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Nothing's computer! That's beautiful! Wow!

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Barbara Streisand could do the funniest thing and open a taco truck in DC.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Me when reading any college's enrollment plan that requires international student growth in order to hit revenue targets:

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

People seem not to understand or aren't aware of the magnitude of proposed cuts to higher ed in the proposed reconciliation bill. Kind of shocked by the lack of concern.

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Hard pressed to see any English-speaking university system that's thriving. America, England, Australia, Canada, South Africa and more: all are facing serious financial challenges and enrollment shifts. Many of their institutions are just trying to survive. A globally bad time to be in higher ed.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

I'm not abandoning em dashes—the best punctuation mark, let's be honest—just because half the population can't distinguish humans and AI. It is a line I will not cross.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

Well, that's something that happened.

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

The New Pope: "I assure you and most solemnly say to you that the tax collectors and the couches will get into the kingdom of God before you." JD Vance: "I killed the wrong Pope."

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

The Harvard letter is a tickle. "This incomprehensible failure becomes more understandable after reviewing Harvard’s management." Wel, which is it, Linda? Incomprehensible or understandable?

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

This is giving "let them eat cake" vibes. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/o...

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Everyone who went to college and writes for Forbes, apparently: "You know, I went to college once 15+ years ago so I'm something of a higher education expert myself."

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

A lot of institutions are going to lose a lot of students or revenue (or both) if the reconciliation bill moves forward. It's kind of shocking how sweeping the changes are and how little public outcry there is so far.

submitted 48 days ago • 1 comment

Is this the most on-the-nose Texas think tank ever? Of the 97 staff, only one presents as visibly Black, and he's the Director, of the Booker T. Washington Initiative. www.texaspolicy.com/about/staff/

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