Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That ‘Advocate’ Certain Ideologies Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a ... https://bit.ly/48dnStf #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Former UVA President Jim Ryan accused the board of dishonesty around the circumstance of his exit in a searing letter sent to the UVA Faculty Senate today. Read it here, as well as letters from board leadership and Gov. Glenn Youngkin. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Public records from one school's head coaching search committee accidentally revealed how they're planning to circumvent public records laws during their coaching search You can probably guess the school from the art, but read it now in this week's FOIAball! www.foiaball.com/p/virginia-t...

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

Latest: I wrote about a Portland woman who was dragged out of her car and detained for photographing ICE. reason.com/2025/11/12/o... She didn't give them an ounce of respect, bless her

The Commission for Public Higher Education was publicly announced in June amid a Ron DeSantis tirade against higher ed. Now it's working toward federal recognition, and has its first 10 colleges, while it tries to outrun claims of politicization. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a... https://bit.ly/43UmxVK

Breaking News: House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew of the convicted sex offender's conduct and “spent hours at my house” with a victim.

Public records show DHS is deploying the "Homeland Security Information Network" at college protests and football games.

Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg

Update: In 3 recent editorials, WaPo failed to disclose owner Jeff Bezos's interest in the matter under discussion. WaPo added one disclosure after @bgrueskin.bsky.social called it out. Two weeks after my story, the other two editorials still have none. And the paper still won't say why

A university professor took her public records complaint to court. A judge sided with Boise State. But taxpayers could be on the hook for close to $45,000. #idleg #idaho www.idahoednews.org/top-news/a-b...

How the Loan Cap Committee Reached Consensus Department officials are celebrating the new regulation as a step toward lowering college costs. Others argue it could lead to workforce shortages in critical health-care roles. https://bit.ly/4p1pagE

Florida Board Says Syllabi, Reading Lists Must Be Posted Publicly for 5 Years Faculty at some Florida public universities argue the new policy is less about transparency for students and more about chilling academic freedom. https://bit.ly/3JEVEyi #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

A federal judge has ruled that the partisan language the Trump admin added to the out-of-office emails of furloughed Education Department employees violates their First Amendment rights.

Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused @georgemasonu.bsky.social's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims. https://bit.ly/3Jrq478 #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Breaking: Cornell has agreed to a deal with the Trump administration to restore frozen federal research funding. Agreement here: bit.ly/3XfKu62 Cornell statement here: bit.ly/47GxPOn

The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in the across the city and suburbs. The diverging sources of information are creating “parallel universes,” professor Nick Cull says.

This year, federal and state governments have introduced more than 100 bills aiming to curtail the right to protest. Four newly-signed state laws increase protest-related offenses from misdemeanors to felonies, with similar legislation pending in about 10 other states. https://phlnthrp.com/47V2w3E

New: Conde Nast fired four employees who were among a group that confronted the company's head of human resources on Wednesday over the decision to fold Teen Vogue into Vogue/recent cuts. Employees who were fired included journalists from the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit.

Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books. But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.

Inbox: PragerU announces partnership with Southeastern University. Also, to be be fair, people only said that PragerU wasn't a real university because... it's not a real university. Still isn't.

I'm back on The Key this week with @saracuster.insidehighered.com. We talk about Dancing with the Stars, the romance novel I'm trying to write and all the news from the last month. www.insidehighered.com/podcasts/key...

The philanthropist MacKenzie Scott dropped upward of $300 million on historically Black colleges and universities this fall. Here's how campus leaders are spending the money.

Imagine having the brand, history, platform and reach of The NY Times and asking whether Women Are Actually The Baddies.

