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We see you cheeseheads!

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#Brewers absolutely steamrolling

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chronicle.comA Student’s Quest for College in a Locked-Down WorldThe world’s borders are becoming more difficult for many admitted applicants to cross. Mamon Saleh found out firsthand.

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Mamon Saleh won a full ride to Penn. Then the country on his passport kept him out. His story shows how tightening borders are reshaping who gets access to higher education and what colleges lose when admitted students cannot arrive. https://chroni.cl/4ia9B5S

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Pomona College in California is effectively acquiring the neighboring Claremont Graduate University. www.chronicle.com/article/pomo...

chronicle.comPomona College to Become ‘Parent’ of Struggling Claremont Graduate U.Pomona will assume high-level authority over the graduate school, while the two institutions will retain separate day-to-day operations.

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#Brewers absolutely steamrolling

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James S. Murphy

"More than 70 percent of the county’s seniors who could not pass the state’s math exam were passing the CLT’s math section. For the English section, that number was more than 30 percent." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

theatlantic.comRed States Are Dumbing Down College AdmissionsCan this classics test replace the SAT?

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Guess which one I carved…

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Karin Fischer

Computer science has come to be seen as the closest colleges could get to a sure-thing degree. But the rosiness of the recent past has obscured the boom-and-bust nature of the field. NEW from me: www.chronicle.com/article/comp...

chronicle.comComputer Science Is Bleeding Students. It’s Not the First Time.Reports of the discipline’s crisis might be an exaggeration, experts say.

If I read one more article where a university president -- with a long career of increasing admin responsibility, dept chair/dean provost -- says "i never thought about being a president, I'm gonna puke...

chronicle.comBard Names Marvin Krislov President as It Wrestles With Fresh Claims Against Former LeaderKrislov, departing president of Pace University, was unveiled the same week that Bard College cast doubt on the veracity of an email that raised new questions about Leon Botstein and Jeffrey Epstein.

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pod.linkJill Lepore on Silicon Valley Priests and Academic RotListen to Jill Lepore on Silicon Valley Priests and Academic Rot from Open Questions wherever you get your podcasts!

🚨New podcast alert 🚨Introducing Open Questions, from The Chronicle Review. Evan Goldstein and Len Gutkin will talk with a prominent, provocative thinker about academic culture, ideas, and politics. First up, a conversation with Jill Lepore. Listen now: https://chroni.cl/4yIHAHk

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chronicle.comHow Low Will Harvard’s Acceptance Rate Go? Get Ready to Bet on It.Kalshi is seeking regulatory approval to offer a betting market on elite colleges’ acceptance rates. “I think it’s absurd,” one admissions official said.

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chronicle.comFaculty Are Sharply Divided on Whether to Condemn Cornell’s AdministrationAs a no-confidence vote looms over leaders’ handling of sexual assault, professors are torn on whether the measure is a potent call for systemic change or a “vague mechanism of outrage.”

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chronicle.comA President’s Rage, Hidden in Plain SightThe first time Lisa Bigelow says she was berated by Zulma Toro, she tried to let it pass.

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Brandy Jensen

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wrote a little bit about a documentary I really liked

defector.comMartin Mull Was A Good Painter And A Great Documentary Subject | DefectorAs a culture, we have a few familiar stories about talent. There’s the all-consuming kind, often first displayed in childhood, that makes people unsuited for the demands of everyday life. There are th...

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Brendan Cantwell

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The Times presents white people in the flyover as (a) the noble soul of the earth and (b) ignorant rubes. Neither is true. They are people with agency and the potential for intelligent discernment. If they are buffoons it’s because they cultivated stupidity as a political strategy.

brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social

Is everyone ready to be mad again?

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Ana Marie Cox

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Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

washingtonpost.comBreakthrough vaccine for the deadliest skin cancer cut risk by almost halfThe skin cancer vaccine is based on mRNA technology that helped end the coronavirus pandemic.

