Josh Moody
Money & management reporter @insidehighered.com. Nebraskan in DC. 🌽
- Reposted by Josh MoodyI struggle with the reporting on ChatGPT in education because it often confirms society’s negative bias against young people—oh no, this generation is unsaveable!—when it’s possible to just educate people to be less credulous about it. which is why I wrote this: so teachers could print and assign it
- Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn (a Trump ally) comes out against the proposed endowment tax increase, which he said "rewards dependence and punishes self-reliance." He called the move"bad policy" and "a profound inversion of the American idea." www.city-journal.org/article/endo...
- Reposted by Josh MoodyAmid DEI Crackdown, Students Hold Their Own Affinity Graduations Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3GTitwt
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- Martha Saunders oversaw record enrollment at the University of West Florida in the last two years. Now she's stepping down after a new trustee, who works for the Heritage Foundation, complained about “deeply troubling” actions by UWF, citing past DEI efforts & social media posts. bit.ly/3ZdGCnA
- Reposted by Josh MoodyHouse Republicans Finalize Plan to Increase Endowment Tax Up to 21% The plan has been in the works for weeks and now will face a committee markup Tuesday. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4dgs7oY
- Colleges are spending heavily on lobbying amid a clash with the Trump administration. Northwestern increased lobbying efforts by nearly $500k compared to the first quarter of 2024. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
- Reposted by Josh MoodyAn executive order assured apprenticeship and workforce development advocates that their goals were a priority. But Trump’s recent budget proposal leaves them uncertain.
- Reposted by Josh MoodyNEW: Trump’s takeover of the Library of Congress is about taking control of the legislative branch. One expert says it’s “dangerous,” given agencies within the Library provide legal advice to lawmakers and police their misconduct.
- Reposted by Josh MoodyCongress Could Make Paying for College Even More Complicated House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to financial aid, federal loans and program cost estimates that could make paying for college more challenging and expensive. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/42SW3nv
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- Reposted by Josh MoodyA Year After the Encampments, More Arrests at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and UW Though they’re nowhere near as prevalent as they were a year ago, some pro-Palestinian campus protests have resumed to recognize the one-year anniversary of the... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43lEYTg
- Santa Ono's leap from Michigan to Florida has prompted criticism from Chris Rufo, Rep. Byron Donalds, and other conservatives. But he wouldn't have made it this far in the search without at least tacit approval from Gov. Ron DeSantis. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
- Reposted by Josh Moody4 Takeaways From the Latest Antisemitism Hearing The presidents of @calpolyslo.bsky.social, DePaul and Haverford avoided the major missteps seen in earlier hearings, while Democrats directed their criticisms... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4m80Mcm
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- Reposted by Josh MoodyTRIO on the Chopping Block The Trump administration wants to eliminate the federally funded student support program. That could be devastating for low-income students and the institutions that serve them. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/43hgOJE
- A preview of today's hearing on campus antisemitism (starting in about 30 minutes) with Cal Poly, DePaul, and Haverford that sheds some light on how Congress landed on these three. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
- Reposted by Josh MoodyTrump dropped his “skinny budget” today. At the Education Department, TRIO and teacher prep grants are zeroed out, among other programs. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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- Breaking: Harvard just announced coming changes to admissions, curriculum, and more, along with investments in Jewish and Palestinian studies alongside numerous other moves as recommended by two internal task forces. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
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- More Florida institutions have signed agreements with ICE to give campus police immigration enforcement powers. Of the 15 institutions that have signed on so far, 8 have already been approved as participating agencies. Others may soon follow. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
- Reposted by Josh MoodyThe Trump administration is open to arresting Supreme Court judges, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told it on Monday morning.
- Reposted by Josh MoodyNEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country. Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
- Reposted by Josh MoodyThe US Justice Department today announced plans to revoke critical protections for journalists, releasing a memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi that directs the agency to rescind the current version of the “news media guidelines” and publish a new policy.
- Reposted by Josh MoodyAccreditors Sound Off on Executive Order The Trump administration aims to overhaul accreditation. Agencies say they are willing to work with the federal government on reforms, but Trump’s claims are misleading. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EDC5Uq
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- It's pretty clear from the excellent public records reporting from the Courier Journal that University of Louisville board leadership outright lied about Kim Schatzel's resignation. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/e...
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- It finally happened: Harvard University sued the Trump administration over freezing billions in federal funding. Things seemed to be headed in this direction in recent weeks. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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- Reposted by Josh MoodyJust before the author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to deliver a lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was asked not to mention the recent removal of 381 supposedly controversial books from the campus library. Holiday refused, and the talk was canceled. This is the story he was going to tell.
- Reposted by Josh MoodyTrump's IRS targeting Harvard? In honor of Tax Day, we found these old receipts
- Reposted by Josh MoodyBREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.
- Reposted by Josh MoodyIn their haste to comply with apparent directives from Trump, universities became unwitting handmaidens of the deportation machine. interc.pt/4jCR9AD
- Reposted by Josh MoodyNearly 300 apply as French university offers US academics ‘scientific asylum’
- Reposted by Josh Moody🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.
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- Reposted by Josh MoodyAmerican police departments are spending hundreds of thousands on Massive Blue’s unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected traffickers.
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- Reposted by Josh MoodyWe’ve documented over 1,300 cases of the government revoking international students’ visas. Here’s our latest data. Blue bubbles are private colleges, gray bubbles are public. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/... #highered #academicsky
- Reposted by Josh MoodyThirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
- I joined Vox's Today, Explained to unpack why Florida universities are signing agreements with ICE and where immigration enforcement on college campuses goes from here. megaphone.link/VMP7991442957
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- At least 10 public universities in Florida have signed agreements with ICE to perform immigration enforcement functions. More are in the process of signing such agreements. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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- Reposted by Josh MoodyAs the White House targets DEI programs, baseball holds its annual recognition of Jackie Robinson — the man who broke the sport’s color barrier. “Jackie Robinson transcends any debate that’s going on in today’s society about issues surrounding DEI,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said.
