From @jessicablake.bsky.social, who is in the room, ED reached consensus on its proposed professional definition, which was released last night. So that's a wrap on this neg reg. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

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

Students, Unions to Protest Trump’s Higher Ed Agenda Friday www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Trump Research Funding Plans: Penalize ‘Repeat Players,’ Reward Compact Signers www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

A useful list of donors: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

21 States, D.C. Ask Court to Reverse Ed Department’s TRIO Grant Rejections www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Faculty union rep: “You can’t discriminate against someone based on foreign birth. My big question coming away from this is: Where’s the authority?” Florida public universities have employed nearly 3,000 people via the H-1B program since 2022.

DeSantis to Florida Universities: ‘Pull the Plug’ on H-1B Visa Workers www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

From @bloomberg.com: A top biosecurity adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services who believed messenger RNA Covid vaccines should be taken off the market was fired over the weekend www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s UCLA Demand: $1.2B Fine and Limits on Trans, Foreign Student Freedoms www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

Using an Anti-KKK Law to End a Black-Only Scholarship www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Why did he call it Mad Max. That doesn't sound safe www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Georgia Tech says it’s cutting expenses to “preserve cash,” the University of Hawaiʻi system is paying federally funded workers $20 million every two weeks and a N.J. community college says a solar energy training program is in jeopardy. www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...

University of Illinois System Bans Consideration of Race, Sex in Hiring, Tenure, Student Aid www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

As an administrator, unwritten rules or verbal guidance are typically unenforceable upon any appeals to upper administration. But when upper administration won't put things in writing...

I forgot to call upon #edusky

Hi I'm an @insidehighered.com reporter writing about which universities are cutting travel expenses, freezing hiring or slashing other costs citing the fed government shutdown. Please DM me or email me any examples at [email protected] today (especially statements on websites)!

This is a good look at the current status of the Institute of Education Sciences. The interim head has some good plans, but DOGE, Vought, and the government shutdown make me pessimistic about IES's future.

Amber Northern, the special adviser tasked with reforming IES, will giver her report in Dec. But with the government shutdown and staff cuts can she deliver? @ryanequinn.bsky.social looks into the confusion surrounding the future of federal education data www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Trump Gutted the Institute of Education Sciences. Its Renewal Is in Doubt. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Cease fire is foundering www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...

Blanche and Bondi "bonded, in particular, over their mutual disdain for the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, whom they view as a lightweight more interested in social media than doing his job, according to seven current and former administration officials." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

Vanderbilt and Arizona are playing football at the moment and are unavailable. Texas is probably huddled up with politicians and board members.

In the past 24 hours, two more colleges have rejceted the compact. That leaves Arizona, UT Austin & Vanderbilt of the original 9 who haven’t responded. Monday is the deadline. @ryanequinn.bsky.social reports www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Dartmouth makes it six colleges and universities to publicly reject Trump's higher ed compact. Three (of original 9) to go! www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The University of Virginia has become the first public, and Southern, institution to publicly turn down Trump's “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Four of the original nine universities presented the deal are still mum: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

BREAKING: The White House has confirmed it's called the 5 institutions who haven't signed its compact to a meeting this afternoon. Insiders tell us it's "an effort to regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign" @knottkatherine.bsky.social has the scoop www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

NEWS — The White House says it has invited the five institutions that haven't said whether they'll agree to the compact to a meeting this afternoon. One source sees the meeting as a way to "regain momentum by threatening institutions to sign." www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

The deadline for compact responses is near, and we're still waiting to hear from five universities. But here's @ryanequinn.bsky.social on why Penn and USC said no. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

This is a remarkable piece. Conservative AND liberal legal scholars come out TOGETHER to condemn Trump’s compact for higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/our-...

Story: Penn, U. of Southern California Reject Trump Compact www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Penn first today, and the U of Southern California has now rejected the Trump higher ed compact, too. That's 4 out of 9 so far, no answers yet from rest: we-are.usc.edu/2025/10/16/u...

Penn Becomes 3rd University to Reject Trump Compact www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The Puppaganda worked in WV and it's still working in DC rollcall.com/2025/10/15/b...

Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump’s Higher Ed Cuts www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

And that's two against the compact as Brown joins MIT in rejecting the deal. president.brown.edu/president/br...

Haha from @punchbowlnews.bsky.social

Already Battered by Cuts, Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts

Someone just shouted "arrest me daddy" to a handsome National Guardsman in Union Station. The D.C. occupation continues.

Hey, I'm an @insidehighered.com reporter writing today about how the ongoing shutdown may be affecting, or about to affect, university research. If you have a story to share, please DM me or email [email protected] today. Thank you.

More Education Dept. Employees Fired (and HHS employees in these shutdown-related layoffs, though we don't know whether any were at NIH. If you know, please DM me or email [email protected] )

And MIT president says "we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

MIT's president tells the ed secretary it's rejecting Trump's admin's proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education "Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education." orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Senate OKs Richey to Lead ED Civil Rights Office

Saudi Arabia Approves Branch Campus for Longtime Partner U of New Haven The institution says it started educating Saudi royal family members in the ’90s & later developed curricula for a Saudi “security college,” despite criticism. Now it could be the first to open a campus. https://bit.ly/4h71pB4

I love this Washington Post newsletter disclosure:

Saudi Arabia Approves Branch Campus for Longtime Partner U of New Haven www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

With Compact, Universities Weigh Whether to Give Up Freedoms for Unknown Payout Higher ed orgs raised alarm over a federal government document that asks universities to agree to significant restrictions without specifying what they’ll gain—or what they’ll lose for refusing. https://bit.ly/48hftpj

With Compact, Universities Weigh Whether to Give Up Freedoms for Unknown Payout www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...