Yesterday, Donald Trump won the US presidential election. Higher education was overwhelmingly outspoken against the language he used and the things he said during his campaign, so how has the sector reacted to the news?
We’ve rounded up some of the reactions from academics and higher education officials around the world:
The view from the USA:
The feeling amongst academics in the US was sombre, to say the least:
How do we teach, today?
— Joseph A. Howley (@hashtagoras) November 9, 2016
More on Trump and #highered-Trump and GOP likely to try to scale back Title IX enforcement on sexual assault https://t.co/rIoDJbMEN1
— Dr. Karen Stout (@drkastout) November 10, 2016
Very concerned that a Trump Administration will mean gutting of #IBR and #PSLF as well as re-vitalized #forprofit schools. #highered
— Kevin Jones (@TheJonesest) November 9, 2016
#Trump's #highered priorities? Undoing many of President Obama's https://t.co/eCJJaIbQxu via @insidehighered
— MDRC (@MDRC_News) November 10, 2016
"PresidentElect cld scare off foreign stdnts, encourage discord on campuses & promote AntiIntellectualism" https://t.co/6qvvrdkN5T #HigherEd
— Lindsey M. McDougle (@LindseyMcDougle) November 9, 2016
Images of the student protests also featured:
https://twitter.com/kirstinbimson/status/796338243276939264
Although, some took a more positive approach:
https://twitter.com/rkelchen/status/796287991232729088
https://twitter.com/AtelierEduc/status/796442829815836672
Some Canadian universities recorded an increase in student enquiries:
A single graduate program website at UBC received >30,000 hits between midnight and 3am PST after the US election
— Benoit-Antoine Bacon (@ubcprez) November 9, 2016
And it wasn’t just North America that had something to say:
https://twitter.com/thesiswhisperer/status/796207404106948608
Impact of the #Trump presidency on #highered #intled. Future looks bleak but perhaps too early to tell? https://t.co/MCVgMzXs5W
— ErikvandenBerg (@Erikvanden_Berg) November 10, 2016
