,” he said. “Military protection.” The armed services tried Mr. Trump’s model once before.
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The Institutional Foundations of Free Speech at Public Universities

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By Luke Herrine, Suzanne Kahn, Jennifer Mittelstadt, Lisa Levenstein
| rooseveltinstitute.org
This is a web-friendly preview of the report. As political repression worsens, building resilient universities will require institutional creativity. In an era of eroding norms, exploitative settlements, tightly coordinated attacks on left-wing ideology, and the suppression and even detainment of student protestors, defending free speech demands thoughtful redesign rather than simple policy fixes. Public universities are not uniquely vulnerable to speech repression.
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The Neoliberalization of Higher Education: Changes in State Funding and Governance Throughout the 20th Century

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By Luke Herrine, Suzanne Kahn, Jennifer Mittelstadt, Lisa Levenstein
| rooseveltinstitute.org
This is a web-friendly preview of the report. The Trump administration and its allies are attempting to dismantle much of the US higher education system and place the remainder under the control of right-wing ideologues. Even if they do not realize their greatest ambitions, they have already transformed the landscape of higher education at both the state and federal levels.
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