Today in news/not news: @dberrett.bsky.social weighs in on the latest Grapevine report, which tells us what we pretty much already knew about funding for public colleges.

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...

🧵 A dean is abruptly removed. Her account goes viral. At first, it looks like a fight over the humanities. But the more I reported on the University of Tulsa, the clearer it became: this controversy was just the entry point for a far larger institutional unraveling. (1/14)

A legislative office has asked the University of Arkansas to turn over syllabi for nine courses on the Middle East, Palestine and Islam, as well as information about scholarships connected to Middle East studies, according to emails that were shared with me: www.chronicle.com/article/a-st...

Amid an escalating debate over who exactly gets to decide who will lead Virginia's flagship, former president James E. Ryan -- who left amid DOJ scrutiny of UVA -- has decided now's the time to enter the fray. For @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/stun...

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...

Interesting tidbits in my ace colleague @mzahneis.bsky.social's latest piece on Bill Johnson, Youngstown State University's leader and a Trump-supporting ex-congressman: He said he quickly got up to speed on higher ed by attending the Harvard Seminar for New Presidents.

The Trump admin is trying a new tactic to pressure Harvard University to settle with the govt.: Tying up the university's financial aid money with "heightened cash monitoring." Now, Harvard will have to spend its own $ for Title IV then ask for reimbursement www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...

More than 1/5 of all undergraduate students are parents, and, like many of them, Bridgette Ellis lives on a tight budget, supporting her family with a part-time job and a handful of grants and scholarships that help cover the family’s living expenses. www.chronicle.com/article/a-mo...

NEW: A federal judge has halted the NIH overhead-spending cap following a lawsuit from 22 states. #AcademicSky #HigherEd Updated @chronicle.com story here: www.chronicle.com/article/22-s...

My colleague Emma Pettit and I took a deep dive on general-education reform in Florida. Hundreds of courses are being cut, but how did that process unfold and who was making the calls? We tried to find answers @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

There's institutional neutrality, and then there's institutional restraint, which is what Dartmouth College is espousing in a new policy announced today. I cover the basics in my latest story @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.chronicle.com/article/dart...

Important story today from my colleague Katie Mangan about the somewhat surprising demographic disappearing from colleges.

ICYMI, here's a really good story from my colleague Erin Gretzinger about the tough choices facing many public-college systems.