Endowment per student at Amherst College vs UMass Amherst. In what world is this degree of disparity ethical or good for democracy?
November 3, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Endowment per student at Amherst College vs UMass Amherst. In what world is this degree of disparity ethical or good for democracy?
November 1, 2026 at 8:14 PM
November 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Today’s the day.
Started my morning talking with voters in Amherst, Nashua, and Merrimack.
Started my morning talking with voters in Amherst, Nashua, and Merrimack.
November 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Today’s the day.
Started my morning talking with voters in Amherst, Nashua, and Merrimack.
Started my morning talking with voters in Amherst, Nashua, and Merrimack.
As a professor of 14 years at UMass-Amherst who has been invited to spend the year professoring at Williams College, boy do I feel a certain way about the opening line to this article in the Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
November 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
As a professor of 14 years at UMass-Amherst who has been invited to spend the year professoring at Williams College, boy do I feel a certain way about the opening line to this article in the Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
What a great crowd in downtown Amherst Nova Scotia today
Lots of great costumes...candy was gone in 1 hour
Maritime Tartan Co
Lots of great costumes...candy was gone in 1 hour
Maritime Tartan Co
October 31, 2026 at 8:18 PM
What a great crowd in downtown Amherst Nova Scotia today
Lots of great costumes...candy was gone in 1 hour
Maritime Tartan Co
Lots of great costumes...candy was gone in 1 hour
Maritime Tartan Co
That's Bison and Amherst High School legend Duke Maguire next to Jim Kelly
November 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
That's Bison and Amherst High School legend Duke Maguire next to Jim Kelly
such a lovely interdisciplinary community at umass amherst!
I’m a big fan of the Big Debates™️ so am predisposed to not want to see them dissolved, but @quiltydunn.bsky.social made a great case at UMass today that that’s exactly what we should do with the nativist/empiricist debate
October 31, 2026 at 5:23 PM
such a lovely interdisciplinary community at umass amherst!
November 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Back in ancient times when I attended a small private college near UMass Amherst, my financial aid was so awesome that I paid less than the UMass Amherst students paid.
November 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Back in ancient times when I attended a small private college near UMass Amherst, my financial aid was so awesome that I paid less than the UMass Amherst students paid.
Halloween!!
We are giving out treats at our store today from 4 till whenever....
Going to be a blast and BUSY! A lot of the stores in Downtown Amherst are doing the same!
Maritime Tartan Co
We are giving out treats at our store today from 4 till whenever....
Going to be a blast and BUSY! A lot of the stores in Downtown Amherst are doing the same!
Maritime Tartan Co
October 31, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Halloween!!
We are giving out treats at our store today from 4 till whenever....
Going to be a blast and BUSY! A lot of the stores in Downtown Amherst are doing the same!
Maritime Tartan Co
We are giving out treats at our store today from 4 till whenever....
Going to be a blast and BUSY! A lot of the stores in Downtown Amherst are doing the same!
Maritime Tartan Co
Great to meet with Amherst College film students at the Greenfield Public Library to talk about the power of documentary filmmaking.
Film can challenge people to see things differently, inspire action, and bring about real change in our community.
Excited to see what they create!
Film can challenge people to see things differently, inspire action, and bring about real change in our community.
Excited to see what they create!
November 1, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Great to meet with Amherst College film students at the Greenfield Public Library to talk about the power of documentary filmmaking.
Film can challenge people to see things differently, inspire action, and bring about real change in our community.
Excited to see what they create!
Film can challenge people to see things differently, inspire action, and bring about real change in our community.
Excited to see what they create!
Apply for this job. Great place to work, with great students and great colleagues (depending on how you feel about yours truly). Get your materials in by Dec. 1.
careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...
careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor (TT) of Educational Leadership - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Assistant Professor (TT) of Educational Leadership
Executive Area: Academic Affairs
College/School/MBU: College of Education
Department: Educ Policy Research & Admin
Work Location: Amherst
...
careers.umass.edu
November 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Apply for this job. Great place to work, with great students and great colleagues (depending on how you feel about yours truly). Get your materials in by Dec. 1.
careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...
careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista...
Foliage check at UMass Amherst. 🍂
October 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Foliage check at UMass Amherst. 🍂
Fort Amherst
as seen from Signal Hill
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
August 2025
jamescoughlan.ca
linktr.ee/James_Coughlan
photosbyjamesottawa.picfair.com
ko-fi.com/photosbyjames
#photography #EastCoastKin #fortamherst #lighthouse #lighthouses #houses
as seen from Signal Hill
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
August 2025
jamescoughlan.ca
linktr.ee/James_Coughlan
photosbyjamesottawa.picfair.com
ko-fi.com/photosbyjames
#photography #EastCoastKin #fortamherst #lighthouse #lighthouses #houses
November 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Fort Amherst
as seen from Signal Hill
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
August 2025
jamescoughlan.ca
linktr.ee/James_Coughlan
photosbyjamesottawa.picfair.com
ko-fi.com/photosbyjames
#photography #EastCoastKin #fortamherst #lighthouse #lighthouses #houses
as seen from Signal Hill
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (not the 51st state - not now, not ever!)
