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Matt Hartman

@themhartman.bsky.social

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Higher ed reporter at the assembly. bylines at the new republic, the ringer, jacobin. live crabs stay humble.

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@themhartman.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:57 PM

after the wsj wrote off unc's investigation into its civics school as a smear campaign, one of its professors pushed back.

but the wsj declined to publish his response. he thinks that's due to the same political pressure creating problems in the first place

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@themhartman.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 9:48 PM

I wrote about the long ties that led to Michael Jordan giving the school of social work $10 million. And also the shrimp platter

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@theopennotebook.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 6:39 PMReposted by @themhartman.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce the inaugural @retractionwatch.com Research Accountability Reporting Fellows, @kaylayup.bsky.social and @themhartman.bsky.social!

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@themhartman.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 11:01 PM

UNC finished its football investigation and once again released few details about the findings. I asked the investigators why

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@themhartman.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 7:48 PM

a lawyer told me immigrants can't lost those protections unless the administration provides 60 days official notice, so ncsu acted before it had to, making a stressful situation worse for its workers

@themhartman.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 7:37 PM

on wednesday, nc state told 16 salvadorans they were "separated from employment." on thursday, ncsu reversed course.

this is the outcome of the white house saying it would remove immigration protections for salvadorans, but not actually doing it.

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@themhartman.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 2:08 PM

I wrote a whole ass term paper about the limitations of thinking about humans as primarily property owning things and clearly couldn't articulate the alternative and no one thought to tell me this Scottish dude had already written the book on it

@themhartman.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 12:32 PM

I'm thinking back to all my amateurish grasping for this line of critique in my philosophy days and feeling retroactively annoyed no one assigned it to me

@themhartman.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 12:31 PM

I'm finally reading alasdair macintyre's after virtue, like a decade too late. (1) it's a truly invigorating piece of scholarship, and (2) it feels like a skeleton key for thy Vance wing of Trumpism (precisely because it isn't inherently trumpy)

@themhartman.bsky.socialSep 3, 2026, 2:00 PM

i tried to figure out whether unc's bet on belichick and athletics is paying off

official answer is: lol idk man

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@themhartman.bsky.socialAug 27, 2026, 1:56 PM

if you thought the research funding fight was over, i'm sorry to say it's just changed forms

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@themhartman.bsky.socialJul 23, 2026, 2:12 PM

in one decade, duke enrolled stephen miller, richard spencer, the doj lawyer trying to end birthright citizenship, the lawyer in charge of trump's immigration cases, a trump speechwriter fired for going to a white supremacist event, and more

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theassemblync.comDukes in Trump’s CourtDuke University alumni have played high-profile roles in the Trump administration. A 2000s culture clash helps explain why.
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