On October 20, 2025, ACLS President Joy Connolly joined journalist Jeremy Hobson on his podcast The Middle with Jeremy Hobson to discuss recent efforts by the federal government to exert political control over colleges and universities through funding threats and proposed compacts. Connolly emphasized the historic partnership between higher education and the federal government as a foundation of US innovation and democracy, warning that current tactics undermine both.
The system would not be the global force for good that it is without federal funds.
Joy Connolly
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