August 2025
jamescoughlan.ca
linktr.ee/James_Coughlan
photosbyjamesottawa.picfair.com
ko-fi.com/photosbyjames
#photography #EastCoastKin #fortamherst #lighthouse #lighthouses #houses
SIGHTING - museum of the shenandoah valley 901 amherst st winchester va 22601 - 5-6 unmarked cruisers seen on route 50/amherst street in frederick county/winchester city both va.there is a polling pla MORE INFO: https://www.stopice.net?alert=a307522020266194
November 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
SIGHTING - museum of the shenandoah valley 901 amherst st winchester va 22601 - 5-6 unmarked cruisers seen on route 50/amherst street in frederick county/winchester city both va.there is a polling pla MORE INFO: https://www.stopice.net?alert=a307522020266194
New arcade just opened up near Amherst off I-91, Tilted Orbit, could be on your way. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
maps.app.goo.gl/TBz6NZEwFCKZ...
maps.app.goo.gl/TBz6NZEwFCKZ...
maps.app.goo.gl
November 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
New arcade just opened up near Amherst off I-91, Tilted Orbit, could be on your way. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
maps.app.goo.gl/TBz6NZEwFCKZ...
maps.app.goo.gl/TBz6NZEwFCKZ...
*literature* scholars calling *history* not rigorous?! WTAF
I remember an Amherst College 1992 event at which a litcrit prof publicly embarrassed herself by claiming: a historian would take Columbus's statements at face value, whereas a lit prof would *interpret* them (!!)
🤣🤣🤣 🤯🤯🤯
I remember an Amherst College 1992 event at which a litcrit prof publicly embarrassed herself by claiming: a historian would take Columbus's statements at face value, whereas a lit prof would *interpret* them (!!)
🤣🤣🤣 🤯🤯🤯
Including literary scholars who had given me a lot of shit online about how intellectually non-rigorous history is as a discipline!
November 2, 2026 at 3:27 AM
*literature* scholars calling *history* not rigorous?! WTAF
I remember an Amherst College 1992 event at which a litcrit prof publicly embarrassed herself by claiming: a historian would take Columbus's statements at face value, whereas a lit prof would *interpret* them (!!)
🤣🤣🤣 🤯🤯🤯
I remember an Amherst College 1992 event at which a litcrit prof publicly embarrassed herself by claiming: a historian would take Columbus's statements at face value, whereas a lit prof would *interpret* them (!!)
🤣🤣🤣 🤯🤯🤯
University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amerst) is hiring:
Assistant Professor of Sculpture
#assistantprofessor #sculpture #art
Assistant Professor of Sculpture
#assistantprofessor #sculpture #art
October 31, 2026 at 2:01 AM
University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amerst) is hiring:
Assistant Professor of Sculpture
#assistantprofessor #sculpture #art
Assistant Professor of Sculpture
#assistantprofessor #sculpture #art
The town of Amherst Massachusetts has a reputation for outspoken student activism thanks to its many nearby colleges and universities. This map from 1855 shows us how ingrained educational institutions have been in the town since it’s earlier years.
November 2, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The town of Amherst Massachusetts has a reputation for outspoken student activism thanks to its many nearby colleges and universities. This map from 1855 shows us how ingrained educational institutions have been in the town since it’s earlier years.
Students at Williams pay less to attend on average than the in-state cost at the UMass Amherst.
Those at Grinnell College pay less than Iowans going to the University of Iowa.
And at Swarthmore College, the average student pays roughly half of what peers fork out at Penn State.
Those at Grinnell College pay less than Iowans going to the University of Iowa.
And at Swarthmore College, the average student pays roughly half of what peers fork out at Penn State.
The Best College Bargain Is a Super-Pricey Elite Liberal Arts School
A growing group of colleges long known for eye-watering price tags is turning out to be quite the bargain for many students—and the schools want you to know it.
www.wsj.com
November 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Students at Williams pay less to attend on average than the in-state cost at the UMass Amherst.
Those at Grinnell College pay less than Iowans going to the University of Iowa.
And at Swarthmore College, the average student pays roughly half of what peers fork out at Penn State.
Those at Grinnell College pay less than Iowans going to the University of Iowa.
And at Swarthmore College, the average student pays roughly half of what peers fork out at Penn State.
Been told they have Big Ditch Hayburner at Amherst Costco
October 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Been told they have Big Ditch Hayburner at Amherst Costco
A legal expert believes that a Trump ally's dramatic escape from prosecution abroad offers a glimpse of the president's own exit strategy.
Trump quietly plotting his own escape to friendly dictatorships: legal expert
A legal expert believes that a Trump ally's dramatic escape from prosecution abroad offers a glimpse of the president's own exit strategy.Jamie Rowen, an international law expert and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, warned on a Saturday episode of All Rise News that President Do...
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November 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A legal expert believes that a Trump ally's dramatic escape from prosecution abroad offers a glimpse of the president's own exit strategy.
