Play Shuffalo: Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/04/21?

Meet the Donors Funding the Civil-Dialogue Boom at Colleges They represent a range of political leanings and have distinct motivations.

Are civil dialogue programs just a tool of the right to influence the overton window? Based on the aims of grant-makers, not so much, according to reporting from my fabulous colleague, @franciediep.bsky.social

www.chronicle.com/article/meet...

Federal Judge Breaks Trump’s Permitting Blockade The opinion covered a host of actions the administration has taken to slow or halt renewables development.

BREAKING:

A federal judge blocked a host of actions taken by the Trump administration to slow or halt renewables development. @jael.bsky.social has the story:

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The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have...

The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan

by @hannahallam.bsky.social @propublica.org
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"Nearly a year ago, Gorka declared a national #counterterrorism strategy “imminent.”

"To date, no strategy has appeared, and no explanation for the delay."

Electives Are Coming Under Scrutiny. They May Never Be More Valuable. They’re derided as distractions or worse, but electives can also open unseen avenues in work and life.

www.chronicle.com/article/are-...

At a time when resources have become scarce and questions about the value of college run rampant, elective courses can be portrayed as a symbol of the sector’s irrelevance, and as needlessly slowing students down

Need 3 Quick Credits to Play Ball? Call Western Oklahoma A community college, miles from an interstate, is the go-to place for athletes who need a two-week academic fix to keep their eligibility.

The @postopinions.bsky.social piece on students finishing online degrees in a matter of weeks is great.

Our own @bradwolverton.bsky.social uncovered something similar in 2012, showing how student athletes were using such methods to evade NCAA eligibility rules:

www.chronicle.com/article/need...

There are lots of radical ideas in the 151 pages of regulations the Department of Education is proposing. This one involves a fundamental misunderstanding or misrepresentation of how academic life works. 🧵 (1/7)

It’s Underemployment, Stupid Finding jobs is tough for new college graduates. It’s even tougher finding the right ones.

www.chronicle.com/article/its-...

A Jewish Trustee at Michigan Was Targeted. Now His Re-Election Fight Is All About Israel. One of America’s most outspoken regents is defending his seat against a lawyer who defended pro-Palestinian protesters. And the contest is getting heated.

www.chronicle.com/article/in-t...

People Are Angry (Again) About Colleges’ Donors. Will Anything Really Change? Six years after the Epstein scandal, it’s still unclear how often colleges turn private dollars away or how consistently the policies are applied.

www.chronicle.com/article/peop...

Sit and Stay Seated? Walkouts at One State’s Public Universities Could Soon Be Banned. Republican lawmakers in Tennessee say the legislation, sent to the governor’s desk Friday, protects free speech by preventing disruptions.

www.chronicle.com/article/sit-...

Play Shuffalo: Monday, April 20, 2026 Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-games-dept/shuffalo/2026/04/20?

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How Professional Wrestling Prepared Linda McMahon for Trump’s Cabinet The Education Secretary ran the W.W.E. for years with her husband, Vince, an unstable man who, like her new boss, has a genius for inflaming the crowd.

The Education Secretary ran the W.W.E. for years with her husband, Vince, an unstable man who, like her new boss, has a genius for inflaming the crowd. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Play Shuffalo: Friday, April 17, 2026 Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

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ProPublica Sues Education Department for Withholding Records About Discrimination in Schools Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

We sued the Education Dept. for withholding records about discrimination in schools.

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EXCLUSIVE: Kash Patel’s colleagues are alarmed by what they say is erratic behavior and excessive drinking, Sarah Fitzpatrick reports. More than two dozen people she spoke with described his management failures and conduct that could harm national security. theatln.tc/SS6krazR

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The Lesser-Known Way That Trump’s Accreditation Overhaul Could Change College Programs Over the past week of discussions at the Education Department, programmatic accreditors in fields like health care are getting outsized attention.

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Shallow dive on the way the ED dept is trying to regulate programmatic accreditation

to make it on the sunday talk shows?

Monumental decisions in store for the Washington skyline President Trump wants to add his own triumphal arch to the pantheon of monuments honoring American greatness, but this one would be a break from American traditions.

President Trump wants to add his own triumphal arch to the pantheon of monuments honoring American greatness, but this one would be a break from American traditions.

In my free newsletter, I explain what the implications of that change could be. danvock.substack.com/p/monumental...

#negreg The first week is over, except for an afternoon caucus among several members - there have been a number of these sidebars meant to allow groups to talk strategy and form counterproposals for the dept to consider.

Some of the low-hanging fruit has been harvested, but a lot of tensions remain

The Eighth Circuit just issued an opinion affirming the denial of a preliminary injunction that sought to bar a transgender girl from competing in girls' high school softball in Minnesota. Notably... The Eighth Circuit just issued an opinion affirming the denial of a preliminary injunction that sought to bar a transgender girl from competing in girls' high school softball in Minnesota. Notably, th...

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The members of the Triad trying to figure out who should act first

#negreg Duffy, from Ohio, now advocating for use of loan repayments as an accountability measure accreditors should consider.. on the same day ED releases an NPRM that replaces a previous accountability plan that used earnings/debt ratio for gainful employment....

#negreg Quote of the week from Michale McComis, talking about details of student outcome requirements:

"I'm gonna load up the bus and take us to "wonky McWonk town for a minute"

#negreg - state officials, like Mike Duffy of Ohio, say accreditors should hold colleges accountable for poor outcomes. That may be a role for accreditors, but STATES authorize colleges to grant degrees, and they could remove that authorization for those colleges.

5/ but I wonder, how state officials in TX would feel if an accreditor started inquiring about firing of faculty over comments about Charlie Kirk or cancelling a class on Plato?

Conservative states, in particular, have pushed hard to limit accreditor input

#negreg Importantly, I've been spelling Jennifer Blum's name with an 'e' on the end all week, because (no good excuse, so my apologies)

4/ in essence, dept wants accreditors to require colleges to have a policy and look at whether that policy is applied "consistently"