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!

Trump Partially Funds SNAP as Colleges Scramble to Feed Students 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. https://bit.ly/4nCXpKb #EDUSky #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...

A growing number of universities are using spoken "policies" to scrub transgender identity from course content and scare faculty members into compliance with legally fuzzy rules that violate academic freedom. More at @insidehighered.com: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... #AcademicSky

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)!

Breaking: Brown University has declined the invitation to join the Trump administration's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Brown is now the second to do so after MIT rejected the proposal last week.

Deepa Das Acevedo, author of The War on Tenure, talks to @emmawhitford.bsky.social of @insidehighered.com about the erosion of tenure protections. #AcademicSky #EduSky #LawSky 🗺️ 🗃️ https://cup.org/4nuLmQ0

I want to learn more about the experiences of trans and other genderqueer faculty, staff and students at Texas public universities for a potential feature. If this is you and you're open to talk anonymously, get in touch via email (in bio) or on Signal at emmawhitford.96 #academicsky

Texas Tech isn't the only university system handing down chilling, verbal-only directives banning discussions about transgender identity. If this is happening at your institution, I want to know about it--reach me on Signal at emmawhitford.96 www.insidehighered.com/node/192421/...

As of Monday, it appears that Angelo State has softened its policies to allow preferred names and LGBQ content, but not transgender discussions. If anyone at Angelo State wants to chat with me about it, I'm on Signal at emmawhitford.96 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

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

As of this morning, we've counted 13 reports of swatting calls--false reports of active shooters on campus--at U.S. colleges since Aug. 19. At many colleges, fall classes began yesterday. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

I'm thrilled to be back! Working on my Bluesky feed, so academics--please say hi!