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The New Yorker

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There are virtually no noncitizens voting in U.S. elections. That hasn’t deterred D.H.S. from targeting voting-rights organizations. www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...

newyorker.comHow ICE Is Targeting the 2026 MidtermsIn the run-up to the election, the Trump Administration is turning its immigration crackdown into a desperate hunt for voter fraud.

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chronicle.comUtah Audit of Colleges Finds Tenured Professors Not Held Accountable for Bad TeachingLawmakers say systems and structures, including excessive due process, get in the way.

chronicle.comUCLA’s $425-Million Budget Deficit Shrinks to $58 MillionIn other news, U. of Delaware tightens its belt, UC-Berkeley to trim $28 million, and Ithaca College’s deficit grows to $8 million.

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chronicle.comHe Lost His Job at MIT — Then Won a Defamation CaseDavid Sabatini was ousted from his professorship five years ago. A jury’s recent finding that he was defamed raises uncomfortable questions about the ways colleges investigate misconduct.

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This week on College Matters: Endowment raids. Program cuts. Buyouts. This may be higher ed's worst budget crisis in decades. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://chroni.cl/4zS57qx

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FYI - the initial Dept staff recommendation was also to give 12 months - #NACIQI members voted to deny recognition

Eric Kelderman@erickelderman.bsky.social

Despite vote by #NACIQI to deny recognition to the accreditor for cosmetologists -- National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (NACCAS) -- Undersecretary Nick Kent goes with staff recommendation to give them 12 months to come into compliance! acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...

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chronicle.comMichigan State Trustee Sues President and Other Board Members, Alleging RetaliationRema Vassar, a former chair, has been at the center of controversy at MSU, since her election.

New: Rema Vassar, a Michigan State University trustee, is suing several of her colleagues and other MSU leaders, claiming they retaliated and intentionally discriminated against her. Read more: https://chroni.cl/488R040

chronicle.comNew Accreditor Changes Its Tune as It Seeks to Be a Niche for Private CollegesA former leader of the National Association for Academic Excellence described it as an “anti-woke” group. Now, with five initial members, it’s focused on streamlining bureaucracy.

www.chronicle.com/article/new-... Accreditation is slowly turning toward segmentation of the higher ed market. But even with a subset of colleges, accreditors may face the need to appeal more broadly to members varying missions.

chronicle.comHumanities Dissertations Have Declined Far More Steeply Than Those in the Social Sciences, Report FindsThe American Academy of Science and Letters analyzed 443,543 dissertations over 65 years, looking at how the numbers changed over time and the language they used.

Interesting study out today that, to some extent, counters the one from Boghossian, et. al. on the increasing relativism in the humanities: www.chronicle.com/article/huma...

www.chronicle.com/article/new-... The progress of this new accreditor is a sign of how the accreditation landscape is changing, with new entrants that cater to particular kinds of colleges or institutions.

chronicle.comUNC-Chapel Hill Settles Antisemitism and Admissions Claims in First Trump Deal of 2026Under an agreement announced Monday, the government did not find any civil-rights violations, and the university did not pay any money.

The UNC flagship chose to strike a deal before the government found any violations of civil-rights laws, according to a university statement. www.chronicle.com/liveblog/her...

chronicle.comA Year After a 9-Figure Operating Loss, Harvard Sees a $100-Million SurplusIn other news, San Francisco State U.'s finances remain shaky despite enrollment bump, Bennington has $18-million shortfall, and the U. of Tulsa cuts work force by 9 percent.

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ProPublica

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We’re back with our second story about how Trump’s purge of the FBI killed a sweeping bribery probe in D.C. This time, we take you to South Carolina, where two powerful politicians escaped scrutiny: Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn. THREAD 👇

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ProPublica

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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's comms director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped (published Oct. 2025):

propublica.org“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and AmericaPaul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...

chronicle.comOregon State U. Put Its Chips on Computer Science. Then the Bottom Fell Out.The university’s $19-million loss shows the risk of betting enrollment on job trends.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…

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Robert Kelchen

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Oregon State bet big on computer science. After a profitable run, things have gone south.

