Shortly after the court’s ruling, several conservative legal groups indicated they are planning to target state laws that require trans-inclusive policies, even though the justices didn’t address that issue. @ryanequinn.bsky.social has more. www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

ED Issues New List of Professional Degrees After Court Order https://bit.ly/440YLqT

How New Federal Earnings Test Could Affect Higher Ed The Education Department finalized the accountability measure Monday evening, ushering in a new era for colleges and universities. https://bit.ly/4asKabp #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

🚨 Breaking News | The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws banning transgender girls and women from playing on sports teams matching their gender identity, endorsing prohibitions in more than half the states against transgender inclusion. Read the full story ➡️ https://bit.ly/4wmHq80 #EDUSky

The White House Office of Management and Budget is still withholding more than $2 billion Congress appropriated in February for competitive Education Department grant programs. More than $1 billion will expire in three months if nothing changes. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

ICYMI | A federal judge has tossed out the Education Department’s rule that strictly limited graduate students’ access to higher federal student loan borrowing limits. The ruling says the Education Department violated Congress’s instructions by adding criteria. Read more ➡️ https://bit.ly/3T4r6Kr

Judge Tosses ED’s ‘Professional’ Degree Definition, Likely Aiding Student Borrowers www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

JUST IN: The Supreme Court will next release opinions on Tuesday, June 23. The court still has ~16 decisions to issue, including in disputes over birthright citizenship, immigration protections, transgender sports bans, mail-in voting and the removal of federal officers. #SCOTUS

“What we see in this agreement is that there are dollars that will flow from one agency to another, but there will be justice flowing to no one as a result,” former OCR chief Catherine Lhamon told @jessicablake.bsky.social. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Here's what we know at the moment about ED's latest agreement moving some civil rights enforcement responsibilities to DOJ. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

How GOP State Lawmakers Are Reshaping General Education www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Laws that allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition have been targeted by the Trump administration. Two recent federal rulings offer a glimpse into how the wider legal battle is playing out.

Is Fox contractually obligated to show Ryan Reynolds a certain number of times?

Vanderbilt University commissioned a report on the state of humanities scholarship. Now some of the scholars accused of producing work driven by political ideology rather than the pursuit of truth are fighting back. @emmawhitford.bsky.social has the scoop. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

UF Board Chair: “This board is not going to give in. We’re going to do the right thing.” (Via @byjoshmoody.bsky.social) www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Naturally, there's a higher ed angle to the World Cup as colleges host some of the national teams. @jessicablake.bsky.social has the details. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Big news: Capital Weather is now independent at CapitalWeather.com. We’re building a new home for trusted DC-area weather coverage — with around-the-clock forecasts, live updates and deeper local weather and climate coverage. 1/4

Many colleges are still celebrating Pride Month, but some are backing away: deleting social media posts, dropping event sponsorships, and pulling down the rainbow flag. Others are trying to rebrand it as "family" or "fidelity" month. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

To Fund Pell, House Appropriators Suggest Ending Subsidized Loans www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

$50M TRIO Grants? ED Gives States a Leg Up in College Access Program www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

"I doubt that UNK will be able to find an alternative text that doesn’t show sex acts. That would be like a trigonometry text without triangles.” — the author of the textbook being discontinued. @emmawhitford.bsky.social has more: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Further details tomorrow, but the major news (first reported by @aslipelit.bsky.social) is that the NWSL championship is coming back to Audi Field. More on what could be a wild week for soccer in D.C. from Green Line Soccer:

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

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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...

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