Eric Kelderman

Student-Success Efforts Can Pay Off on the Job Market, Study Finds Interventions to improve graduation rates at Georgia State University also helped students in their careers.

The National Institute for Student Success evaluated how four different interventions at Georgia State University improved career outcomes. Now, it’s bringing that blueprint to other campuses. https://chroni.cl/3N6Y4Yf

Illustrative article about the intersection of science, policy, causality

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Fire First, Ask Questions Later Colleges once treaded lightly in censuring their own professors. Now? Due process is optional.

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As a rising chorus of conservative activists and lawmakers accuse professors of liberal indoctrination or insensitivity, many college administrators are adopting an aggressive stance: dismiss alleged offenders now and deal with the consequences later.

Public Colleges Are Finally Learning to Share A new wave of state-level reform tests an old idea — that “systemness” is the key to sustainability.

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The pride and power of Iowa State basketball's Audi Crooks Audi Crooks hears the haters. But Iowa State's star inherited resilience from her mom and joy from her dad. Her high-scoring game is the ultimate counterpoint.

Spent some time in Iowa and went long on Iowa State’s Audi Crooks. Despite her dominance, she deals with a lot of negativity, especially about her body. But no matter what is said about her, Audi Crooks wears a smile. www.espn.com/womens-colle...

New foster dog, who dis?

Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

The Justice Department released *some* of the missing files, namely FBI interview notes from the woman alleging Epstein trafficked her as a young teen to Trump, Trump sexually assaulted her, and then she later endured a series of threats not to talk. Very dark reading www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

If the grocery store didn’t want me to sing, why would they play all my favorite tunes?

Last 2 names of 6 US soldiers who died in Kuwait attack identified by the Pentagon The last two names of the six U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuwait attack have been released by the Pentagon, and they are from California and Iowa

Last 2 names of 6 US soldiers who died in Kuwait attack identified by the Pentagon

“Sadly, there will likely be more, before it ends. That’s the way it is,” President Donald Trump said of the deaths.

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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.

Documents show the real story behind the raid was to target alleged squatters — with the landlord's blessing.

Michigan State Senior Who Explored Academe’s Quirkier Side Wins David W. Miller Award for Young Journalists The prize, which recognizes the newsroom’s top intern from the previous year, honors a former Chronicle reporter who was killed by a drunk driver while on assignment.

Theo Scheer exposed the virtual tug-of-war transpiring between college PR staffers and passionate Wikipedia editors, and profiled a controversial film professor whose courses encourage conflict between students. https://chroni.cl/47nveJQ

Here’s where National Park material is under review A leaked database of proposed revisions, mapped.

Took that leaked database of proposed changes to the historic presentations at national sites and mapped them. www.pbump.net/o/heres-wher...

"Trying not to walk crooked while this anchor's dropped/

But I been out on them choppy waves and it's hard to say where this land begins and that water stops/

I got sea legs, I got sea legs"

-- Run the Jewels

Probably lots of reporters asking these questions. But getting answers about these very high-level and classified issues is extremely difficult

Gaming pro from Cameroon detained by ICE for deportation An Oxon Hill-based computer gaming champion is facing deportation, and his family says his life would be in peril in his native Cameroon.

He thought it was a routine ICE check-in. Now his family fears he’ll be deported to a country where he is not safe.

She saw HBCU president’s plea for new kidney on Instagram and thought: Why not? What began as a viral plea led a stranger to make a life-saving gift — and form an unexpected lifelong bond.

This is a beautiful, human story.

Higher Ed Is at a Turning Point. 11 Scholars Predict What’s Next. AI, enrollment, finances, politics, and the turbulent road ahead.

I read these predictions and I wonder about all the optimism for the liberal arts at a time when the focus of so many elected officials is on "career readiness" and ROI:

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Iran Conflict Live Updates: More US Troops on Way to Middle East Israel launches dozens of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, while U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue. Follow along for live updates, news and analysis as the conflict in the Middle East unfolds.

President Trump said the U.S. operation in Iran will continue for four to five weeks, but vowed it will continue as long as necessary.

Follow live updates.

The National Student Clearinghouse Faced a Trump Investigation. Now It’ll Stop Working on a Key Study. The group announced this week it would no longer collaborate with Tufts University on researching college-voting engagement after the Education Department alleged privacy-law violations.

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The Education Department has said it believes this particular project did not meet the FERPA exemption academic studies typically qualify for.

Higher Ed ‘Has Lost Its North Star,’ Trump Official Tells Campus Leaders “I hope that you all ... have made it through the five stages of grief,” Nicholas Kent, the under secretary of education, said of the administration’s aggressive push for change.

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Inside Texas A&M’s Scramble to Censor Its Curriculum Documents reveal widespread uncertainty, even among administrators, over what professors could teach.

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The policy was originally drafted to head off one academic-freedom controversy — in which an instructor was fired after a student secretly recorded her teaching about gender — but quickly sparked another.

Helping Student Parents Thrive in an Era of Unpredictable Federal Aid How higher ed leaders are supporting student parents amid precarious federal support.

How higher education leaders are supporting student parents amid precarious federal support

Professors Lean Left. But How Far? A new report by Heterodox Academy digs into the murky data that has helped influence conservative reform of the sector.

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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

This is such a well done piece that reports out, with hard data and interviews, something profound about what's gone wrong in this country.

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Federal Agents ‘Made Misrepresentations’ to Enter Columbia Dorm and Detain Student, University Says The arrest comes at a moment when immigration concerns are heightened on many campuses.

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Question: Who gets to/should be allowed to express 'opinions' on a college campus?

"The correspondence reveals a system, @dannagal.bsky.social said, that determines who “gets to be a ‘smart person’ — not because of their brain, but because of the money that they have been given.”"

Preach!

Getting 'Em Next Time On diapers, writing and baseball.

On diapers, writing and baseball — from a new dad who can’t believe how lucky he is: open.substack.com/pub/colleges...

Is This the End for Larry Summers at Harvard? Revelations about the former university president’s long entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein, the sexual predator, could finally sink the economist who seemed to have nine lives.

Winter comes for Larry Summers
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Luther Baseball's Harrison Blum Signs With The Boston Red Sox - Luther College Harrison Blum a 2023 Luther College graduate and former Luther Baseball player is set to sign a contract with the Boston Red Sox. Blum played for the Norse from

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