Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
Are you a recent grad who wants to spend a year working with the best newsroom in higher ed? Apply for our 2025-26 fellowship. You'll get to write really interesting stories. This is a full-time paying gig. See details here: jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/t…
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
Caller: You aren't covering XYZXYZXYZ
Me: Actually, we had a story on X yesterday, Y twice in the past three weeks, and have been writing about Z for six months.
Caller: Oh. Well. I don't read anything behind your paywall. I'm just talking about the media in general.
Me: *Sigh*
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
A new report details troubling trend in which authoritarian governments harass, intimidate, and surveil international students, visiting scholars, and foreign-born faculty members on U.S. campuses. Colleges aren’t doing enough to combat it, the authors say chronicle.com/newsletter/lat…
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
this seems less than strongly aligned with free speech on the platform. #freeprofgalloway
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
Are you a college journalist or do you teach college journalism? Apply here for the Chronicle of Higher Education's Fall Reporting workshop. workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/…
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions Nationwide chronicle.com/article/do-not…
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
Breaking News: In a pair of votes, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down race consciousness in college admissions, upending four decades of precedent. bit.ly/3NTrdDR
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
The Supreme Court has ruled that the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina are unlawful — curtailing affirmative action, a policy that has long been a pillar of U.S. higher education.
Read the decision here. nyti.ms/3NuRdnp
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
NPR stands for freedom of speech & holding the powerful accountable. A vigorous, vibrant free press is essential to the health of our democracy.
My full statement on the recent inaccurate Twitter label below:
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
There should be a term for BREAKING NEWS that is of limited importance, such a breaky news, breakish news, or a news breaklet.
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
New College's president: “I understand that there is a new mandate for this college. I have been informed that the plan includes the termination of my employment as president."
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
I know there is a lot going on, but it does seem like the threat to American democracy from many running for office should be a major theme of campaign coverage.
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
Notice: All thought leaders are required to renew their thought-leadership licenses every two years.
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
The daughter of one of the reporters at the Uvalde paper was killed in the massacre. She asked her editor if she could writer her daughter's obituary.
“She said, ‘Can I have two pictures?’ And I said, ‘You can have a full page.’ ”
newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
Exclusive: I spoke with University of Phoenix's president about what comes next for the for-profit school after its plan to shutter all but one of its campuses @UOPX via @bizjournals @phxbizjournal #highereducation #onlinelearning #onlineclasses bizjournals.com/wichita/news…
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
This might sound uncool, but sometimes a helpful communications professional can really save a journalist’s day.
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
Yes, let's spend the first half of the meeting talking about all the things that will happen later in the meeting.
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
If you're interested in the ongoing politicization of higher ed, @PENamerica has an eye-opening resource. They're tracking bills that ban/gag certain topics.
As of today, there are about 54 (!) pending bills that apply to colleges and universities. docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
Randell J. Kennedy retweeted
Good news for international students! @StateDept announces new flexibilities for determining non-immigrant intent in student visa applications. In a letter to @ABlinken in January 2021, we encouraged State to restore the 2005 “Rice cable” guidance acenet.edu/Documents/Letter-…
The State Department has reverted to pre-Trump administration guidance that gives consular officials greater discretion to assess students’ ties and likelihood to return to their home country after graduation fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FA…