Omg, what is happening.
15.07.2025 00:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@jensplarson.bsky.social
Enrollment manager, admissions secret shopper, and purveyor of higher education commentary.
Omg, what is happening.
15.07.2025 00:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The reckoning in the graduate space after the OBBBA is going to be something else.
With the scale and shape of cuts to graduate student loans, people will lose jobs.
I hope colleges are planning for changes, but if it's like the response to demographic changes, the answer is "probably not."
It looks like you're drinking four beverages!!
23.06.2025 17:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hi, Skeptical. I'm Jens.
16.06.2025 00:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They can eat agi.
10.06.2025 23:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Nothing's computer! That's beautiful! Wow!
05.06.2025 23:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Or, hear me out, you let a federal agency publish it as bona fide science.
30.05.2025 06:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0She's still leading the league in rebounds even after taking out all the z-boards, too.
30.05.2025 06:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Barbara Streisand could do the funniest thing and open a taco truck in DC.
30.05.2025 06:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Me when reading any college's enrollment plan that requires international student growth in order to hit revenue targets:
30.05.2025 05:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The higher ed world as we know it may be ending, and I may have originally followed you years ago for your research and insights, but I have stayed for this can't-miss content and the small warmth it brings in this dark and seemingly endless apocalypse.
30.05.2025 05:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The John Madden School of Sports Analysis for Sporting Sport Things.
30.05.2025 05:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You have a pocket square in your social media profile pic.
I only know you through your work and online, and even I'm not surprised! π
Did you go back to the app?
It sounds like your in an unhealthy relationship.
Has no one thought to save money by making the Various Circles of Power!
23.05.2025 21:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Preach.
23.05.2025 18:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"For my own part, I tried to remain open-minded."
Haha
A lot of truth.
13.05.2025 19:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0People seem not to understand or aren't aware of the magnitude of proposed cuts to higher ed in the proposed reconciliation bill.
Kind of shocked by the lack of concern.
That first worm must be looking for a mate.
13.05.2025 12:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm just going to pretend he ordered 500 of these DVDs.
m.imdb.com/title/tt0109...
Hard pressed to see any English-speaking university system that's thriving.
America, England, Australia, Canada, South Africa and more: all are facing serious financial challenges and enrollment shifts. Many of their institutions are just trying to survive.
A globally bad time to be in higher ed.
I'm not abandoning em dashesβthe best punctuation mark, let's be honestβjust because half the population can't distinguish humans and AI.
It is a line I will not cross.
The Chronicle: "Kevin McClure doesn't believe in assessment. A close analysis of his skeets also indicates he doesn't pay attention to training."
09.05.2025 15:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Well, that's something that happened.
09.05.2025 03:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The New Pope: "I assure you and most solemnly say to you that the tax collectors and the couches will get into the kingdom of God before you."
JD Vance: "I killed the wrong Pope."
Pope Prosecco IV
09.05.2025 02:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I thought you might be oversimplifying, but no, "I couldn't do enough fascism in Michigan" is really the vibe.
08.05.2025 22:45 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0