Wrote about the Vanderbilt chancellor for @chronicle.com. Depending on where you stand, he's a calculated opportunist or a savior of higher ed. www.chronicle.com/article/high...

Wow www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

10U has helped academic chiefs through the endless torrent of controversies and crises that colleges face. https://chroni.cl/4aaTNvi

GOSSIP! Chicago, Rochester, WashU, Dartmouth, MIT, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Duke, Vanderbilt, Carnegie Mellon, Rice, and Case Western got a secret Provost club. Gotta thread this (lol stay true to you Dartmouth) www.chronicle.com/article/high...

For @chronicle.com, I wrote about a secret provost club. Well, formerly. www.chronicle.com/article/high...

Penn Slams Trump Administration’s Demand for Personal Information of Jewish Employees www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...

Alpha Sigma Phi plans to sue some former members -- Rutgers students -- who were involved in the hazing of a student who came into contact with an exposed wire. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

"Manny Diaz Jr., a former Republican lawmaker and Florida education commissioner who had been serving as interim president since July, was announced as the sole finalist in November." 11-1 vote. Only the Faculty Senate representative to the board voted no. www.chronicle.com/article/anot...

ODU president statement on ICE shooting. www.odu.edu/article/a-st...

We're also hiring for our Diverse Media Coverage scholarship and internship. The recipient will cover race and ethnicity in higher education, some of the most critical issues right now. They also get a $10K scholarship. jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/thechr...

The Chronicle's Summer 2026 Internship is live. ⛷️ Pay is $800/wk pre-tax 🏔️ You can work from our D.C. office or remotely from some states 🌨️ Submit 5 published clips, a cover letter, a resume, and 3 references ❄️ We'll start reviewing applications on Jan. 15 jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/thechr...

The Chronicle's Summer 2026 Internship is live. ⛷️ Pay is $800/wk pre-tax 🏔️ You can work from our D.C. office or remotely from some states 🌨️ Submit 5 published clips, a cover letter, a resume, and 3 references ❄️ We'll start reviewing applications on Jan. 15 jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/thechr...

Chronicle journalists wrote the equivalent of *6,700* emails this year. And that's on top of the 6,700 emails we all individually sent. www.chronicle.com/article/2025...

Friday news dump (well, the other one): UVa has a president. Since this piece was published, several high-powered state lawmakers have said, in as many words, "we'll see about it," and the national AAUP has condemned the appointment. www.chronicle.com/article/amid...

Brown and Arizona are of course completely different campuses -- UA is much larger, in a sprawling city, and obviously public -- but this piece points out that Brown has made it part of its mission to be open to Providence.

The discourse over whether Brown U. should wall itself off from the public reminds me of this comment from a safety chief at the U. of Arizona after some called for card access to every building on campus. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

@chronicle.com fellowship highlights: 📆 Runs July 2026-July 2027 💲 $55k salary w/ benefits 💡 Emphasis on mentorship + development 📝 Write in a range of styles/formats 📍 DC-based hybrid office Questions? DM or email me!

Calling all college journalists and recent or soon-to-be grads: @chronicle.com is hiring two fellows to join our newsroom in summer 2026. We'd love for you to be one of them.

Big news about the Trump administration loosening restrictions on marijuana to treat it similarly to some painkillers. Last year, I wrote about how the rescheduling of marijuana could open up opportunities for campus research. You can read that here: www.chronicle.com/article/coll...

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This is a thoughtful and well-researched piece (featuring quite a few higher ed faculty members, including me) on the growth of most SEC universities. The reasons behind this growth are complex. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Me & my friends had thoughts!! Kicker: "Baker grew up in VA & lived in the South most of her life. She finds it astounding that anyone would think of a public university in the South as apolitical. 'No one who lives in the South,' she says, 'believes that Southern universities are not political.'"

UVa asked its community members to give feedback on Trump's compact, and they delivered ... an overwhelmingly negative reaction. Should UVa agree, wrote one person, “I will harbor nothing but ill will for this Board and this school." We got the records. Read more: www.chronicle.com/article/uva-...

The University of Virginia is pressing forward with the search for its next president. New from me: www.chronicle.com/article/here...

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...

👻Pay is $800 before taxes 🪦Can work from DC (where we're based), VA, MD, MI, WA, TX, FL, NC, or NY 🎃Internship runs February-May 🐈‍⬛You're treated like a staff reporter 💀Submit cover letter, five clips, resume, and three references ☠️Questions? Email [email protected]

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New: UVA reaches settlement with Trump administration to pause investigations. www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...

“In Arizona, it’s not too smart to ride backwards on your saddle,” said Ted Downing, a former state representative and chair of the Committee of Eleven, a faculty-governance body. www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...

Brown becomes the second of nine initial invitees to decline the Trump administration's #HigherEd compact, joining MIT. This comes several months after it struck a deal with the feds to restore research funding and resolve OCR investigations. @shenandoahkate.bsky.social has the story @chronicle.com.

The University of Missouri president is beloved by many of the most powerful people in Missouri. But his leadership, now eight years and counting, is a lesson in tradeoffs. For @chronicle.com's 2025 leadership issue, I profile Mun Choi. www.chronicle.com/article/mun-...

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...

UNC Greensboro has abandoned institutional neutrality (and it's metal)

Welcome, Brad! www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

There’s no winning when you’re being punished for following the rules at the time. New from me: www.chronicle.com/article/trum...

“These are very unpredictable times,” said one professor, “and all I can say is I think Jim Ryan is the kind of person you would like to have in your university helping to navigate them." From me and @emmajanepettit.bsky.social: www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

The Trump administration said the departure of James E. Ryan, UVa's president, was necessary to resolve a federal investigation into the university's DEI programs. By @shenandoahkate.bsky.social:

A crackdown on DEI at the University of Virginia shows how messy and complicated it can be to prove that DEI has been eliminated, especially when the college’s basic diversity ideals haven’t changed. New, from me and @katiemangan.bsky.social: www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

You can read more about our excellent internship program here: www.chronicle.com/article/appl...

Student journalists, early-career reporters, you have ONE WEEK to apply for The Chronicle's fall reporting internship. 💰$800/week before taxes 🧑‍💼Work at DC office or from VA, MD, MI, WA, TX, FL, NC, or NY 🍂Internship generally runs September to December jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/thechr...

"It's important to me to reclaim some of these concepts," said @beidelson.bsky.social. "Title VI is a real law, and it has real demands, and here's what they are, and they're markedly different than anything the administration is claiming." www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

A crackdown on DEI at the University of Virginia shows how messy and complicated it can be to prove that DEI has been eliminated, especially when the college’s basic diversity ideals haven’t changed. New, from me and @katiemangan.bsky.social: www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

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VALUABLE RESOURCE ALERT 🚨: The Chronicle continues to track developments in the Trump administration's agenda for higher education. Check it out here: www.chronicle.com/article/trac...

new from me: www.chronicle.com/article/as-t...

A look at New College of Florida, two years post-takeover, by Emma Pettit. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...