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James S. Murphy

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Sometimes I write slow, sometimes I write quick. Mostly about college stuff. Email: [email protected] Website: www.jamessmurphy.com

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · Nov 20

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

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 5h

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 11h

Comments are due today. You and/or your institution still have time to let your voice be heard.

James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

Comments on Department of Education's plans to add a *massive* new survey component to IPEDS are due this Tuesday. Here are the 4 recommendations I made as a private citizen in my comment.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 18h

Quite the detail in there.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Now any university or college can sign away its autonomy to a President famous for not delivering on his side of a contract. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT

The Trump administration is inviting all US colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in re...

www.bloomberg.com

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 2d

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

Here are some of the really good comments that have been posted about how the admissions transparency survey will be a huge administrative burden. Many colleges have a single employee who handles reporting to IPEDS and that's a small part of their work.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

Almost 90% of the comment on this admissions data collection, which will likely be used to target universities the Trump Administration does not like, have been generated been generated by a Facebook petition.

There's still time for authentic feedback.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

Most important of all, here's where your voice can be heard if you care about accuracy and integrity. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2024-25 Through 2026-27

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing a revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

www.federalregister.gov

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

On the off chance you want to read the entire, quite long comment, here's a link: jamessmurphy.com/2025/10/12/m...

How to Improve College Admissions Transparency

Explore James Murphy's insights on admissions transparency in this comprehensive document. Download now for a deeper understanding.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 2d

Comments on Department of Education's plans to add a *massive* new survey component to IPEDS are due this Tuesday. Here are the 4 recommendations I made as a private citizen in my comment.

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 2d

More info about the illegal firings at the US Dept of Education have been shared by the staff union with advocates.

Notably absent is the office that will implement the “Beautiful Bill,” which will significantly increase many student loan borrowers’ payments.

Full list of affected offices below ⬇️

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 3d

15% of American kids are served by IDEA.

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 3d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

I added Carleton to the tracker. Now up to 15 colleges and universities, which is less than half what I had at this point last year.

James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

"Nearly the entirety of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education was laid off, too. Among many responsibilities, that office is in charge of making sure that states annually check to see whether kids are learning subjects like reading & math at grade level." www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department lays off roughly 20 percent of its workforce amid shutdown

The number was made public Friday from the Justice Department, after the White House delivered on its threat of a fresh wave of firings

www.usatoday.com

James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

Worth noting who is served the most by the Department of Education...as Russ Vought guts the agency even further.

James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · Nov 20

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

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Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social · 4d

Another 466 employees being laid off from the Department of Education. Remember this was the plan all along: Traumatize the federal workforce. Dismantle ED. Break the institutions.

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

Go Hoos!

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4d

The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

theonion.com/teen-who-jus...

Teen Who Just Discovered Led Zeppelin Starting To Piss Off Friends

GURNEE, IL—Mark Campa, 16, who has listened to and talked about Led Zeppelin almost exclusively since discovering the ’70s rock group over the summer, is "really starting to piss off" his friends, sou...

theonion.com

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

I looked at changes in enrollment shares for first-year classes in 2022 & 2023 vs. 2024 & 2023 (aka pre- and post-SFFA decision).

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 4d

Loved the part where they note MIT does not have legacy admissions— an item curiously missing from the administration’s demands about “fairness” and “merit”

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Josh Moody @byjoshmoody.bsky.social · 4d

MIT rejects "compact" proposed by the Trump administration.
MIT prez wrote: it "would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution" and "is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

orgchart.mit.edu

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James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

Hypothesis: The world would be a little better if phones did not have speakers.

James S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

New Norway tariff incoming

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