The politics that engulfed Welsh are indicative of a larger national trend, in which college leaders are struggling to uphold fundamental values of institutional autonomy and academic freedom in the face of a broad conservative effort to reshape higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/part...

that pass from Fer Lopez 🥲

spinning this as anything other than a fraudulent investigation and an assault on institutional autonomy is wholly unserious.

I missed this when Adam originally shared it and now I'm 💀

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters. Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence. These docs show she did not. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

I know there is a lot going on but this went online last night and I am very proud it’s real. If you might be excited to find out how at every turn this nation could have prevented our current political moment by listening to Black people you can even preorder it before we get to designing the cover

Three students were hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. via @coloradonewsline.com www.newsfromthestates.com/article/3-st...

A little over a year ago, I hosted an episode of Radio Atlantic and spoke with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social and @adriennelaf.bsky.social abt political violence in America. Trump’s assassination attempt was fresh; and followed by a chorus of “this isn’t who we are” www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

The New Yorker asked me “how bad” today’s Supreme Court ruling was. I boiled it down to one paragraph: link.newyorker.com/view/5bda429...

"accreditation is a reflection of shared academic values and professional norms—not a faceless, all-powerful regulator. An attack that undermines accreditation is an attack on independence in higher education." Read @antoinetteflores.bsky.social: www.aaup.org/secret-weapo...

Listen, I had A LOT of problems with this speech. I talked to @knottkatherine.bsky.social for almost an hour about all the stuff here. This speech does not reflect the reality of college campuses on average, of students, or post-college outcomes... www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

so the point of american higher education is to be an unapologetic booster for a sanitized history in order to convince young people to be "proud to be American" again? and "civilizational inheritance" is doing a lot of work. www.ed.gov/about/news/s...

this ad is running on Black radio in VA and uh… youtu.be/TPxBcTiw-uc?...

"Two people fighting the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula were arrested by federal law enforcement, in a confrontation described by firefighters and depicted in photos and video."

Just received this statement from Lisa Cook: "President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."

James H. Finkelstein, professor emeritus: “What the government is really wanting to do here is to humiliate the president, and not only that, but expose him, and the university, to future legal action” www.chronicle.com/article/gmu-...

It was a pleasure to serve as the data editor again this year for @washingtonmonthly.com's annual College Guide issue. Check out rankings highlighting colleges that support the public good, along with some great journalism on key higher ed topics.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

61 years ago today Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer one of the most courageous activists of the Civil Rights Movement posed the question that echoes today with every migrant round-up by masked officers, as federal troops converge on D.C.,as institutions are threatened: “IS THIS AMERICA?” youtu.be/DFC1nc3IXBM

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C., to be armed

"You do not need the strongest powers of observation to see that crime is a pretext — and not the main reason — for the military occupation of Washington by federal agents and soldiers from the National Guard."

The Miccosukee tribe is helping block the construction of Alligator Alcatraz. A federal judge has ordered the Trump admin to pause construction in a lawsuit the tribe, whose land the detention center is located on, is part of. www.npr.org/2025/08/14/n...

In its latest Dear Colleague letter, ED said colleges cannot use Federal Work-Study funds to pay students to work on voter registration efforts using this very reasonable and not at all over-literal interpretation of "political activity" www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

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Varying Degrees, New America’s public opinion survey is 9 years old. We are lucky to have @adamhsays.com moderating a conversation about this years data with @michelledimino.bsky.social @sunychancellor.bsky.social and Harrison Keller Get the data here: www.newamerica.org/education-po...

if you're in D.C. tomorrow, 7/30, i'll be in conversation with SUNY Chancellor John King, Third Way's Michelle Dimino, and UNT President Harrison Keller. we'll be talking about the new Varying Degrees survey and _this moment_ in higher education. hope to see you! www.newamerica.org/education-po...

I really want us to sit and consider that the Department of Justice is using their time and resources to read faculty senate statements that support having a diverse faculty. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

"At the beginning of this year, ED employed about 220 people to make sure that money actually went toward paying for students to attend legitimate educational institutions. But no such investigations are being conducted today." Read @kevincarey1.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Americans across the political spectrum still believe in the value of college. The 9th edition of @educationwork.newamerica.org's national survey, Varying Degrees, unpacks Americans’ complex views about higher education & how those views have changed over time. 🎓 go.newamerica.org/varying-degr...

This destroyed me but if you can handle reading it, it’s really, really worth your time.

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New America experts around the web: 1️⃣ @jessicadine.bsky.social for @newsweek.com bit.ly/44KPGm0 2️⃣ Olivia Lewis for Bridge Detroit bit.ly/44ouR0D 3️⃣ @brigidschulte.bsky.social for @usnews.com bit.ly/463Jx6I 4️⃣ @adamhsays.com for @theguardian.com bit.ly/44W4uzh

For what it's worth, this is precisely the reason the Klan wore hoods when they terrorized communities and disappeared unfavored minorities. Historically, it wasn't called doxxing it was just recognizing a fascist community member.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean court approves the arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over December's martial law decree.

4/ The dept's move may be more about putting pressure on the accreditor, giving some pretext to threaten Middle States' (and now NECHE's) recognition. As the WSJ reported, the dept has moved a meeting of an accreditation advisory panel to October, instead of July - www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

THREAD: 1/ FWIW, @usedgov.bsky.social has sent a notice to @harvard.edu 's institutional accreditor, the New England Commission of Higher Education, alleging the university had violated Title VI and may be in violation of accreditation standards www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Yesterday, I shared my @educationwork.newamerica.org team's district impact analysis of the $6+ billion that the Trump admin is refusing to disburse to schools (link in 2nd post). Now, @edweek.org has published our funding figures for ALL districts in the US for which we have data. Search for yours↓

🧵 Earlier this year, I traveled to East Asia for a story about whether South Korea and Japan will pursue nuclear weapons as China continues its nuclear build-up and the U.S. becomes a (much) less reliable ally. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

New brief from my colleague @econroy.bsky.social reveals how eviction has lasting, devastating effects on parenting college students—and their children. #edusky 💡 www.newamerica.org/education-po...

As Katie notes in the thread, this doesn’t include ED.

91 of the 100 school districts that would see the worst losses per pupil are in Republican-represented Congressional districts www.newamerica.org/education-po...

One of the top Higher Ed Narratives(tm) that I hate. You can EASILY get into college in 2025. College != Harvard.

If you don't know, the person who claimed responsibility for hacking Columbia's admissions data also claims that they stole information from NYU and University of Minnesota

Great profile on William Barber III and his call for moral clarity against policies that harm the poor and marginalized. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Bearing moral witness matters even when it doesn’t automatically produce results, because failing to show up at all cedes ground unnecessarily."