February 2023

If an all-out cyberwar were to commence tomorrow in the United States, the attackers would have some ripe and possibly easy-to-hit targets that would not only disrupt our lives but also throw our society and economy into chaos.

At the most fundamental level, our national security secrecy system is about knowledge. If the targets of our information collection learn how we acquire it, they may be able to block our future access.

The most recent attacks on CRT and DEI are situating politicians as capable of defining what counts as “academically valuable.” Academics should work to reject the current frames on the discourse regarding DEI in higher education and consider a better, proactive strategy.