Today is publishing day for my wife Kate Scharff's new book "We Need to Talk About Divorce," to guide middle-school kids and their parents through one of the most difficult times in their lives and come out the other side whole. Could not be more proud!

RT @insidehighered: 🆕🎧 In this episode of The Key, host @DougLedIHE is joined by Amanda Winters of the @NatlGovsAssoc and Michelle Van Noy….

RT @UIAinnovation: 🦉 Start your week with wisdom!. @sonyachristian, chancellor of @CalCommColleges joins our CEO, @BBurnsEDU, and @dougledI….

Yet another small New England college to close: -- Eastern Nazarene College in Massachusetts:

RT @BBurnsEDU: Kevin Kruger (@NASPApres), president of @NASPAtweets, joins @dougledIHE of @insidehighered and me for this week's insightful….

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If you've been waffling about joining @insidehighered's membership program, he's a reason to make the leap: tomorrow's conversation with board whisperers Cathy Trower and Peter Eckel about working with trustees. For current and future campus leaders. Visit

I’ll be moderating these panels at Digital Universities US 2024 conference at Washington University in St. Louis May 6-8:.-Assessment/Feedback in the Age of Digital Transformation.-Aligning Faculty/Student Expectations for Digital Learning.Join us:

RT @BBurnsEDU: Scott Pulsipher (@Pulsipher_WGU), president of @wgu, joins @dougledIHE, editor and co-founder of @insidehighered and me for….

RT @BillDeBaun: This is a heck of a tick-tock from @Knott_Katherine @liamhknox at @insidehighered on this year's FAFSA. I thought I was dee….

I'm back (after a hiatus filled with aplomb by @amowreader) with a new episode of The Key podcast, featuring a discussion with @MauroFGuillen about "The Perennials" and the implications for higher ed of the post-generational society we're moving toward:

Feds up the ante in their long-running battle with @gcu, as @FTC sues Grand Canyon alleging deceptive advertising of doctoral programs. At core of this, and entire battle, is the Christian university's tax status -- for-profit or nonprofit.

Huge news: @insidehighered has hired Sara Custer of @timeshighered as our first editor-in-chief. Sara is the ideal person to lead IHE's editorial team into its 3rd decade: super smart, deep understanding of higher ed, total straight-shooter. More here:

RT @insidehighered: 🚨 #BreakingNews | House Members Call on @Penn, @MIT and @Harvard to Fire Their Presidents #HigherEd .

RT @NCAA_PR: “The Path Forward” – A letter to NCAA members from President Charlie Baker:.

US Education Dept published a list tonight of 6 colleges under investigation for possible discrimination against Jews, Muslims, or other "shared ancestries. @Columbia, @Cornell, @cooperunion, @Wellesley, @Penn and @LafCol.

(Very) late-breaking news: the @UofPhoenix's accreditor, the @hlcommission, has given its approval to the @uidaho's plan for its nonprofit affiliate to take over the for-profit online university.

I spent a few days among a bunch of smart, committed people working on strengthening civil discourse in the U.S. @tnpgather. Here's my take on the work being done "inside higher ed," as it were. Lots to be worried about, but also some reasons for hope:

Our @liamhknox's story on @Yale's decision to alter its admissions and financial aid policies to settle a lawsuit brought by @Fair_Admissions challenging the university's consideration of race:

Returning to my old stomping ground of big-time college sports, I've laid out a plausible scenario by which the powers-that-be pursue their own interests to the point they drive themselves off a cliff: