Congrats to @byjoshmoody.bsky.social on his EWA fellowship. Excited to read about the future of work colleges! ewa.org/members-news...

Although the monetary value of the deal is unknown, Instructure says the cybercriminals have returned the hacked personal data and offered assurance “that no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of this incident.” www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Read the latest on Trump's efforts to crack down on alleged race-based admissions from my teammates @knottkatherine.bsky.social and Johanna. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Institutional neutrality is intended to restrain the speech of the institution itself, not students and faculty. But universities are increasingly using such policies to suppress student speech. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

S.C. Lt. Governor Threatens to Defund HBCU That Canceled Her Speech www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

Botstein To Retire After Investigation Finds He ‘Minimized’ Ties to Epstein “I would take money from Satan if it permitted me to do God’s work,” Botstein told lawyers during their investigation into his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. https://bit.ly/4t3gU17 #EDUSky #HigherEd

Loan Limits Finalized, but Litigation Looms Advocates and higher ed groups called on Congress to take action to expand the definition of professional programs. https://bit.ly/4vY9oax #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

After thousands of public comments on loan caps, the Education Department declined to change its definition for professional programs. Here’s @jessicablake.bsky.social’s first story on the final rule. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

The latest installment in @insidehighered.com's five-part series on apprenticeships features stunning photos by Justin Morrison of apprentices participating in a program through Trident Technical College in North Charleston, S.C. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

After years of fighting over its accreditation and struggling to stay afloat, Saint Augustine’s University declared bankruptcy today. The university owes millions to the IRS and other federal agencies. Here's my story on the news: www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...

I’m pretty sure the answer is yes. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afternoon. https://bit.ly/4e7Q9VE

Texas Politicians Are Taking Curricular Control. Where Is the Accreditor? Texas public universities are restricting what faculty can teach and graduate students can research. Although they appear to violate its standards, SACS hasn’t responded. https://bit.ly/4mQkUAy #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

GIRL(S) WHO IS GOING TO BE OKAY

TRINITY RODMAN'S FIRST GOAL OF THE SEASON VIBES!!!

Update to the Ted Carter story that published this morning: The University of Nebraska System now tells me that NU is conducting its own review of Carter. (He is believed to have met Krisanthe Vlachos in 2023 while NU president.) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Here’s what we know so far from @byjoshmoody.bsky.social www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Well this is interesting

A month ago, on a podcast with the @sickoscommittee.org, we came up with a story idea so good we started sketching it out during the episode: How much money does every school's mascot make in a year. The highest-earning mascot brings in over $130,000 a year. www.foiaball.com/p/college-ma...

Former Wisconsin system president Jay Rothman said he was blindsided by the board's efforts to push him out. Sources tell me that's "bullshit" — that Rothman had lost the confidence of campus chancellors and threatened to quit multiple times. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

So why was Jay Rothman fired? One source told @byjoshmoody.bsky.social he had lost the confidence of the chancellors in the system. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Rothman is out in what one Republican state lawmaker called a “blatant partisan hatchet job.” More from @byjoshmoody.bsky.social www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Trump Once Again Pushes Steep Education, Research Cuts www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Something is going on in Wisconsin as the system president said the board told him he needed to resign or retire. And the board won't tell him why. @byjoshmoody.bsky.social has the letters from Rothman in which he said he won't step down. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

An important life update from me on this week's episode of The Key: I've finally watched K-Pop Demon Hunters. www.insidehighered.com/podcasts/key...

I don’t love April Fools, but it’s fun to see the creativity and effort that colleges put into pranking their students. Here’s @j-alonso.bsky.social annual roundup. www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

Great news!

Off into to the sunset. Farewell, #dcstreetcar The DC streetcar takes its last ride ending 10 PM March 31, 2026

IHE's @knottkatherine.bsky.social interviewed the one-man public records machine behind @foiaball.com to talk about his great work digging into college athletic budgets. (Full disclosure: I'm a FOIAball subscriber, and you should be too.) www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Just remembered that this happened a year ago today. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

There's a lot of questions about how this partnership will work, but Ryan has the details on what we know so far.

From the first episode of this season’s Love is Blind, I’ve wanted to read more about Vic. And @emmawhitford.bsky.social delivers. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The Green Line Soccer gamer from a bummed-out Audi Field, where the Washington Spirit worried the Portland Thorns without actually creating real danger. Olivia Moultrie showed them how it's done, giving the visitors a 1-0 win to open the NWSL season.

So I watched Trump's college sports roundtable, so you don't have to. As college leaders warn that college athletics is running out of time for reform, they want the federal government to do something to help. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Some of the institutions where fellowships were canceled—as well as those listed as potential replacements—never received notification from the Pentagon, these universities told Inside Higher Ed. It’s unclear if any did. www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...

The arrest of a Columbia student shows the limited options that universities have in resisting ICE agents, especially if they won't follow protocols. Advocates are urging college leaders to demand that federal lawmakers hold ICE officers accountable. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

The new Spirit kits are out. Details, photos, my take, all at Green Line Soccer

Great news for those of us who bike to Audi on game days

A team of skilled Zamboni drivers and technicians at the Winter Olympics keep the ice in the arena at the right temperature and thickness for competition. The challenge? Each event needs a different kind of ice.

BREAKING: A 6-3 Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, finding the International Emergency Economic Powers Act *doesn’t* authorize the president to issue them. #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Y’all, I think I finally understand curling.

Trump Administration Agrees to End Race-Based Criteria for McNair Grant The decision ends a lawsuit from a conservative student group and will open up the doctoral grant program that originally targeted underrepresented students. https://bit.ly/4aoZ7LY #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky

The Pell Grant is projected to be short at least $100 billion over the next 10 years—a shortfall that Congress will have to address either with cuts or new money. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

okay so I actually just got off the phone with some UTEP and travel industry people if anybody is interested in a quick thread about "what an athletic department does when they wake up and see the FAA has closed their airport"

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family. “He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

just to be clear, this also means that huge numbers of romance titles are now functionally out of print. and sure, romance has always been an ephemeral genre, but this decimates the genre in a very real way. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...

The Education Department is investigating what organizers say is "nation’s only objective study of college student voting and registration," and threatening colleges that participate. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Yesterday, hundreds of those people were swept out, because of the charlatans in charge. Hundreds remain, carrying on the work. I wish Americans could really see & feel what it's like in a newsroom. The care. The effort. @sallyjenx.bsky.social captures it here: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

The Washington Post but it’s ‘The Traitors’

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