California State University Embraces Direct Admissions After a successful pilot, California is joining a growing group of states to extend proactive college acceptances to qualified students without having them apply. https://bit.ly/49DJ6Sv #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Former UVA President Jim Ryan accused the board of dishonesty around the circumstance of his exit in a searing letter sent to the UVA Faculty Senate today. Read it here, as well as letters from board leadership and Gov. Glenn Youngkin. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Courses Studying Trump Proliferate, Despite Risk of President’s Ire Academics running classes on the U.S. leader must grapple with fast-changing dynamics and the fear of provoking the world’s most powerful man. Read the latest from @timeshighered.bsky.social ➡️ https://bit.ly/49hdf9X

Student Success | A Liberal Arts College Goes All In on AI Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses new tools to evaluate and compare various LLMs for higher education learning and research. https://bit.ly/3M1nENa #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Career Advice Reminder | It’s Not Them: It’s You Rather than fixating on students’ supposed deficiencies, professors should recommit to core principles for learning, Erin Morris Miller writes. https://bit.ly/4o25bO3 #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Jim Ryan Breaks Silence on UVA Resignation The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster. https://bit.ly/3K3JKOu #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That ‘Advocate’ Certain Ideologies Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a ... https://bit.ly/48dnStf #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Deep Dive Report: The Hidden Costs of College Beyond Tuition https://bit.ly/3K0LAQb

Portland State Ordered to Reinstate Some Laid-Off Faculty https://bit.ly/4pcsC8n #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

@tamu.bsky.social Faculty Council Says Professor’s Dismissal Violated Academic Freedom https://bit.ly/43v8DJA #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Turning Point Protests Spark Arrests, DOJ Probe https://bit.ly/4qVvrvY #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Spanberger Calls on UVA to Pause President Search Virginia’s Democratic governor-elect has called on the University of Virginia to wait to hire a new leader until she appoints new board members in January. https://bit.ly/480dKTr

Opinion | Will New Graduate Loan Limits Reduce Debt or Just Reduce Access? Congress’s attempt to address the student debt crisis may force students into costlier private loans or out of advanced degrees entirely. https://bit.ly/4oFaeFl #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky

Opinion | The Threat to University Patents Regulatory uncertainty could freeze university-industry collaborations. https://bit.ly/4hYnWQZ #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Student Success | A Microcourse for Sophomore Student Success DePaul University partnered with an ed-tech company to offer a short course to improve second-year students’ time management, career preparation and sense of belonging. https://bit.ly/4nSCliQ #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Faculty Strike at 2-Year College Advances Negotiations The faculty union at Harrisburg Area Community College has been fighting for a contract since 2022, to no avail, prompting more than 200 faculty to strike last week. Now an agreement appears in reach. https://bit.ly/3LGXYoY #EDUSky

UC Berkeley Turning Point Protests Spark Arrests, DOJ Probe www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Undocumented students, represented by civil rights groups, are trying to intervene in cases in which the federal government and state officials agreed to end their in-state tuition benefits.

The Commission for Public Higher Education was publicly announced in June amid a Ron DeSantis tirade against higher ed. Now it's working toward federal recognition, and has its first 10 colleges, while it tries to outrun claims of politicization. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

10 Institutions Seek Recognition by New Accreditor The Commission for Public Higher Education has received letters of intent from colleges in four Southern states as it works toward federal approval and rebuts allegations of partisanship. https://bit.ly/4pdasDw

Undocumented Students, Advocates Intensify Defense of In-State Tuition Laws Undocumented students, represented by civil rights groups, are trying to intervene in cases in which the federal government and state officials agreed to end their in-state tuition benefits. https://bit.ly/3LAYHbm

With Government Reopened, Will ED Staff Return? Some Education Department employees were deemed essential, so colleges and universities will see little change once the government reopens. Policy experts are less confident that laid-off employees are able to return. https://bit.ly/4oKo3SW #EDUSky

Career Advice | 10 Dos and Don’ts for Ph.D. Applications Common mistakes can undermine your chances for admission. https://bit.ly/442KytF #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Trump Defends Enrolling International Students https://bit.ly/49hm8Af

@ucsandiego.bsky.social Sees Students’ Math Skills Plummet https://bit.ly/3JYVGB5

Texas Gov. Orders Financial Investigation of Texas Southern https://bit.ly/4nWvpBw

Opinion | Remembering Ken Bain, Mentor to Many What the Best College Teachers Do is perhaps the most important book I’ve ever read. https://bit.ly/43qaGhY #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Opinion | The Next AI Wave: When Classrooms Become Courtrooms Prepare for students to turn to AI tools to back up grade disputes. https://bit.ly/4nTTLMi #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Student Success | Colleges Expand Basic Needs Support Following SNAP Freeze Higher education institutions are implementing creative solutions to ensure college students don’t go hungry, even as the federal government moves toward reopening. https://bit.ly/3WSLPzQ #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Berkeley Law Dean Urges Supreme Court to Be ‘Guardrail of Our Democracy’ www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...

