Dr. Karen Weaver

I know..it still seems suspect... a lot of HS rivalry games are played the day after Thanksgiving, which was the purpose of avoiding Friday eve??? 🤷‍♀️

a mascot for the eagles is standing in front of the word go birds ALT: a mascot for the eagles is standing in front of the word go birds

Why in the world are the Philadelphia Eagles 🦅 playing at 3pm Friday afternoon???

Who thought this was a good idea?

🕊️My cousin hosts a morning touch football game every Thanksgiving. The invitation to it includes the usual bits (time, place, etc), but also this kind and wry reminder:

“This is a family friendly event. Kids 12 and under must get the ball once every 4 downs. Try not to steamroll anyone over 30.”

Trump Isn’t First President to Try to Break Up ED An iteration of the department in 1867 lasted about a year before being demoted and not resurfacing until the Carter administration. Department or no, both Democrats and Republicans have expanded the ...

As we talk about the dismantling of ED, I’ve often wondered, “why do we have an Education Department anyway?”

@ryanequinn.bsky.social answered my question and more in his latest.

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Sunk-Cost Football: UMass’ Faltering Quest to Belong in the FBS UMass bought the promise of big-time football in 2011, when it joined the FBS. Fourteen brutal years later, the Minutemen are doubling down.

These struggles, and others happening right now, is why I teach--how many more institutions will chase the DI dream in the era of "opting-in" and ultimately damage their institution's financial standing?
h/t @daniellibit.bsky.social @sportico.bsky.social

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"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by....(1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment" which are "uncorrelated or negatively correlated with post-college outcomes" unlike SAT/ACT scores

“.. I feel like they’ve intentionally come in with this desire for shock and awe. .. Who will this help, what they’ve just done? Because it hasn’t helped Charlotte.”

@nytimes.com
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🚀 Sacramento State is thinking outside the box to implement a major transition in Hornet athletics 🏈 🐝

President Luke Wood tells me: "Moving from FCS to FBS is not just about sports; it’s about community, economic growth, and providing opportunities for students!" 🌍

YouTube: youtu.be/BWGz1G5_gSU

Azzi Fudd was a can’t-miss basketball star. Then she had to prove it again. Injuries and self-doubt nearly derailed a prodigy. Now in her final college season, she has rediscovered just how good she can be.

I profiled Azzi Fudd.

After all the injuries and doubt, and dealing with that as her life became more and more public, here's a story of getting back to once was — mentally, physically — then becoming even better: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”

Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.

Secretive Big Ten Deal Riles Trustees The Big Ten is weighing a $2.4 billion private equity deal. But multiple trustees at member institutions say they aren’t getting enough information and the proposal has been rushed.

"Given that the Big Ten is about to create 'a for-profit company using what are essentially public dollars,' [a Penn State trustee] argued, boards need to know more in order to be able to advise their institutions accordingly."

www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism My Journey as a Vaccine Scientist, Pediatrician, and Autism Dad

Once more for those in the back: VACCINES DON’T CAUSE AUTISM. Just ask @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/... @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Big Ten's $2.4B Deal: When Trustees Get Left in the Dark

HINT: it's never a good idea not to include trustees.

Thanks to ACTA's Armand Alacbey for being so clear about trustee oversight of college athletics.

FULL Conversation: youtu.be/Fxr75oqx7Gc

I think you’re right 🙄

You know those university ads?

The ones with shots of the leafy quad + students looking into a microscope?

A lot of them look different this football season, focusing more on specific research initiatives.

And one reason why is the reason for a lot of things in this country.

An example:

New Study: Business As Usual Could Doom Dozens Of New England Colleges 15 New England colleges, many with well-known brands, are already facing serious liquidity challenges at their current levels of enrollment—or will do so shortly.

"The era of trying to be all things to all people for most schools is over. Schools will instead have to decide which Job to Be Done they want to excel at and which ones they’ll purposely forego."
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The New Localism: What Mamdani Taught Us About Housing Zohran Mamdani proved that affordability is a top priority for voters. Can American cities make rents lower and also build more housing?

Zohran Mamdani's campaign has made it clear that affordability is a top priority among voters. How can he strike the right balance between lower rents and more housing, and can other mayor's follow his lead? 

Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.

He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Trump administration to announce dismantling of some of Education Dept. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March seeking to close the department, but only Congress has the power to do that.

McMahon has argued that the recently ended government shutdown showed how unnecessary her agency is.
“Students kept going to class. Teachers continued to get paid. There were no disruptions in sports seasons or bus routes."
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Could a Separate Governance Structure for Power 4 Football Alleviate the College Sports Doom Loop? Jim Harris of the University of San Diego Thinks So.

Full conversation: youtu.be/-wlEjWOmGOU

Go Birds!

Scranton Women's Basketball Knocks Off Division I Pitt, 69–63, in Road Exhibition Victory - University of Scranton PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The University of Scranton women's basketball team delivered an impressive road performance on Sunday afternoon, knocking off Division I Pittsburgh,

Well, this is quite the upset!

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“The influence that money played in securing this pardon is unprecedented,” says Elizabeth Oyer, former U.S. pardon attorney, about President Trump’s pardon of crypto billionaire Changpeng Zhao.

Zhao didn’t respond to 60 Minutes’ request for an interview. cbsn.ws/4806u9Y

Holy mole. This is a must-watch.

NEW: UNC-Chapel Hill WILL raise in-state tuition by 3%, or $211, for 2026-27.

Follows two days of extensive, convoluted debate by trustees and a committee asking for a new proposal from staff. Administration stuck to their initial plan, which got 6-5 approval today. (Four trustees absent.)

Higher Education’s Uncertain Fiscal Future In times of financial strain, state lawmakers often cut higher education funding first, expecting that federal funds and tuition dollars will help, temporarily, to make up the gap. For most states, hi...

The decade-long trend of states increasing funding for public higher education is rapidly coming to an end. This will set up a battle among institutions for students, which flagship universities (and some community colleges) will likely win.

The Trump administration will likely have to issue $195 billion in refunds to the businesses that have been hurt by tariffs. That process could take months or years — or might never happen.

This chart is revealing @profgalloway.com Now we can see who's paying for Trump's tariffs-us, going forward.

NBCUniversal Launching New Cable Sports Channel The new NBCSN channel will launch Monday and carry mostly sports that are also streamed on NBCU’s Peacock service, including N.B.A. games, Big Ten college football, golf and Premier League soccer.

Exclusive: NBCUniversal is adding to its mix of sports offerings Monday by launching a new cable channel, dubbed NBCSN.

AI’s Power Grab Has to Face Affordability Politics Even as the labor and housing markets slow, the “three A’s” of the Trump economy have kept things chugging along in 2025: artificial intelligence, asset prices and the affluent. Last week’s elections ...

Me in @opinion.bloomberg.com: The Trump economy might be powered by the three A's of AI, asset prices, and the affluent, but voters sent the message that politicians aren't doing enough to address a fourth A -- affordability -- that AI companies are making worse: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

@bloomberg.com reporter Janet Lorin joins the podcast to talk all things college endowments and college sports.
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