PR GIRL ON A MISSION. Director @WhitebdAdvisor. Passionate about higher ed & workforce, K-12, CTE. Single mom. FL girl. Hollins alum. Opinions are mine. 🏳️🌈
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10 Dec 2025
There is a simple fix for America’s job-quality crisis: actually give workers a piece of the business -- from @FortuneMagazine fortune.com/2025/12/09/ameri…
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10 Oct 2025
Online college @Campusgrad is acquiring AI learning app @sizzle_ai. Campus founder @tadeoyerinde & incoming CTO @an_open_mind break down what it means for the broader business:
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25 Sep 2025
In 2023-24, 14% of the U.S. population, or 38.2 million people, provide unpaid eldercare bls.gov/news.release/elcare.… #ATUS #BLSdata
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28 Aug 2025
Some states are going to have a harder time than others proving their noncredit programs are eligible for workforce Pell, a new report says. But they can start preparing now. insidehighered.com/news/tech…
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Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves. wired.com/story/bluesky-now-…
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28 Aug 2025
When Dhrumil Mehta and C.J. Robinson searched "Is DC safe?", the top Google News result was a White House article. @DataDhrumil @_cjrobinson @TowCenter
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12 Aug 2025
Straight from the fascism 101 playbook, of course! 🙃
12 Aug 2025
“The White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America’s 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with President Trump’s interpretation of American history.” wsj.com/politics/policy/whit…
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12 Aug 2025
Struggling to keep track of all the lawsuits concerning higher ed, DEI, research grants and Trump? We were too.
That's why @insidehighered put together a legal tracker to follow 40 cases step by step—so you don't have to.
Check out the database and read our analysis below:
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12 Aug 2025
“The U.S. is the only advanced economy that’s had declining female labor force participation in the last 20 years, and a lot of that is because of lack of social safety net and caregiving supports,” said @LipstickEcon @IWPResearch washingtonpost.com/business/…
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29 Jul 2025
New in @wsj: There’s long been a covenant between companies and new grads: Entry-level staff work hard for lower pay. Employers give training and a foothold in the job market
A white-collar hiring slump weakened that contract. AI now may totally break it
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30 Jul 2025
So I guess everyone's Apple Pay is down? I always check here when something isn't working for no clear reason. 😂
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23 Jul 2025
I’m so mad that people associate em dashes with AI now. They were learning from the writers 😭😭😭 we did it first 😭😭😭
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25 Jul 2025
BREAKING: Alabama's $50 million in federal education funds are unfrozen.
A USDOE official shared a statement with @aldailynews stating OMB finished its review and directed the USDOE to release the frozen education funds. Funds will be dispersed next week. Story soon. #aledchat
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12 Jul 2025
Exciting positive change on its way with FDA Commissioner Makary saying as a go forward plan he’s going to make FDA review letters will be made public. The goal should be to allow for more approved effective treatments and this is such a positive step. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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11 Jul 2025
The State University System of Florida’s governing board will vote later today whether to form a new accrediting agency with other state systems. The move would be controversial. insidehighered.com/news/inst…
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10 Jul 2025
The loss of local news reporters over the past quarter century ha left a void that reverberates throughout our society. Less accountability for government, more opportunities for misinformation ..
10 Jul 2025
... the number of journalists working in the US has dropped by more than 75% since the start of the century — from 40 journalists for every 100,000 residents to just 8.2 journalists now. tinyurl.com/388257fy
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11 Jul 2025
If you spent 5 minutes in a Head Start preschool, you would be unable to deny how absolutely evil this is. You want to deny BABIES the opportunity to learn? Hard-working families the chance to have high-quality early childcare?!
10 Jul 2025
A rule change treats the federally funded preschool program like a welfare program and bars undocumented children from enrolling. Head Start providers condemned the departure from longstanding practice. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/10/no-…
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9 Jul 2025
Really important reporting from @NoraMabie montanafreepress.org/2025/07…
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11 Jul 2025
Please know that if I send you an email that says "Happy Friday!" I'm not that perky IRL, I'm just faking it till I make it 😂
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26 Jun 2025
After outcry from tribes, the feds scale back tribal school choice plan: The Bureau of Indian Education is floating tutoring and afterschool programs instead of "offering to pay for students to attend competing private, religious or charter schools"
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