🚨 WaPo SCOOP: Inside the crisis at the Heritage Foundation The group behind Project 2025 is facing a rebellion — and has been for months. The Tucker Carlson/Nick Fuentes/antisemitism saga is just what caused it to break into the open. 🎁 Gift link:

Evan Smith, then Texas Monthly’s editor in chief, gives the behind-the-scenes story of how the 2007 Bum Steers cover with Dick Cheney came together. https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-stand-up-desk/about-that-iconic-dick-cheney-cover/

Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown trib.al/5WGvUOq

University of Austin to End Tuition ‘Forever’ with Help of $100M Gift

Yesterday, Dick Cheney, the most powerful vice president in U.S. history, died at 84. His legacy: torture, secret prisons, and wars that killed millions. @alfatau.bsky.social examines the empire he built—and the impunity he enjoyed. inthesetimes.com/article/dick...

Meta PR has been challenging us to philosophical debates about the difference between its AI glasses harassment machine and an iPhone, this is my answer www.404media.co/whats-the-di...

Former WNMU President Sues Lawmakers, Alleges Corruption https://bit.ly/4oqZ7zA #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

As we head into a busy winter season for academic conferences, international scholars are deciding to skip them, part in protest against the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed, and part in caution for their own safety at the border. New from me: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Trinity Christian College will close next year due to insurmountable financial pressures. A quick look at their finances shows years of operating losses, a meager endowment, and a tiny donor pool. www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...

After court orders, the Trump administration agreed to use emergency reserves to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown. But the funds cover only half of what’s needed. Campuses are scrambling to fill in the gaps for food insecure students. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Paulette Granberry Russell ran the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education through high highs and low lows. She says diversity work isn’t dead—it’s evolving. My Q&A with Granberry Russell as she prepares to step down:

Under McMahon, ED Is Diminished but Not Dead, Experts Say Inside Higher Ed spoke with more than a dozen politicians, higher education experts and former department employees; their thoughts on the agency’s status varied, but many tried to remain hopeful. https://bit.ly/3WDv9w1

Are Trump’s Settlements Losing Steam? The Trump administration forced significant changes and a fine at Columbia but won limited concessions from Virginia and remains in legal battles with Harvard and UCLA. https://bit.ly/4qDQH9l #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Last night, the president of the MAGA right’s leading think tank welcomed an open Nazi into his political coalition. The Nazi in question here, podcaster Nick Fuentes, has described Hitler as “really fucking cool” and said “perfidious Jews” must “be given the death penalty” after “we take power.”

Allowing the government to wield removal and detention of non-citizens as a tool to punish their protected speech would chill newsgathering and reporting in the public interest, @rcfp.org argues in a friend-of-the-court brief.

Trump claims that ICE agents are in constant danger. The data tells an entirely different story. According to stats from the agency's website, the deadliest threat to ICE agents is not immigrants, but COVID-19.

The Trump admin is leveraging the accreditation system to reshape campuses. I sat down for an exclusive interview with the man leading that charge, Nicholas Kent, who laid out his plans for a higher ed "revolution." "We're not afraid to fire accreditors," he said. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Larry Bushart Jr. spent more than a month in jail after a Tennessee sheriff ordered his arrest for a meme trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil.

DeSantis to Florida Universities: ‘Pull the Plug’ on H-1B Visa Workers Complaining about professors from China, Europe and “supposed Palestine,” the Republican governor called for his state’s public universities to end the use of the visa program. https://bit.ly/3WPFWn3

RFK Sr traveled the country as a senator to expose malnutrition, drum up support for food stamps. RFK Jr travels the country as HHS secretary, sees overweight children at airports, says food stamps "poisoning" today's children New story w/ Senate library material www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr...

Exclusive: The Trump administration has used misleading footage to promote its immigration agenda in at least six videos in the last three months. Some videos that purported to show chaos in Trump-targeted cities had footage from completely different states.

Breaking news: The United States economy will lose between $7 billion and $14 billion due to the federal government shutdown, according to a report released by Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper.

HBCUs Ramp Up Security After Threats, Campus Shootings Historically Black college and university leaders say security is a priority after terroristic threats last month and shootings on campuses in recent weeks. https://bit.ly/4oAVPJM #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Lab monkeys from Tulane University have escaped an overturned truck north of the town of Heidelberg, Mississippi. Despite initial claims by local law enforcement, the monkeys are not carrying COVID-19, herpes or hepatitis C. buff.ly/16gTRJa