“My teammates and I made substantial progress on making things better for student loan borrowers, but that progress is at risk following the mass firing. Forcing out the experts who prided themselves on helping hundreds of people every year is not efficient; it’s self-inflicted chaos.”

“What I fear most about the chaos of this moment is that the American public will lose faith in education and lose trust in its government.”

My full testimony at Senator Hirono’s spotlight hearing on #highered www.youtube.com/live/nbJIKR0...

The group Save U.S. Diplomacy held a rally at the #StateDepartment today to decry Secretary Rubio's planned firings of thousands of experts. "They're ceding strategic power and security interests to China, Russia & Iran while making our government operate more like theirs" said one State employee.

The headline kind of says it all, but you should read the whole piece thehill.com/opinion/educ...

My column today for The Hill clarifies that fired Education Department workers are not complicit in the government’s wasteful spending. We want to get back to work for America’s schools, students, and teachers. #academicsky #HigherEd thehill.com/opinion/educ...

Every Tuesday, I join other fired federal workers at the U.S. Senate office to fight for our agencies and our jobs. Follow us @fedsworkforyou.bsky.social and head to instgram to watch my video about student loans: www.instagram.com/reel/DH_SaU_... #highered #academicsky

My column on my illegal firing in a hometown Ohio newspaper: “As a check on the executive branch’s overreach, Congress should block the administration’s lawless destruction of the Education Department.” www.cantonrep.com/story/opinio...

Friends: Block this impersonator and follow the real @charlottewest.bsky.social

What states get the biggest benefit from the US Department of Education (@usedgov)

New report from the CFPB student loan ombudsman www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/new...

What a joy to unwrap this volume today from Bloomsbury! Congrats to editor Dr. Erin S. Corbett and all the authors! #prisoneducation #HigherEd order: www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbur...

I’ve had many a fight with Quest.

Fall scenes at Harper’s Ferry, WV

Glad to see this explainer and the policy change. I deal with colleges that withhold transcripts over bills, and they are NOT nice about it.