Eddy Conroy
@econroy.bsky.social
“There’s some good in this world… and it’s worth fighting for”
Running comms for National College Attainment Network, all things higher ed policy and practice.
Plus food and cocktails
Running comms for National College Attainment Network, all things higher ed policy and practice.
Plus food and cocktails
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Eddy Conroy
@econroy.bsky.social
· Jun 26
Ousted from Opportunity: Eviction's Adverse Impact on Parenting College Students
New America partnered with the Eviction Lab to understand how eviction affects parents who are attending college while caring for children—and found it likely leads to severe negative consequences.
www.newamerica.org
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🚨New publication alert!
We just published a brief on what happens to parenting students' chances of success in college when they are threatened with eviction. The results are devastating. I have never cried when writing up research before. I did this time.
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
🚨New publication alert!
We just published a brief on what happens to parenting students' chances of success in college when they are threatened with eviction. The results are devastating. I have never cried when writing up research before. I did this time.
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them.
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I watch the bulk of ashleythebaroness videos, despite rarely sharing them.
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
But this one hit today.
And she's right! We're not dealing with some foreign ideology. We're dealing with a uniquely American phenomenon.
fascism wrapped in our own flag
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A quick 🧵 about Thurgood Marshall, civil rights, and Trump’s recent argument that, “White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a college or university.” (You can find more in chapter 8 of The State Must Provide)
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A quick 🧵 about Thurgood Marshall, civil rights, and Trump’s recent argument that, “White people were very badly treated, where they did extremely well and they were not invited to go into a college or university.” (You can find more in chapter 8 of The State Must Provide)
So pleased to see @bakerdphd.bsky.social launch her column for @insidehighered.com
Starting out with a powerful piece on how today’s censorship is a consequence of the long tail of McCarthyism
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Starting out with a powerful piece on how today’s censorship is a consequence of the long tail of McCarthyism
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
So pleased to see @bakerdphd.bsky.social launch her column for @insidehighered.com
Starting out with a powerful piece on how today’s censorship is a consequence of the long tail of McCarthyism
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Starting out with a powerful piece on how today’s censorship is a consequence of the long tail of McCarthyism
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Nice piece from @erickelderman.bsky.social about where FIPSE funds are being spent.
Accreditation needs improvement, but it’s hard to see how that will be accomplished by funding non-profits with zero higher education experience.
www.chronicle.com/article/want...
Accreditation needs improvement, but it’s hard to see how that will be accomplished by funding non-profits with zero higher education experience.
www.chronicle.com/article/want...
Want to Transform College Accreditation? Trump Has a Grant for You.
Millions of dollars in new awards are going to established organizations and colleges planning to switch accreditors. But a few recipients have no past experience in the field.
www.chronicle.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Nice piece from @erickelderman.bsky.social about where FIPSE funds are being spent.
Accreditation needs improvement, but it’s hard to see how that will be accomplished by funding non-profits with zero higher education experience.
www.chronicle.com/article/want...
Accreditation needs improvement, but it’s hard to see how that will be accomplished by funding non-profits with zero higher education experience.
www.chronicle.com/article/want...
Republicans want us to accept that we are living in the opening line from A Tale of Two Cities.
NEWSNATION: Why now are you for price controls?
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I think desperate times calls for desperate measures
SEN. ROGER MARSHALL: I think desperate times calls for desperate measures
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Republicans want us to accept that we are living in the opening line from A Tale of Two Cities.
Happiness is beef and Guinness stew ready to slow coon tomorrow
January 12, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Happiness is beef and Guinness stew ready to slow coon tomorrow
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
Working with Adam while we were both at New America was an absolutely joy. I’m so excited to see what he is going to create with this new podcast.
We’re excited to welcome @adamhsays.com back to The Atlantic’s staff to host a new weekly video podcast. More here: www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
The Atlantic Hires Adam Harris to Host New Weekly Video Podcast
Harris was previously a staff writer covering education
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Working with Adam while we were both at New America was an absolutely joy. I’m so excited to see what he is going to create with this new podcast.
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Frey: So, they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is bullshit.
January 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Frey: So, they are already trying to spin this as an action of self-defense. Having seen the video of myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is bullshit.
That’s, ummmm… quite the word choice there.
