@stephmhall

She/her 🔸️ Then: middle & high school teacher (13 years, 🇺🇲 & 🇧🇷) 🔸️ Now: writing about higher ed policy 🔸️ Views I share here are my own

 Washington, DC
Joined May 2011
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It's like that time a woman went viral for walking around one of the Brazilian capitol buildings declaring the country had been taken over by communists bc she saw the color red on a flag on display. It was the flag of Japan.
matt bernstein@mattxivOct 7
i am not flippant about using the term “mental illness” i’m just not sure what else this could be
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Third Way Education@ThirdWayEDUSep 29
TONS of degrees might be a bit of an overstatement. Our analysis found that only 1% of programs fail the earnings threshold, and 99% have an alternative w/n the state. The programs that fail are the bottom of the barrel, and students deserve better. More: thirdway.org/blog/earning-th…

Earning Their Keep: Better Alternatives Abound Near Programs That Fail the Earnings Threshold

Third Way is a national think tank and advocacy organization that champions moderate policy and political ideas. Our work on the center left acts as a critical bulwark against political extremism.

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The New Republic
@newrepublicSep 28
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/NmmAzhf

Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of College Programs

Under a new rule, if a college program’s graduates don’t make enough money, it won’t be eligible for student loans.

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nandu@gatha_writesSep 24
misanthropic shut-in celibate lesbian who is extremely dramatic over tiny slights is a classic western mass trope how do you think they came up with emily dickinson
Molly@_uncoolnieceSep 23
Anyway if “smalltown New England is full of weirdos who love fighting each other over absolutely anything and nothing” is a new discovery for you guys you should check out the history of American literature cause that’s like a whole thing
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Tariq Habash@tariqhabash_23 Mar 2025
IRS wouldn’t move an inch to make it easier for student loan borrowers to repay their loans until Congress expressly authorized it, but now we are cool with using tax info to target undocumented immigrants??
Jeff Stein
@jstein_sun22 Mar 2025
Scoop: The Internal Revenue Service is nearing an agreement to allow DHS to use tax data to get info on undocumented immigrants “A complete betrayal of 30 years of the government telling immigrants to file their taxes,” one IRS official says W/ the powerhouse @jacobbogage washingtonpost.com/us-policy…

IRS nears deal with ICE to share addresses of suspected undocumented immigrants

The move toward information-sharing comes as President Donald Trump pushes his administration to use every resource to conduct what he hopes will be the largest mass deportation of immigrants in U.S....

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Mike Pierce@millennial_debt13 Feb 2025
Joining @AissaRCanchola in the @stephmhall fan club-- this is a must read. The stakes couldn't be higher for working people with student debt.
AissaC@AissaRCanchola13 Feb 2025
Eye-opening piece from the phenomenal @stephmhall on abolishing the Department of Education and the direct harm that would result for students, borrowers and families. teenvogue.com/story/what-wil…

What Will Happen to Your Student Loans if Trump Closes the Department of Education?

Dismantling the department would put Pell grants and other need-based aid programs at risk.

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AissaC@AissaRCanchola13 Feb 2025
Eye-opening piece from the phenomenal @stephmhall on abolishing the Department of Education and the direct harm that would result for students, borrowers and families. teenvogue.com/story/what-wil…

What Will Happen to Your Student Loans if Trump Closes the Department of Education?

Dismantling the department would put Pell grants and other need-based aid programs at risk.

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CAPHigherEd@CAPHigherEd13 Feb 2025
Want to know what will happen to your student loans if Trump guts the Department of Education? @stephmhall explains for @TeenVogue: teenvogue.com/story/what-wil…

What Will Happen to Your Student Loans if Trump Closes the Department of Education?

