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"Even universities with endowments valued over just $5 billion, on average, spend less than 5 percent of that each year. If they won’t spend their wealth to defend their academic missions, what are they hoarding it for?" Charlie Eaton New York Times Opinion nytimes.com/2025/03/25/opi…

If not now, when? I explain how wealthy universities can and must use their endowments to fight back. nytimes.com/2025/03/25/opi…

I just launched a substack, Progressive Disclosure, to build on today's NYT essay about how wealthy universities can afford to fight Trump. I'm moving away from social media to this as a long form way to stay connected with you all. You can subscribe here: charlieeatonphd.substack.com/about

Brown University Sociology@Brown Story Public Square Thomas Patterson Jim Ludes @gwaynemiller john seely brown Morning Joe Robert Costa heyyyyyyyy auntie Kurt Andersen Dan Little Tom Perez @WatsonInstitute Rob Blair - robertblair.bsky.social Craig Calhoun IPK Natasha Warikoo Chinyere Agbai American Sociological Review Bart Bonikowski University of Michigan Todd Gitlin Dan Yorke State of Mind Emma Chow Alex Cramer Craig Melvin bill peduto Peter Baker Glenn Kessler Charles M. Blow Neal Katyal George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 Kamala Harris Governor Josh Shapiro Gavin Newsom Hillary Clinton Bill Clinton Senator Patty Murray ARCHIVE: Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster Rep. Ilhan Omar James E. Clyburn Jasmine Crockett Sen. Tammy Baldwin Columbia University Harvard University UChicago Law School Karl Jacoby F ollowing Charlie Eaton my #SocProf colleagues @columbia offer clear strategy for contesting surrender of uni self governance. columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/0… thx Gil Eyal and Peter Bearman. Step up & #DigIn.

Sociology in the news! This week's Clippings includes: 🔹Charlie Eaton on universities, DEI & endowments 🔹Stephen de Weger on clergy abuse in the Catholic Church 🔹 Karida L. Brown on Black education history 🔹And more! 🔗bit.ly/3EcWwqZ🔗

The #Trump admin cut $400M from #Columbia over its response to Gaza protests. In this The New York Times OpEd, Charlie Eaton (UC Merced) explains how wealthy universities can use their endowments to fight back. ⤵️ nytimes.com/2025/03/25/opi…

I'm now posting mostly on Bluesky and Substack. Follow me there: charlieeatonphd.substack.com bsky.app/profile/charli…

Endowments can’t fund everything that is threatened forever – especially at less wealthy universities. But they can buy time. Time for universities to develop a political strategy to defend themselves and allies from Trump’s assault on civil society. charlieeatonphd.substack.com/p/are-universi…

Give our interview a listen for how financiers have come to dominate university boards and its implications for the current crisis!

Harvard's revolt suggests broader elite opposition to Trump's authoritarian push. Harvard, MIT, and Stanford are unlikely to have declared their resistance without the consent of their boards of trustees, which are dominated by Wall Street alumni. charlieeatonphd.substack.com/p/behind-harva…

I'll be on @KPFAradio 94.1 FM tomorrow morning at 7:30 am to talk with @UpFront & Brian EdwardsTiekert about how Harvard decided to reject Trump's demands... and what it means for how to defend everyone's freedom and health. I'll also talk about my new Substack: charlieeatonphd.substack.com

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Fearing sanction or retribution, universities have begun to placate the administration… In doing so, they risk abandoning their roles… They have the most resources to push back… Large endowments, long hoarded, can and should foot the bill. Link: archive.ph/WNeZf

I wrote about the Gold Rush, the economic integration of America and the racial ordering of the western United States. substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/leigh…

Down is up. War is peace. Dictatorship is democracy.

Has this guy been under a rock for the last 20 years?