Director of Editorial and Education Policy @GeorgetownCEW. Researcher. Writer. Journalist. Occasional baseball fan. #HigherEd policy and politics
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“You might say, rightfully so, that scratching for tuition dollars to keep the mission and vision alive for just one more year is a hell of a way to run a business that is supposed to deal in impermanence. But that is the reality for many colleges…” link.medium.com/58W92171JLb
I just published Black Swan: Small Colleges Face Closing because of Ed Department Incompetence link.medium.com/03L46Mv9HLb it is sad that the botched FAFSA rollout will be the factor that kills many colleges after all they have been through
Always the best morning summary of what is happening in #highered policy at the state and national levels!
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So true. The optics are a disaster. Nothing else matters.
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This is a fantastic description. This is EXACTLY the point.
To your credit, you have it partly right. The critique of Trump is that, yes, he *is* bad. Yes, he *is* evil.
That doesn’t mean, however, that everyone who supports him is all bad, or that everyone who opposes him is purely good.
That’s because Trump embodies the worst in *all* of us. For we are all human.
Trump revels in and glorifies our worst human traits: self-absorption, greed, mendacity, vindictiveness, ignorance, and so much else. He embodies all that we should aspire, and teach our children, not to be.
Worse yet, he gives permission for others to be their worst selves. And that is the ultimate danger he poses.
He’s a threat to truth, honor, reason, and decency. And that’s mostly without regard to policy—remember, Trump’s party is the party without a policy platform—although it does have implications for policy. But those are secondary.
First and foremost, Trump and Trumpism pose a moral test, not a political test.
I hope and pray and believe that our nation will pass and survive it.
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If you don’t get into Stanford or Caltech, your next best option just might be a UC or Cal State school, at least in terms of your return on investment. sfchronicle.com/projects/202…
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Not too many people get such a loving public tribute when they leave a job. This is from yesterday's #WestWingPlaybook @politico I have shared my life for 25 years with @EunKim and I know how much she loved her coworkers, and how hard it was for her to leave.
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Deadly floods in CA, US envoy in Middle East trying to get agreement to a ceasefire, but the morning @NYTimes newsletter tells me the biggest story in the world is: A Top College Reinstates the SAT nytimes.com/2024/02/05/brief…
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"There is this extraordinary tension right now between #HigherEd and #Congress . But in a lot of ways the two are mirror images of one another."
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"The declining public faith in #government and the declining public faith in #HigherEd can be tracked to the same root cause: They don’t really do anything. They don’t change. They don’t respond to complaints."
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Daffodils in my yard in Maryland in January! This is a month earlier than I have seen them before. #ClimateChange
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.@GeorgetownCEW’s new report finds that the proportion of US adults who hold college degrees increased by 6.7 percentage points between 2010 and 2020—and as a result, US workers can expect to earn an additional $14.2T net of costs over their lifetimes. bit.ly/4aOgi7F
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A 17-Year-Old’s Journey to Finding a Great College at a Very Good Price
What I learned from my son's #collegeApplication process last fall and how it can help other #students, #parents, and #colleges
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Colleges outside of the top tier trying to find students on their own face tough odds. Why don't they market in groups with like-minded institutions? Read my latest link.medium.com/zNxfpMF4BEb
Marketing in Groups to Break Through the College Clutter link.medium.com/jIjsT02rBEb
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“Why aren’t colleges more disciplined and organized when it comes to recruiting students, and following up with them?” link.medium.com/PUvS0MB1oEb
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Why is College Student Recruitment So Uncoordinated?
My latest: link.medium.com/lAy5HgH6mEb
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