A Former Professor Blasts New College of Florida’s Conservative Makeover Amy Reid was one of President Corcoran’s most vocal critics while she served as faculty representative on the Board of Trustees. Now she reflects on her fight to save the college she knows and loves. https://bit.ly/4owuDMB

@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social Dean Urges Supreme Court to Be ‘Guardrail of Our Democracy’ Erwin Chemerinsky capped this week’s APLU conference by explaining higher ed’s vulnerabilities that the Trump admin is exploiting and arguing that the court needs to “check” the president. https://bit.ly/489PDD4

ED’s ‘Special Projects’ Grants Spark Concern Over Congressional Intent The pushback, which arose Monday, is part of an ongoing debate about how much flexibility the Trump administration has to move money around. https://bit.ly/3LtsTFr

Under Pressure to Cut Costs, a University Closes Its Press Bucknell University says it’s closing its storied academic press to focus more resources on undergraduate students. But faculty and other scholars say the press has long been a part of the value proposition at a... https://bit.ly/43UmxVK

Career Advice | 5 Reasons Faculty Should Collect Class Data It’s worth the extra effort. https://bit.ly/4r18vf6 #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Education Department Announces Key Priorities Through Grant Fund https://bit.ly/4qVzXKX #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

UNC Chapel Hill Won’t Sign Compact https://bit.ly/43YZqJx #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Enrollment up 2% compared to fall 2024. Biggest gains came from students studying for short-term credentials, while the number of students enrolled in associate and bachelor’s degree programs rose 3.1% and 1.2%. Grad enrollment stagnant. More: www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...

As ED Guts Its Civil Rights Office, Could States Step Up? www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

The new Carnegie "Access and Earnings" classification was designed to acknowledge institutions that don't spend heavily on research or confer doctorates but still drive opportunity for students. So why are community colleges so upset? @saraweissman.insidehighered.com has the scoop: bit.ly/4qUAgpw

Opinion | 3 Questions for MIT’s Luke Hobson A conversation with a learning design polymath. https://bit.ly/4nPR7ab

Opinion | A Veterans Day Marked by Disinvestment in Student Veterans Federal policy changes and cuts, and now the government shutdown, put veterans’ educational opportunities at risk. https://bit.ly/3WPPDSs #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Student Success | Faculty Lead AI Usage Conversations on Campus Survey data shows a majority of college students are aware of appropriate AI use cases in the classroom because their instructors—not administrators—set the expectations. https://bit.ly/4hQcpTA #EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky

Tracking Key Lawsuits Against the Trump Administration Higher education groups are suing the federal government at an exceptional scale to block executive orders, DEI guidance and other policy changes. Here’s the latest on the legal challenges. https://bit.ly/46VfIDV #AcademicSky #EDUSky #HigherEd

Enrollment Growth Continues, Bolstered by Short-Term Credentials Enrollment is up across the board this fall, except for graduate student enrollment, which remained stagnant. The biggest increase was among those pursuing short-term credentials, followed by those earning... https://bit.ly/4qUutQE

As ED Guts Its Civil Rights Office, Could States Step Up? A Pa. senator announced legislation to create an agency to enforce protections that the federal government can’t, or won’t. It’s an example of how some states are trying to fill the void. https://bit.ly/4hTyn8c #EDUSky #AcademicSky

Community College Leaders Ask Carnegie to Pull Its New Classification Carnegie’s new Student Access and Earnings Classification has stirred up controversy among community college advocates. Carnegie is standing by its approach. https://bit.ly/3JW2e3p #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Career Advice Reminder | Being Chair at a Time of Existential Challenge Midlevel leaders play a vital role in moments of chaos and crisis, Duane Coltharp and Lisa Jasinski write. https://bit.ly/47xYnmi #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

A $50M Gift for Hampden-Sydney https://bit.ly/4p6Q4nu