Colleges that do this: "I got 99 problems and the ERP is at least 92 of them."

I continue to be amazed at how little attention people are paying to the impacts that will be affecting their institutions in 15, 25, 50, etc. years. I suppose that's longer than most careers ...

But what were his SAT scores? Did anyone even think to ask?!?!

Can't wait for colleges to apply this to priority registration status.

University of Washington (gotta love the chiasmus) spent $340 million.

That's 75 staff paid $110K annually(plus benefits!) for 30 years.

Imagine if a dean tried to pull that ...

Pretty sure @robertkelchen.com could run an entire course on just the internal implementation financing model:

A local community college was included in the ED list of schools that will be tagged with "lower earnings" in the FAFSA, and wow, did some people not like that I pointed it out.

As @jamessmurphy.bsky.social noted, not many schools on the list are publics.

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I'm already sold. This sounds like an experience people need to have.

It was described online as "a smell you can't unsmell"

I feel like this is an endorsement. I now have a valid reason to go to the mall.

Good thing it wasn't a$300 (million) donation.

Indeed! The salary and completion outcomes at CCs are not always strong and are definitely less than at 4-year institutions.

People who do it for the money?

It's outcomes, not price.

Potential alternative hypothesis: it's about the rise of YouTube, sorority recruitment videos, sports betting, and the selling of sex, gender and race.

I don't know that it's always intentional, but colleges sell sex and beauty like any other industry.

The shade-throwing academicians were the best part of this article. Glad it's continuing in the comments.

a blonde woman is sitting in a kitchen with the words `` sure , jan. '' written on the screen . Alt: a blonde woman is sitting in a kitchen with the words `` sure , jan. '' written on the screen .

Whenever someone says "students don't read their emails or do what we ask" and then I look at last-source attribution data:

I'm so tired of explaining to people how bad things are and constantly thinking, "But it will probably get worse."

I should start collecting these graphics. It would be like a death mask collection or something.

Watch: you'll have add a fourth "l" to your name.

I feel like that's a pretty okay deep cut mayo joke.

A year?

Does anyone know how many institutions missed the FVT/GE deadlines?

I feel like this is a big deal, but it's also nowhere in higher ed right now because higher ed is falling apart. (Just the policy part, btw. Courses are doing great.)

I mean, can you prove it's not true?

Also, "my mother's friend's friend" sounds like something a Gen Xer would say. hehe

I like talking to vendors right now because you can tell most of them are as "WTF is going on" as everyone working in enrollment.

I mean, they know what's happening, but they can't believe it either.

This sounds like the type of made up sentence someone would have written on their Myspace page in 2005 if they were trying to write ironic fiction about 2025.

"It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him."

Me in public meetings: "Work emails should only be a few sentences long."

Also me: "I added chapter breaks and a table of contents to make it easier for you to navigate my email."

Does it have a reviewer 2 option?

Total aside:

Sugar Daddy first (1920s), then Sugar Babies (1930s), then Sugar Mama (1960s).

Sugar Daddy was originally called "Papa Sucker."

The Sugar Daddy was invented by a right-wing conspiracy theorist who co-founded the John Birch Society. Non-humorously, Sugar Daddies made MAGA possible.

I did make an enemy the other day when someone told me that they didn't use AI because it's just low paid people in other countries, and I responded, "Like the people who made your clothes and phone and furniture."

We'll find out in 2026, I bet.