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News Editor @insidehighered. Federal policy nerd. Forever a recovering local news reporter. #MizzouMade (Views not of my employer)
NV → MO → KY → VA → DC
Joined November 2010
~ Some Personal News ~ I’m an editor now! The news editor at @insidehighered, to be specific. I love reporting but excited about this new adventure. (And I’ll still be reporting here and there, because as you know, old habits die screaming.)
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What to Know About Trump’s Compact for Higher Ed Nine universities were asked to give “limited, targeted feedback” on the proposal by today. So far, six have rejected the deal. https://t.co/X07YYdHAco
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NEW: The White House invited three previously unreported schools -- The University of Kansas, Washington University St. Louis and Arizona State University -- to discuss its compact for preferential funding at a meeting with administration officials, a source tells me Story TK
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Some Compact News — The White House says it has invited the five institutions that haven't said whether they'll agree to the compact to a meeting this afternoon. What we know so far:
insidehighered.com
The scheduled meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal.
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We’re not going anywhere. Read what they didn’t want on campus this week, and check out our award-winning website while you’re at it. The Media School will tell you we’re not keeping up in the digital age, but we’re doing just fine.
The paper you weren’t supposed to see:
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Indiana University barred its student newspaper from printing any news and fired the adviser for pushing back on censorship. However, facts aside, IU officials deny that it's censorship. https://t.co/TAYOMYXVTk
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Indiana University officials demanded a student newspaper not print news in its homecoming edition, then fired an adviser who objected to censorship demands.
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Here's what we know about the layoffs today at the Education Department via @JessicaEBlake and @RyanEQuinn
https://t.co/isnpa8FAu0
insidehighered.com
The Trump administration threatened to lay off federal workers because of the government shutdown. Thousands reportedly got pink slips Friday.
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A decades-old arm of the Health and Human Services Department is now helping to wage Trump’s crusade against alleged antisemitism, special benefits for minorities and transgender women participating in women’s sports. https://t.co/Q2KmOi7zqN
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A decades-old arm of the Health and Human Services Department is now helping to wage Trump’s crusade against alleged antisemitism, special benefits for minorities and transgender women participating...
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I spoke with students across Alabama who are taking Charlie Kirk’s message and work forward. https://t.co/BylrXmlEmF
al.com
Inside the campus battle to define Charlie Kirk's legacy.
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Delta State police and the local coroner's office say there's no evidence of foul play. But Trey Reed's family and lawmakers are demanding more information about the circumstances of his death as Black students and others nationwide reel from the news. https://t.co/JC51PTl4GQ
insidehighered.com
Authorities say there’s no evidence of foul play, but the student’s family and lawmakers are demanding more information. Black students and others nationwide are reeling from the news.
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Conservative Campus Group Founder Charlie Kirk Shot at Utah Valley University A university spokesperson says Kirk was shot during an event held by his group, Turning Point USA. He’s in surgery. https://t.co/syR3xwSTXZ
insidehighered.com
Kirk was a driving force behind the modern conservative movement on college campuses. Utah’s governor called his death “a political assassination.”
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Advocates for Hispanic-serving institutions are worried about the federal program after the Department of Justice refused to defend it in court.
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Advocates for Hispanic-serving institutions are worried about the federal program after the Department of Justice refused to defend it in court.
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The White House and DC police have not provided basic information about the hundreds of arrests Trump has touted in DC since the federal operation began and did not answer repeated questions. By @oliviacgeorge and @EmmaUber7:
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Meanwhile, Trump continues to tout the progress of the operation — progress that, without publicly available arrest data, is difficult to measure.
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‘Higher Ed Alone Cannot Save Democracy’ A Q&A with the American Association of University Professors' president: https://t.co/r2brtvZDzT
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More than a year into his presidency of the American Association of University Professors—including nearly seven months of Trump’s targeting of universities—Todd Wolfson is calling for a “multisect...
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ICE set up a checkpoint in NW DC last night; DC residents met it with crowds of hecklers … who blared “Ice, Ice, Baby” and dashed off posters warning motorists. One shouted “You do not want this role in history.” @EmmaUber7 @lmorella_dc
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Department of Homeland Security agents stopped cars at a busy intersection for seat belt violations or broken taillights, as onlookers protested.
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Struggling to keep track of all the lawsuits concerning higher ed, DEI, research grants and Trump? We were too. That's why @insidehighered put together a legal tracker to follow 40+ cases step by step—so you don't have to. Check out the database and read our analysis below:
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Help us hire Christina and Martin Full-Time!
In an almost unprecedented move in D.C.’s 50-year experience with self-governance, Trump on Monday took control of the Metropolitan Police Department, putting its 3,100 sworn officers under his direct command for the next 30 days.
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D.C.'s falling violent crime stats, as seen in a new @washingtonpost graphic There's no denying the city had a spike in violent crime in 2023, as President Trump was campaigning for president. There's also no denying that it already has receded.
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The Department of Ed has yet to open applications for grants that student advocates say are critical for low-income and adult learners. Without federal funding, they fear many basic needs and daycare services on campus will be forced to shutter. Read more at the 🔗 bellow:
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"Other examples of 'potentially unlawful proxies' include ... narratives about how the applicant has overcome obstacles, Attorney General Pamela Bondi wrote." https://t.co/XobxhmjOW0
insidehighered.com
The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
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