Erin A. Hennessy

Thanks, friend. The thing that sends me into orbit (and it may just be our healthcare provider) is the policy that a patient is removed from the PT/OT service if they are admitted to the hospital. So the process of scripts, scheduling, intake visit has to start all over again.

My family has been navigating some pretty big medical issues over the last six months and the hardest thing to navigate, by far, has been getting consistent physical and occupational therapy care.

Presidents Feel Pressure in Trump's Second Term The latest Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Presidents reveals leaders’ concerns about Trump 2.0, public trust, finances and AI.

Inside Higher Ed's annual survey of college presidents is particularly interesting this year given everything that happened in 2025. I really wish they would have broken down public higher ed into red and blue states, as those two jobs are wildly different right now.

White House seeks to put a Trump-style stamp on college sports President Trump plans to host television executives, officials from college sports conferences and former players as he seeks to put his stamp on college sports.

President Trump is hosting a roundtable at the White House to address issues in college sports.

Athletes like Tiger Woods, conference commissioners, media executives from ESPN and Fox and former coaches are expected to join.

Screenshot of article which reads: When it comes to restoring trust in higher education, “I always want to know whose trust,” said Dominique Baker, an associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware. “Whose trust do you think is broken, and whose trust are you trying to fix?”

We'll end this with my unending goose meme

I still think of Kara often and wonder how she's doing.

One of the best books I read last year.

The pressure to add advanced nursing degrees to ED's list of professional programs, which would allow students to borrow more, continues to grow

150 lawmakers, including 20 Republicans, signed a letter urging ED to reconsider

Screenshot of a 3hr old post from the GW Hatchet: “BREAKING: GW sold its Virginia campus to Amazon Data Services, an Amazon subsidiary that manages the company's data centers, for $427 million on Friday. The deed, obtained by The Hatchet, authorizes ADS to develop the campus into a data or information technology center. STORY TK”

GW‘s student newspaper appears to have broken the story that the institution has sold a satellite campus to Amazon to be turned into a data center, which is just about chef’s kiss for the state of American higher education rn

Hampton University, Stripped of Land Grant Status 100 Years Ago, May Get It Back As Va. lawmakers move to restore a designation lost during the Jim Crow era, students await the resources and opportunities its return could bring.

In 1920, Hampton University was stripped of its land grant status during a wave of segregation-era policies — cutting the university off from decades of potential federal funding.Now, a bill in the Virginia legislature aims to make amends and help the university recoup the money lost.
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The National Student Clearinghouse Faced a Trump Investigation. Now It’ll Stop Working on a Key Survey. 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.

Friday evening news dump: The National Student Clearinghouse is cutting ties with a prominent survey on voting engagement after the White House issued a threat of an investigation.

The word "smarmy" doesn't get thrown around nearly enough.

Oh, okay. Here we go.

BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani has secured the release of Columbia student Elaina Aghayeva who was kidnapped by ICE.

BREAKING: Trump-Noem DHS admits to wrongfully arresting 261 DACA recipients, 86 of whom were deported, since Trump’s second term started, per disclosure to Congress.

ICE officers arrest student inside Columbia University housing The officers had misrepresented who they were and said they were on campus looking for a missing person, school and city officials said.

Federal officers from the Department of Homeland Security entered Columbia University housing on Thursday and detained a student after misrepresenting their identities and their reason for being on campus, according to school officials.

Amen, she says from a meeting full of people who are apparently extroverts.

I ate my weight in the best Indian food tonight and I regret nothing except the bit of palak chaat I left behind.

My brain does not understand how to process all this snow but I can tell you that a kitchen whisk does wonders at taking snow clumps off longer haired dogs.

Recognizing pros and cons of long-serving leaders (opinion) Beyond the positive impact they can have on institutions, they must also guard against less considered challenges that come with decades of service, writes Erin Hennessy.

Ahem: "In every presidency, often the brand and identity of the leader become entwined with that of the institution; with exceptionally long tenures, it can feel nearly impossible to distinguish the two." I've been yelling about this topic for a while...

There's a lot to talk about here, but no institution should ever, ever be run by one person for 50 YEARS.

Mom needs a moment, kids. Don’t wait up.

The way in which I am physically and mentally steeling myself for dinner and a show tonight... I am going to be a wreck tomorrow.

Virginia continues to be a state to watch when it comes to governance. Interesting story by @byjoshmoody.bsky.social.

Professors in the Epstein Files Begin to Face Consequences Several faculty members who spoke regularly with Epstein have been stripped of their titles or teaching duties.

Shout out to the student journalists that have tirelessly covered their professors' ties to Epstein. My job would be much harder without them. See thread for some of my favorite recent student news pieces.

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Am I going to tear up at the end of every episode of Shrinking this season? I don’t like feeling things!

Unpopular Olympic opinions on the internet: Opening ceremonies don’t need to be longer than an hour.

Journalists of Color in WaPo’s ‘Bloodbath’ - journal-isms.com ’Race and Identity’ Reporter Among 300 Laid Off

My friend Richard Prince notes the Washington Post, based in a city which is an important Mecca for Black folks, now has no Black journalists on its masthead, w/the highest ranking Black journalist leaving and its race/identity reporter also laid off. https://loom.ly/m2NtaSk

Lee H. Hamilton, a Foreign Policy Power in Congress, Dies at 94

I had the opportunity to meet and speak with Rep. Hamilton a handful of times when my boss chaired the 9/11 Commission. The respect my boss had for him was boundless -- he was a public servant's public servant. What a gift he gave his district, state, the Congress and the nation with his service.