I listened to the first episode "Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students" this morning while walking the dog. A great, informative conversation between Jack and Beth McMurtrie.

Great sessions coming the next three afternoons at the #chronfest from the The Chronicle of Higher Education. It's all virtual (and free) and you still have time register. Here's the list of everyone today - including @tonyjack, Nathan D. Grawe, and lots of others. featured.chronicle.com/chronfest24/p/1

Nessel says emails will be released under FOIA requests. From report: 'some communications showed internal friction regarding particular issues, and others contained comments about individuals and entities both inside and outside MSU that could be viewed as less than flattering.'

AG's office says former MSU president Lou Anna Simon was routinely deleting text messages.

#Breaking: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released more than 6,000 documents linked to the Larry Nassar scandal that Michigan State University refused to release under the claim of attorney-client privilege. Here are those documents. detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

A great look at Wayne State

BREAKING: Notre Dame will become the first faith-based, highly-selective college to be need-blind in admissions for domestic and international students. It will also drop loans from financial aid packages and replace with grants. With exclusive interview. chronicle.com/article/why-no…

“The (presidential search) process tends to reward the best game-show host, not necessarily the best candidate.” Good article from Eric Kelderman on an interesting study about college presidents. chronicle.com/article/what-m…

Notre Dame will no longer include student loans in their financial-aid packages. “It really saddens me when young people don’t apply to Notre Dame because they don’t think they can afford it,” the new president told me. chronicle.com/article/why-no…

I spent the last year examining the longstanding agreement ("MOU") between the University of Utah and the Ute Indian Tribe. Under that, the U. gets to use the Utes' name for athletics. But what does the tribe get? And is it a fair deal? A thread 🧵: sltrib.com/news/education…

NEW: The Q-Collar claims to help protect athletes' brains. But sleuths say they've found anomalies/errors in underlying studies. Authors say they'll address some—though not all—of them. And the journal has resisted calls for an independent investigation. chronicle.com/article/this-d…

At 2 Colleges, the Fall Semester Has Been Disrupted by Trump’s Lies About Eating Pets chronicle.com/article/at-2-c…

Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway announced today that he will conclude his service as the university’s 21st president after completing his fifth year on June 30, 2025. Read Holloway's letter to the Rutgers community: rutgers.edu/president/anno…