Dismantling the department would put Pell grants and other need-based aid programs at risk.

teenvogue.com
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Higher ed labor is coming together nationally to fight back against cuts to research and funding. Join us on Feb 13, 19, and 25: loom.ly/G1Az4i8
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Ryan Grim
@ryangrim10 Feb 2025
It is apparently unconstitutional for the president to instruct the Department of Education to restructure and forgive some student loan debt but it is ok for DOGE chair Elon Musk to just get rid of the whole department. Anywho.
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Julie Margetta Morgan@jmargetta10 Feb 2025
In just the week before Trump took power, CFPB: - ordered Equifax to pay $15M - ordered a major auto lender to return $10M to customers - ordered CashApp to refund $120M to customers - sued Capital One for cheating people out of interest payments This week it's closed.
Matt Egan@MattEganCNN9 Feb 2025
NEW: CFPB employees were just abruptly informed that the watchdog agency's DC headquarters will be closed this week. The email, obtained by @CNN, did not explain a reason for the sudden closure. This comes days after Elon Musk tweeted out: “CFPB RIP” with a tombstone emoji.
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Jessica Blake@JessicaEBlake10 Feb 2025
Trump's latest attempt to cut back on NIH funding has set off alarms in higher ed. If the slash goes unchallenged, colleges will have to cut budgets, raise tuition or reduce research to make up the difference, Kathryn Palmer + @Knott_Katherine report. insidehighered.com/news/gove…

Higher ed leaders warn of dire consequences after NIH cut

Federal officials said the change would save up to $4 billion. College leaders argue the cut will slow advances for millions of patients in need of critical breakthroughs.

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AissaC@AissaRCanchola10 Feb 2025
Watching the GOP attempt to justify their blatant illegal/authoritarian efforts to defy the courts to Biden's efforts on student debt relief is GASLIGHTING 101. FACTS matter. PERIOD.
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Zach Schermele
@ZachSchermele6 Feb 2025
If you work at the Education Department and are alarmed by what you’re seeing right now, this is my perennial reminder that I’m always reachable by email ([email protected]) or phone/Signal at (406) 836-2246.
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Isi Breen@isaiah_bb6 Feb 2025
I thought Trump and Musk destroyed woke????
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Mike Pierce@millennial_debt5 Feb 2025
[BREAKING] The Trump Administration just made public that DC lobbyist James Bergeron is serving as the government's top higher ed official. Bergeron ran @ncher_us-- a student loan industry trade chaired by @MOHELA's CEO. Just in case you wondered which side Trump is on.
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Sara Partridge, PhD@spartridge_phd4 Feb 2025
NEW report from @CAPHigherEd: 🚨 7 ways a new House Republican bill would drastically alter the higher ed system, harming students, veterans, borrowers, and colleges: americanprogress.org/article…

Proposed Legislation Threatens To Raise Costs for Student Borrowers and Dismantle Consumer Protec...

As the 119th Congress takes shape, several proposed higher education policies would roll back key consumer protection regulations and make damaging changes to the financial aid system, hurting...

americanprogress.org
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CAPHigherEd@CAPHigherEd29 Jan 2025
🚨 NEW: How can students and the public know whether a college provides them with a good deal? A new report from @stephmhall and @madisonweiss94 argues how much a college spends on instruction & student support services should be a key metric americanprogress.org/article…

Reorienting Colleges Toward Student-Centered Practices

Colleges, universities, and policymakers can draw lessons from the evolution of patient-centered care in the health care system to create a more responsive and inclusive higher education system.

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Of course we know what they mean by Hamas-sympathizers. Question is: will the higher ed lobby speak up? Given how much $ colleges rely on from internat'l students (itself a problematic practice), this seems like a v high-stakes rattle of the saber reuters.com/world/us/tru...
BNO News
@BNONews29 Jan 2025
NEW: U.S. will cancel student visas of Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, White House says - REU
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Cait Smith@CaitESmith129 Jan 2025
3 Executive Orders solely about trans people in 8 days. It’s scary, it’s exhausting. It won’t stop us. We will continue to advocate for the rights and care of trans people - including trans youth - today, tomorrow, and for however long it takes. Some notes about these EOs 👇🏻
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