The phrase that's a mantra for cutting budgets; scholars push back at Holocaust Museum's assertion; ex-governor declines Harvard fellowship; and more.
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In explaining historic cuts, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Alaska’s universities can’t be “all things for all people.” He’s only the latest to use that message. (PREMIUM)
A veto by Alaska’s governor, if sustained, would cut support by 41 percent, imperiling academic programs and 1,300 faculty and staff jobs across the multicampus system. (PREMIUM)
Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling the museum’s condemnation of Holocaust comparisons “a radical position that is far removed from mainstream scholarship.”
Rick Snyder turned down a Kennedy School fellowship after a backlash over his handling of the Flint, Mich., water crisis.
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