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
That’s, ummmm… quite the word choice there.
Much like the New Testament, it turns out that if you do the reading, Plato is too progressive for folks who are “ensuring viewpoint diversity”
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming "Contemporary Moral Problems" course, due to start next
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Much like the New Testament, it turns out that if you do the reading, Plato is too progressive for folks who are “ensuring viewpoint diversity”
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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When you believe that everything that matters is Online, you will inevitably miss crucial information from that pitiless old bitch that is tangible reality.
It's a lot like confidently walking into a forest full of hungry tigers at night, because you see, you don't believe in tigers.
It's a lot like confidently walking into a forest full of hungry tigers at night, because you see, you don't believe in tigers.
January 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
When you believe that everything that matters is Online, you will inevitably miss crucial information from that pitiless old bitch that is tangible reality.
It's a lot like confidently walking into a forest full of hungry tigers at night, because you see, you don't believe in tigers.
It's a lot like confidently walking into a forest full of hungry tigers at night, because you see, you don't believe in tigers.
This is a bad idea anywhere.
Doing it with a neighbouring country, is truly dangerous.
If only from a self interested lens you’d think they could see how bad an idea this is.
Doing it with a neighbouring country, is truly dangerous.
If only from a self interested lens you’d think they could see how bad an idea this is.
New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
This is a bad idea anywhere.
Doing it with a neighbouring country, is truly dangerous.
If only from a self interested lens you’d think they could see how bad an idea this is.
Doing it with a neighbouring country, is truly dangerous.
If only from a self interested lens you’d think they could see how bad an idea this is.
Nice little reply thread from Mia about the (bad) realities of term limits
Hi. I'm a registered lobbyist in the state with formerly the strictest term limits in the country. Term limits destroyed all institutional knowledge and trust in the legislature. Yes we became more influential, as did legislative staff & the Executive Branch, but we still backed term limits reform.
January 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Nice little reply thread from Mia about the (bad) realities of term limits
It’s not a suggestion. There’s mountains of evidence that terms limits aren’t good, and don’t do what most people think they would do.
I disagree with the suggestion that term limits would further empower lobbyists and therefore we shouldn't consider them as a viable path forward. The current system of federal elected officials who are financially incentivized to become insider traders until they choose to retire isn't working.
January 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
It’s not a suggestion. There’s mountains of evidence that terms limits aren’t good, and don’t do what most people think they would do.
Feels like how would be the time for every European nation to donate a special forces team to Greenland, for the PM’s protection detail.
January 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Feels like how would be the time for every European nation to donate a special forces team to Greenland, for the PM’s protection detail.
You know, when I said I’d like to live in precedented times, this wasn’t what I had in mind.
January 4, 2026 at 1:42 PM
You know, when I said I’d like to live in precedented times, this wasn’t what I had in mind.
Dick Cheney just rolled in his grave saying “maybe Trump’s ok after all”
January 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Dick Cheney just rolled in his grave saying “maybe Trump’s ok after all”
Gonna need to update this piece real quick
The new year is shaping up to be a consequential one, from control of power in Washington to the agenda President Trump pursues. n.pr/3Libakq
What will Trump do next? 13 questions for politics in 2026
The new year is shaping up to be a consequential one, from control of power in Washington to the agenda President Trump pursues.
n.pr
January 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Gonna need to update this piece real quick
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The fact that someone calculated that a $25,000,000 political donation in a six month period was a rational business decision says a lot about how precarious the people pushing AI think the fate of the technology is.
In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
January 3, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The fact that someone calculated that a $25,000,000 political donation in a six month period was a rational business decision says a lot about how precarious the people pushing AI think the fate of the technology is.
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This is a big win. We need to celebrate when they happen.
Trump Abandons Efforts to Deploy National Guard to 3 Major Cities
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:52 PM
This is a big win. We need to celebrate when they happen.
You cannot buy culture or cool with money or power, and they cannot stand it.
Trumpers have a howling void of angry insecurity where a soul should be. Unchecked power tastes like ashes in their mouth because they thought when they got it everyone would be forced to like and admire them even though they’re irredeemable assholes. But people still treat them like assholes.
Trump crony has embarrassing meltdown after more Kennedy Center performers quit www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
December 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You cannot buy culture or cool with money or power, and they cannot stand it.