We asked the University of Austin why so many administrators, including the president, have left this year. We got no response. www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...

When my older 2 kids were choosing colleges, we looked at how they handled COVID. Did they prioritize safety & community? Did they use it as an excuse to cut faculty & staff? Are we OK spending tuition $$ there? Youngest is applying now, and the question is, how are they handling this moment?

Another university making big cuts to its library staff: depauliaonline.com/80758/news/d...

The Chronicle is hiring two recent college graduates or early-career journalists for our reporting fellowship to start work in summer 2026. Please send great candidates our way, share this with your networks, and reach out to me if you have any questions! jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/thechr...

An exclusive look at why Portland State says it is not obligated to reinstate 10 laid off faculty members, per an independent arbitrator’s binding decision: www.chronicle.com/article/an-a...

New model state legislation would require non-STEM faculty members to teach a 3-3 courseload. Here’s what you need to know about the proposal. www.chronicle.com/article/new-...

This story is well worth your time. And while the details may be different, a version of this is probably happening at a college near you...

This is a thoughtful and well-researched piece (featuring quite a few higher ed faculty members, including me) on the growth of most SEC universities. The reasons behind this growth are complex. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

Another college offering faculty buyouts; more faculty wanting more say in budget cuts www.wvtf.org/news/2025-12...

An update on a Tarrant County College story I previously reported on, from the @fortworthreport.bsky.social: Provost terminated after some faculty told to return portions of summer pay fortworthreport.org/2025/11/21/t...

I spoke with four college workers who are grateful they were spared from layoffs but still grappling with the aftermath. Here are their stories www.chronicle.com/article/anxi...

My colleague @shenandoahkate.bsky.social breaks down what you need to know about fmr UVA president James Ryan's letter to the faculty senate about his resignation www.chronicle.com/article/stun...

A college admits its faculty members were given incorrect information about how much they had to work over the summer. Now it's demanding to be repaid www.chronicle.com/article/a-te...

Every faculty member should read this @bethmcmurtrie.bsky.social story on how faculty are and aren’t using AI www.chronicle.com/article/ai-h...

This seems to be happening a lot these days:

I’ve heard this a few times today:

If your college president’s salary keeps growing and yours does not, you are not alone. We crunched the numbers and the disparity is growing www.chronicle.com/article/your...

NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com

What does the killing of Charlie Kirk mean for higher ed and the country? Listen to the College Matters podcast, where we dive into it all. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

What will Charlie Kirk’s killing mean? www.chronicle.com/article/maki...

Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University, had become a face of conservative activism on college campuses.

U of Oregon will lay off dozens of employees to close budget deficit, including 20 non tenure track faculty, but will not lay off any tenure track faculty president.uoregon.edu/september-bu...

The data wizards @chronicle.com recently updated our faculty-pay transparency tool to draw on 2025 data. Worth checking out to see how #HigherEd salaries are mediated by local cost of living.

Colleges are cutting many types of departments, but religious studies in particular keeps ending up on lists of doomed programs. I looked into why: www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

My latest, on a battle at the U of Oregon over faculty input into budget deliberations. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

NEW: The NIH just started requiring NIH-funded research to be made freely, immediately available. In response, some journals are forcing scientists to pay thousands in open-access fees to publish. The result: chaos. The fees, one scholar says, are “out of control.” www.chronicle.com/article/maki...

Red states are attacking faculty governance, my colleague Sarah Huddleston reports www.chronicle.com/article/a-mu...

When George Mason's president came under attack by the Trump administration, he did what few embattled presidents dared; he spoke out and defended his actions. On Friday, he may learn whether publicly challenging the government's narrative helped or hurt him. www.chronicle.com/article/greg...

SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

When obituaries go awry. Via this week’s Laurels & Darts/ @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/laurels-and-...

George Mason University’s Board of Visitors gave Gregory Washington, its politically embattled president, a raise Friday following a series of federal investigations over his efforts to racially diversify its faculty ranks. chroni.cl/40N7PhN

When George Mason University’s president came under attack by the Trump administration, he did what few embattled presidents dared; he spoke out and defended his actions. On Friday, he may learn whether it helped or hurt him. chroni.cl/4lbJjhH

Northwestern University cuts more than 400 staff positions (about half of which were vacant) amid funding freeze www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/29/n...

The latest settlement: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...

Columbia just agreed to hand over data on applicants. Admissions officials fear a new era of federal scrutiny. chroni.cl/44XNxos

A colleague has to meet with the university’s Office of General Counsel who want edits to their program’s website that basically amount to deleting every instance of the word “Black”

Federal funding in limbo? Try GoFundMe instead. That's the route several scholars have taken in recent months — but the notion of crowdfunding academic research is a double-edged sword. I've got the story @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Anyone thinking about AI and writing — or what may soon be at stake with much of human creativity — should read this essay by @meghanor.bsky.social. It is… genuinely thought-provoking and insightful. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

NEW from me: In an agreement with the Trump administration, Columbia agreed to review its international admissions. How foreign students became a political chip in the government’s effort to overhaul American higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/tuck...

Duke employees tell me they're expecting involuntary layoff announcements soon...