We asked the University of Austin why so many administrators, including the president, have left this year. We got no response. www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...

🧵 A dean is abruptly removed. Her account goes viral. At first, it looks like a fight over the humanities. But the more I reported on the University of Tulsa, the clearer it became: this controversy was just the entry point for a far larger institutional unraveling. (1/14)

Winter comes for Larry Summers www.chronicle.com/article/is-t...

A legislative office has asked the University of Arkansas to turn over syllabi for nine courses on the Middle East, Palestine and Islam, as well as information about scholarships connected to Middle East studies, according to emails that were shared with me: www.chronicle.com/article/a-st...

Amid an escalating debate over who exactly gets to decide who will lead Virginia's flagship, former president James E. Ryan -- who left amid DOJ scrutiny of UVA -- has decided now's the time to enter the fray. For @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/stun...

It’s not sports management, sports communication, or exercise science. It’s simply sports. Why some academics, joined by Nike, are behind a new major for athletes.

There's a movement well underway to allow college athletes to major in sports the way dancers can major in dance and musicians can major in music. My story: www.chronicle.com/article/get-...

My latest with @mzahneis.bsky.social: Dartmouth is close to saying "no" to the current compact, I learned. The decision comes as gov. officials are circulating that the compact is open to all, in what higher-ed advocates call a test of the sector's collective will: www.chronicle.com/article/dart...

Colleges are cutting many types of departments, but religious studies in particular keeps ending up on lists of doomed programs. I looked into why: www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

When George Mason's president came under attack by the Trump administration, he did what few embattled presidents dared; he spoke out and defended his actions. On Friday, he may learn whether publicly challenging the government's narrative helped or hurt him. www.chronicle.com/article/greg...

Shifts in NIL, revenue sharing, transfer portal, TV $ & conference realignment will collectively leave college sports unrecognizable. @sportslawguy.bsky.social @drkarenweaver.bsky.social @ngluckman.bsky.social & Richard Paulsen discuss changes, impact, & more. studentaffairsnow.com/navigating-t...

Federal funding in limbo? Try GoFundMe instead. That's the route several scholars have taken in recent months — but the notion of crowdfunding academic research is a double-edged sword. I've got the story @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky

UPDATED: Ono spent much of the meeting dodging direct answers. When pressed on Covid mandates — with the questioner pointing out that as an immunologist, he must have an opinion — he answered: “I’m a mouse doctor. I’m a test tube kind of guy.” www.chronicle.com/article/stat...

SCOOP: HIV scientists were given a choice by the National Institutes of Health: Eliminate a study of transgender youth, or lose a shot to recover larger grants that had been terminated. They chose the former. www.chronicle.com/article/an-n...

Bob Morse is retiring! www.usnews.com/education/bl... Here's my take on Morse's place in higher ed, from 2022: www.chronicle.com/article/wher... More to come soon, I hope!

Many of the international students whose immigration status DHS had revoked have already seen their status reactivated in a government database www.chronicle.com/article/thou...

The University of Michigan's Faculty Senate has passed a resolution in support of a Big Ten mutual-defense compact, joining Rutgers, Nebraska, Indiana, and Michigan State. #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Faculty senates at Rutgers University, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the University of Indiana at Bloomington, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have passed resolutions calling for the creation of a mutual-defense compact. chroni.cl/4cBFrnu

The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. The tracker focuses on four areas: civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. www.chronicle.com/article/trac...

It may seem like there are more pressing things in higher ed right now, but as @jackstripling.bsky.social shows in this episode, parking always matters: www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...

My latest on the apparent $210 million federal-funding freeze at Princeton for @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky

I spoke with Jason Stanley about why he's leaving Yale for the University of Toronto. www.chronicle.com/article/no-n...

NEW: During these mass interruptions in NIH funding, scientists have been screaming for help from their institutions. I wrote about the handful of universities that are trying to keep researchers afloat by offering bridge funding — will there be enough to go around? www.chronicle.com/article/face...

Full story and ongoing coverage here: www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...

In this great ep @brownepoints.bsky.social, @andyandy.bsky.social & @jackstripling.bsky.social rehash the best college president quotes. My fav, said by a president of his own school: “This place sucks so bad. I don’t know how anyone can stand it...It is insane." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

A faculty member asked the Columbia president why university leaders had not banded together to issue a unified statement. She responded: “I have been so far unable to affect that despite trying very hard." www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

A Cornell graduate student who has been a prominent voice at pro-Palestinian protests is being told to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a new court filing made shortly after he asked a judge to preemptively order the government not to deport him.

Legal scholars reached by @ngluckman.bsky.social agreed that Columbia would have a strong case to make. “Absolutely I could foresee a case, because what the Trump administration has done is blatantly in violation of both Title VI and the First Amendment.” www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

I spoke to legal scholars and people in higher ed about a question I've had for the last few days. Why isn't Columbia suing? www.chronicle.com/article/why-...