Our Favorites of 2025 | "Ashley Mowreader worked to identify which institutions and how many students were affected, resulting in a widely-read map that was cited in legal filings and by numerous other publications." Josh Moody, business, finance and leadership reporter. 🔗 https://bit.ly/49x0yas

Trump's June travel ban restricted access for foreign nationals of 19 countries, which international education folks warned could hurt enrollment. Some initial data scraping by moi from last December to now implies some of that may be true

i think the vlookup formula is both my blessing and my curse because when it works, my data is so much fun to work with and when it doesn't, everything is bad and evil and dark

One in 10 college students say they don't know where to find postgraduation outcomes information, per @insidehighered.com data. ED is making that a little easier, by labeling some colleges as "low earnings" www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Student Success | Facilitating Deliberative Dialogue in College Classrooms A panel of experts provide insights into how to integrate challenging conversations into class activities to build students’ interpersonal skills and critical thinking. https://bit.ly/4pwZitu

Student Success | Kansas Scales Credential Program for Students With Disabilities A $1.9 million grant from the Department of Education will spur expansion of a support program for students with intellectual disabilities at two Kansas-based institutions. https://bit.ly/48HK7qg

i thought of a post i wanted to make this morning but i forgot what it was so now i'm just sad

Opinion | For New High School Grads, Workforce Pell Might Be Wrong Place to Start Many young people will be better served by going straight to degree programs—not using up their Pell eligibility on short-term programs. The regulations should account for this. https://bit.ly/4iNFH5Z #EDUSky

Conservative Think Tank AEI Names Ben Sasse Senior Fellow

Hello #academicsky, I'm working on a piece about how students are more comfortable refusing to participate in discussion than they used to be. I've seen a lot of complaints from professors about the so-called Gen Z stare. Do you have experience with this? Think the concern is overblown? Let me know!

at least i can always count on our event photographers to capture and publish the worst photos of me speaking

damn i was jussttt going to pitch to my editor that I should also drink three beers at 10 am and write a story

Happy Thanksgiving! IHE is pressing pause in observance of the holiday weekend! We will be back Monday, December 1st!

Student Success | How One Community College Is Embracing AI-Powered Data Tools Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses how AI can be leveraged to improve predictive analytics and provide insight into workforce outcomes data for a two-year college. https://bit.ly/43R3Z8V #EDUSky

Student Success | Professor Identity Can Influence Perceptions of Transfer A study of over 3,000 faculty from @cuny.edu two- and four-year institutions found gaps in awareness of transfer student outcomes and processes, which can hurt transfer success. https://bit.ly/4ofEw0e #AcademicSky #EDUSky

realized i never set up my OOO email .... and people thought i was just ignoring them......

And ED makes it official. Numerous programs are getting shipped out to four different agencies. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

anyone know why the tap water in Atlanta tastes like dirt

always happy to read my friends' job/grad school apps because its so fun to read about how hard they slay

UNL rolled out (what I'm assuming is) Edsight's AI chatbot for student retention data last week and it's... not going well, per the Daily Nebraskan www.dailynebraskan.com/news/unl-stu...

i'm going to be honest i am not sure i'll ever learn how to spell bureaucracy, i just do my best and hope spell check gets it

In "reverse transfer" students who transferred from a community to a bachelor's IHE before getting associate degree can get it using credits from the 2 IHEs, but few students opt in: buff.ly/OSeJ9mo 1 reason might be stigma associated w. having an assoc degree. @amowreader.com #AcademicSky #highered

few work days will beat when i created the international student visa revocation map and stress ate an entire bag of baby carrots simultaneously

Looking for free food and meals in NYC or Newark as SNAP benefits come to a pause for the first time in the program’s 60-year history? Here’s a list of food pantries and other resources.

at one point in this interview the program director mentions students can cut up the carpet and inspect it to see which mysterious body fluid is on there and i was too scared to ask how they source mysterious body fluids

Adding a little spooky content to your Halloween higher ed news diet; Gwynedd Mercy University just opened a Crime Scene House on campus to provide an experiential learning lab for criminal justice students. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Student Success | How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens Student Success At a webinar Tuesday, experts shared projections about how the budget bill could impact college students and their financial stability. https://bit.ly/4nu70mA #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Roughly three million New Yorkers rely on food stamps, which will lose federal funding on Saturday amid the government shutdown. More than a fifth of recipients in the state are 60 or older, a group especially vulnerable to the cuts.

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)!

There’s some things I miss about DC but the din of a motorcade is not one of them

Giving Credit Where It’s Overdue Reverse transfer—the practice of awarding associate degrees for credit previously earned— is beneficial for colleges, state workforces and the vast “some college, no credit” population. Why do so few students opt in? https://bit.ly/4o6ab58 #EDUSky #AcademicSky

Reverse transfer has been seen as a way to move the needle on college completion, but a majority of eligible students pass up the opportunities. And, from my reporting, there seems to be a gap in understanding why that is for @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

🚨 BREAKING NEWS | The University of Pennsylvania has refused to sign the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, making it the third of the nine initial institutions that were presented the deal to publicly turn it down. https://bit.ly/4oiFglC

sometimes i get nervous to listen back to my podcast recordings bc i remember the interview being less awesome than i thought it could be, but most times i'm pleasantly surprised by the words that come out of my mouth

submitting four cover letters for my career counselor to review during our 30 minute time slot

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery. @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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.

In this podcast/transcript @amowreader.com interviews Zach Pardos about his AI-powered credit transfer tool buff.ly/eEDBhNWWe look forward to learning exactly what data the AI tool uses & its outputs, + which specific colleges have actually used it & how. #AcademicSky #highered @insidehighered.com

every time I write about transfer I get mad about a new weird way colleges make the process hard. Like what do you mean your state community college system runs on semesters and your state university runs on quarters, why would you do that ????

What the Government Shutdown Could Mean for Higher Ed Colleges and universities likely won’t face immediate issues, but research may be disrupted as grants pause. https://bit.ly/4nuRxmW #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Annnnd we're back! The government may be in shutdown but negotiated rulemaking over student loans is still going strong at ED. So far today, most of the committee has been in private caucus, likely discussing what degrees will qualify for higher loan caps. We're now over the original 30 min slot.

Student Success | Majority of California Community College Students Lack Basic Needs New survey data points to a prevalence of basic needs insecurity among two-year students in California, particularly around housing. https://bit.ly/3KMkQ5V

Students, Alumni Rally to Keep Slashed Affinity Programs Alive Across the country, student groups and other organizations are working to fill the gaps left behind by campus centers and programs lost to a snowballing anti-DEI movement. https://bit.ly/482hBB9 #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky

Charlie Kirk: Hero of ‘Civil Discourse’ or Fount of Division? www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

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Student Success | Most Low-Income Students Find Bachelor’s Degrees Unaffordable A new analysis by the National College Attainment Network finds that a majority of public colleges are financially out of reach for the average low-income student. https://bit.ly/3W9S9Cl #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Hey #AcademicSky, got parking woes? I want to hear about them. Tell me about your university's return-to-office plans, parking policies and any petty (or not petty) complaints about spot availability. Reach me here or on Signal: @ emmawhitford.96

Keeping tabs on international student enrollment for the fall, spoiler alert, it looks mostly bad for @insidehighered.com www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

i am like a bird slamming against a glass door waiting for the state department to release more recent visa issuance data from this summer, what do you mean they've only published up to MAY. ITS SEPTEMBER

This university is willing to put their ROI where their wallet is, or whatever the saying is. In addition to career coaching or free grad school credits, Bethel U will hire graduates who haven't landed a job, terms and conditions apply