Rebekah Tilley

A Former Trump Cabinet Official and Pro-Wrestling Magnate Is Tapped as Education Secretary Linda McMahon, co-chair of Trump’s transition team, led the Small Business Administration under his first term as president. She was selected over a slate of potential candidates known for their conse...

Wondering why you might be seeing old clips of Linda McMahon's wrestling performances floating around? Here's what we know about Trump's pick for education secretary:

It's the anniversary of 9-11, so I'm sharing my recommended readings on the most well-researched disaster of all time. This is a thread of studies of public behaviour during the evacuation (mostly free access)...
#September11th

You made a rebel of a careless man’s careful daughter

In this month's SI: I went to Iowa to profile Caitlin Clark ✨ www.si.com/womens-colle...

Based on how many people are warming up leftover chili for lunch, it was a good weekend for chili here in Iowa.

New College's approach to comms taints the profession How its approach feeds misleading stereotypes and taints the profession.

New College of FL leadership was bound to come for the comms profession. I note: "Our jobs need to be rooted in honesty—it’s the basis for the trust we build w/ reporters and the institution’s audiences, and it is the ethical way for us to approach the fulfillment of our responsibilities."

Biden administration puts grad schools on the hot seat The Education Department’s new transparency measures will tell prospective students if a graduate program will leave them with debt they can’t afford to pay back. But the agency nixed its original...

Even though Democrats and Republicans disagree on the details of gainful employment, they both have a healthy amount of skepticism about the value of graduate credentials. Expect scrutiny to continue, but actions to limit program eligibility or grad student loans will be controversial.

Birds aren’t real, my dude.

Oh no!

Iowa State football players sign NIL deal with pork company - ESPN "Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon" is the catchphrase for a new NIL deal based on the surnames of four Iowa State Cyclone players.

This may be one of the best arrangements in the NIL era of college athletics.

Making Sense of Changes to the U.S. News Rankings Methodology Standard disclaimer: I have been the data editor for Washington Monthly’s rankings since 2012. All thoughts here are solely my own. College rankings season officially concluded today with the releas...

Here is my deeper dive into changes in this year's U.S. News college rankings. Big takeaways:

--Colleges may be penalized for not providing data, which I didn't think would happen.
--The reputation survey's response rate continues to fall.
--Watch the new research metrics.

I need a 3,000 explainer article to catch me up on how Deion Sanders got to Colorado and what he’s doing with the team.

Best U.S. Colleges 2024 - WSJ / College Pulse Rankings Read The Wall Street Journal’s list of top U.S. colleges…

After a one-year hiatus, the Wall Street Journal jumps back into the college rankings pool with a mix of 70% value-added outcomes, 20% student satisfaction, and 10% diversity. The student surveys are large and expensive to conduct.

Introducing Our University’s New Executive Vice President of Saving Money Colleagues, friends, and adjuncts — As many of you know, the university is facing unprecedented budget shortfalls. These shortfalls aren’t directly...

Oof.

Tick-tock.

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When I did policy debate in college a thousand years ago, one of our impact scenarios was water wars. Back then it seemed far fetched but now…

My workday. No context.

No DMs is definitely a bug

It starts with more invite codes.