Opinion: My students want their education to matter to the people and places they are accountable to.

Important coverage from @emmarjanssen.bsky.social on what’s been happening at the federal agencies that are supposed to be helping student loan borrowers prospect.org/2026/01/16/s...

NEW from me: more on how to support student loan borrowers with disabilities get debt relief! #highered #studentdebt #disabilitysky #disability #edusky

My reflections on the illegal destruction of the U.S. Department of Education for @circulatingideas.bsky.social. It’s not too late to fix this! #highered #academicsky

My comments in @bostonglobe.com on how dismantling of ED affects colleges: “When you haphazardly cut whole teams, and people from other teams quit or are forced to retire, there are going to be problems with everything.” @ditikohli.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/b...

Before I was illegally fired from FSA, some of my most challenging student loan borrower complaints involved problems with TPD. It’s critical that ED is staffed sufficiently to run this program and oversee contractors. New from me for TICAS. #highered #studentdebt

“What I fear most about the chaos of this moment is that the American public will lose faith in education and lose trust in its government.” My full testimony at Senator Hirono’s spotlight hearing on #highered www.youtube.com/live/nbJIKR0...

The group Save U.S. Diplomacy held a rally at the #StateDepartment today to decry Secretary Rubio's planned firings of thousands of experts. "They're ceding strategic power and security interests to China, Russia & Iran while making our government operate more like theirs" said one State employee.

The headline kind of says it all, but you should read the whole piece thehill.com/opinion/educ...

My column today for The Hill clarifies that fired Education Department workers are not complicit in the government’s wasteful spending. We want to get back to work for America’s schools, students, and teachers. #academicsky #HigherEd thehill.com/opinion/educ...

Every Tuesday, I join other fired federal workers at the U.S. Senate office to fight for our agencies and our jobs. Follow us @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social and head to instgram to watch my video about student loans: www.instagram.com/reel/DH_SaU_... #highered #academicsky

My column on my illegal firing in a hometown Ohio newspaper: “As a check on the executive branch’s overreach, Congress should block the administration’s lawless destruction of the Education Department.” www.cantonrep.com/story/opinio...

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What states get the biggest benefit from the US Department of Education (@usedgov)

New report from the CFPB student loan ombudsman www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/new...

What a joy to unwrap this volume today from Bloomsbury! Congrats to editor Dr. Erin S. Corbett and all the authors! #prisoneducation #HigherEd order: www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbur...

Fall scenes at Harper’s Ferry, WV

Glad to see this explainer and the policy change. I deal with colleges that withhold transcripts over bills, and they are NOT nice about it.