This is another way! statenews.com/article/2025...

I wrote a @chronicle.com essay on the financial strategies that research universities have available to survive the Trump administration's funding cuts. None of them are great, but they're likely better than agreeing to a consent decree.

Congrats to Harvard for hopping over the low bar of standing up to political overreach. apnews.com/article/harv...

This is the way. Focus on the core mission of producing and disseminating knowledge. Forget rankings, donors, and amenities. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o... Spend the endowment. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o... #HigherEd

This is a recipe for financially ruining U.S. research universities: 1) Vastly and rapidly reduce funding for research and infrastructure; 2) Scare international students, whose tuition helps fund PhD students (as TAs), away. These folks know exactly what they're doing.

Rick Steves keeping it simple: “When you hear them framing somebody good into somebody bad, speak up. Don’t allow it.” “Institutions are public wealth.” youtu.be/86hnPrWozUo

Protest today in SF. #HandsOff #SanFrancisco

It is nice to see the AGs in these states fighting back. #HigherEd abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/1...

Finally on Bluesky! I’m a researcher and higher ed professional. I earned my Ph.D. in Education at the University of Washington. I study how institutional characteristics along with social, economic, and political contexts affect change in colleges and universities over time. #HigherEd #AcademicSky