Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I lament the loss of Landscape, the College Board’s tool to help colleges better understand the educational contexts of their applicants. They eliminated it because they were afraid to offend Trump. When playing it safe is the name of the game, tyranny wins.

This week in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I urge Americans to celebrate Constitution Day by defending it. At the heart of the U.S. Constitution is a series of promises—and those promises have been repeatedly broken by the Trump administration.

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I denounce Trump’s plan to rescind loan forgiveness for public servants who do not reflect the administration’s partisan politics. As Philly college students start classes this week, let’s encourage their studies by making affordable education available to all.

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I call on Pennsylvania colleges to follow the lead of UCLA and the Big Ten by joining together to fight attacks on education. It’s too easy for Trump to exhort transactional deals with lone universities. In unity, there is strength.

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I bemoan yet another attack on post-high school education—the One Big Beautiful Act has a provision that cuts funding for a tuition-free training program for welders. How does Trump expect to expand the U.S. naval fleet without any welders?

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I explain what our Congressional leaders can learn from America’s pastime. In politics as in baseball, when we are focused exclusively on defending our own singular position, we risk encroaching upon others’ legitimate territory.

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I remind everyone that even though it’s summer vacation, we have to remain vigilant. Get off your beach chair, put down your mango margarita, and call your Senators one more time before summer recess.

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I lament that our government has undermined the principles of our Independence Day. This Fourth of July, let’s move beyond fireworks and hoagies to petition our elected officials to remember the original rallying cry, “No taxation without representation!”

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I explain how the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” hurts students. If this bill passes the Senate, it will inevitably compromise American higher education and damage students’ access to college degrees.

This week in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I denounce Trump’s war on international students. We cannot define patriotism as exclusion. We cannot give our consent to these mean-spirited and unconstitutional actions that threaten not only Harvard, but all U.S. colleges and universities.

Today for @kansascity.com, I condemn Trump and the far right for claiming to fight antisemitism while they deliberately exploit it. Let’s be clear: They are using Jewish people as pawns in a broader war on education.

On May 7, Haverford College President Wendy Raymond was summoned for yet another installment in the dramatized kangaroo court produced by the Republicans of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Congress needs to stop persecuting colleges under the guise of fighting antisemitism.

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I look at how DOGE’s recent cuts to AmeriCorps funding have impacted a crucial organization called PHENND. This little engine that could has been derailed in the name of reducing waste and fraud—is this really what “government efficiency” looks like?

This week in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I argue that the Community College of Philadelphia needs to seek a new leader who will defend the core values of college independence and intellectual freedom, and who will strengthen partnerships with other Philadelphia colleges and K-12 schools.

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I praise the presidents of Temple and Princeton—they’re setting an example for what university leaders must do to defend our constitutional rights from the Trump administration’s attacks. #HigherEducation

We are living in a time when the federal government is deliberately erasing historical documents and manipulating history. This week in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I urge my fellow Americans to ensure that we’re preserving and teaching the stories that form our democracy. #Democracy

Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I urge students to redirect their ire from universities to the real culprits: Trump and his administration. This administration is deliberately putting universities in impossible positions. I am pleading with students not to take the bait. #HigherEducation

Among other effects of Pres. Trump’s chaotic funding freezes, Americans with student loans no longer have access to critical payment info. Today in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I give my advice to stressed-out borrowers: Call your Congressional representative!

Today on @whyy.org, I joined Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of education at @upenn.edu, and Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, in responding to the Trump administration’s recent attacks on higher education.

Last week in @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, I praised Temple’s new Future Scholars program, which will provide college prep for Philly public school students from 7th-12th grade. Other universities should follow Temple’s example and take action to make inclusion a reality. #TempleFutureScholars