Fighting for higher ed at the American Council on Education. Former Washington Post writer. (he/him/his) Fervent belief: Higher education builds America.
Washington DC or thereabouts
Joined May 2009
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I don’t know what’s weirder—Seeing Scherzer warm up here in a Blue Jays uniform or seeing no Washington Post sponsorship around the scoreboard! Go Nats!
Grateful to @laurameckler and @DaniDougPost for their reporting. My North Star question about the ongoing demolition of the Education Department: How does any of this actually help actual students?
NEW & EXCLUSIVELY in the Washington Post: Ed Dept takes another step toward dismantling itself, set to announce that six offices will be moved to other agencies. Biggest moves: K-12 and postsecondary programs to Labor. But special ed unaffected washingtonpost.com/education…
Just, wow. "Whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen." -- President Trump. Jamal Khashoggi, Mr. President, was a human being who made a living expressing his opinions in words. Let's not forget that. washingtonpost.com/world/202…
True yesterday before the election, true today after it, and true in all the tomorrows you envision: #HigherEdBuildsAmerica acenet.edu/BuildAmerica. We at @ACEducation are ready to build.
Let’s get real: Nobel Prizes don’t come out of nowhere. Federal funds seeded the ground for these amazing discoveries from UC. That funding stream now faces massive and pointless stress. If these cuts continue, who knows how many future Nobels we’ll forgo? #HigherEdBuildsAmerica
University of California faculty and alumni won five Nobel Prizes this week, setting a new record for the most faculty of one institution to achieve this great honor in a single year 🏅💙 💛
These remarkable achievement highlight the ongoing contributions of America’s #1 public research university and the central role of federal funding in advancing world-changing scientific inquiry.
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And congrats to all these scientists!
@UofCalifornia, building America since 1868.
You can get Hot Takes on higher ed anywhere. But for What is Actually Happening in the policy chaos of Washington, you need a readout from Fansmith, Spreitzer and Gunja. Tune in at 2 pm to dotEDU from @ACEducation. acenet.edu/Pages/dotedu/home…
"This cannot be a template for the government’s approach to American higher education,” @ACEducation's Ted Mitchell tells @AP. “Columbia was put in an untenable position by the outrageous actions of the executive branch of the government.”
apnews.com/article/columbia-…
In Fox News online, Margaret Spellings (former Bush Education secretary) and Ted Mitchell (former Obama senior ED official) argue for a new wave of bipartisan education reform to address challenges in K12 and higher education. foxnews.com/opinion/american…
Spellings now leads the @BPC_Bipartisan, and Mitchell is president of @ACEducation.
Love the points Mark Schlissel, former U-Michigan president, makes here in @detroitnews. Federal funding for research and student aid is an investment, not a subsidy. #HigherEdBuildsAmerica detroitnews.com/story/opinio…
COMPELLED to speak up, I file this brief to an appellate court: Public opinion. It is wholly repellant to me that the pellucid idea of financial aid for those in need is under siege. 1/
Let’s spell it out clearly: Pell Grants are, right now, propelling millions of Americans of modest means toward their life goals. Any notion to the contrary, I declare, is hereby EXPELLED. 3/
Tools to advocate for Pell Grant and other student aid: acenet.edu/Policy-Advocacy/P…
Congress cannot rush pell-mell to pass any big bill that includes these appalling new restrictions on access to higher education.2/
Hey French Open—Hawkeye would have saved you from a travesty at 4-4 in the third set of Swiatek-Rybakina. It shouldn’t take a chair umpire scrutinizing the dirt to make the right call!
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The Senate is now considering the House-passed reconciliation bill, which cuts Pell Grant eligibility, limits student loans, guts Medicaid, and expands the endowment tax. Tell your senator to reject these harmful provisions.
#HigherEd #StudentAid votervoice.net/ACENET/campai…