New Issue: Liberal Education, Winter 2025: Unprecedented Uncertainty
Posted by Liberal Education Magazine on March 25, 2025
The Winter 2025 issue of Liberal Education (Vol. 111, No. 1), Unprecedented Uncertainty, What higher ed is up against under the new Trump Administration, from the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) is now available.
In the cover story, “Courage and Purpose: Higher education under a second Trump presidency” Christen Aragoni writes:
“As I write this in mid-February 2025, just weeks into a second Trump presidency, the new administration’s sweeping actions have thrown US colleges and universities into a state of unprecedented uncertainty. Executive orders have targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and raised the possibility of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids on campuses. The unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has announced cuts to funding from the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health and canceled nearly $900 million in contracts administered by the Institute of Education Sciences, the research arm of the Department of Education. While the courts have, at least temporarily, blocked some of the cuts, President Donald Trump says he plans to make good on his campaign vow to shutter the Department of Education itself.
In anticipation of these and other promised actions, following Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election, Liberal Education invited three higher education presidents to take part in a frank discussion about the challenges, responsibilities, and opportunities colleges and universities are now facing. Santa Ono, president of the University of Michigan, Laurie Patton, recent past president of Middlebury College and current president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and David Wilson, president of Morgan State University, offered their perspectives as longtime campus leaders. They talked about preparing for every eventuality, working with legislators on both sides of the aisle, restoring public trust in higher education, and communicating the true value of a college education. They emphasized the need to protect freedom of expression and academic inquiry and to educate students to serve as citizens of a democracy.”
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