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chronicle.comThe Demanding Job of Getting Students a JobColleges are hiring chief career officers in response to widespread doubts about the value of a degree.

As families and policymakers demand clearer proof of college’s value, more institutions are creating a new senior role: the chief career officer. The challenge is whether authority, data, and faculty buy-in can turn a title into better outcomes for students. https://chroni.cl/4k1MPhA

Perfect fall day with the doggo

Watching the first episode of the latest season of #GBBO, and 1)Nigella Lawson is the first co-host to really balance Paul Hollywood; 2) Hollywood has upped his watch game! He used to wear a Breitling Navitimer (not bad) but now wearing a Patek Philippe Calatrava !!

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chronicle.comAccused of Poisoning Colleague’s Tea, U. of Wyoming Grad Student Tried to Flee to ChinaShe was carrying multiple laptops, portable digital-storage devices, physical records, and written materials when arrested, records show.

When a Wyoming microbiology student came down with troubling symptoms, his wife teamed up with chemistry professors to test the water in his coffee pot. Now, a grad-school colleague faces charges that she tried to poison him before attempting to escape to China. https://chroni.cl/4ynYoDi

OMG BREWERS! Love it #winourway

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chroni.clCornell President Faces Critical Professors in Contentious Meeting of Faculty SenateMichael I. Kotlikoff was criticized for only acting in response to public scrutiny, rather than attending to “the systemic nature of the problem,” as one senator put it.

New: Cornell's president said he would take, "a very careful, open look" at Greek life on the university's campus during a contentious meeting with the Faculty Senate on Wednesday afternoon. https://chroni.cl/4yjD5mj

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kate hidalgo bellows

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new from me and Haley Zimmerman for @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/did-...

chronicle.comDid Cornell Do Enough?The university followed protocols in Jane Doe’s case, experts say, but that doesn’t let it off the hook.

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NBC News

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Two babies died. An 18-year-old with measles died from a rare complication that caused inflammation in the brain. At least six infants have been born infected with measles. There’s no way to predict which kids will get hit hardest.

nbcnews.toPennsylvania doctors are seeing what measles can do to previously healthy, unvaccinated kidsThe virus is proving it can attack multiple organs, including the gut, liver, lungs and brain, even in children who were previously healthy.

mddcpress.comMDDC Press Association Condemns Rep. Harris’ Treatment of Reporter Cat Murphy

www.mddcpress.com/mddc-press-a... The MDDC Press Association believes U.S. Rep. Andy Harris should apologize to Capital News Service reporter Cat Murphy for trying to shut down her reporting after misrepresenting Maryland’s law about recording.

thebanner.comInside Andy Harris’ debate crashoutOne question at Tuesday's debate cracked open the tension building ahead of the 2026 midterm election.

www.thebanner.com/politics-pow... Just moments after Harris invoked his freedom to speak publicly, he told the student journalist — falsely — that under Maryland’s two-party consent law she was not allowed to record him and that he would not answer her questions.

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Still glowing in the warmth of the knowledge that fan interference cost the Y@nkees in the playoffs....

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Baltimore Banner

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Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.

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How a forgotten illustration led to UMD club tennis team’s suspension

thebanner.comHow a forgotten illustration led to UMD club tennis team’s suspension“I don’t understand how anybody could have seen that and thought it was a good idea to send to all of the clubs,” said Benjamin Jancewicz, a graphic illustrator based in Ottawa, Canada.

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The Onion

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What To Know About The Potential Russian Plague Outbreak https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-the-potential-russian-plague-outbreak/

What we really need are more articles by Harvard-educated columnists about how other people's children should work in the trades....

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Adrienne Lu

@adriennelu.bsky.social

If you work in higher ed -- but not as a faculty member -- and use AI in your work, I'd love to hear from you for an upcoming story. #AcademicSky #HigherEd