Bradley D. Custer
@bradleydeanc.bsky.social
Higher Education | Federal Civil Servant | former #sapro | #UnionStrong | he/him | views my own https://michiganstate.academia.edu/BradleyCuster
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Killing the American Dream: How Republicans Are Closing The Door on Working & Middle-Class Students
YouTube video by Mazie Hirono
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“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...
My full testimony at Senator Hirono’s spotlight hearing on #highered www.youtube.com/live/nbJIKR0...
My reflections on the illegal destruction of the U.S. Department of Education for @circulatingideas.bsky.social. It’s not too late to fix this! #highered #academicsky
I was honored to interview Bradley Dean for the Circulating Ideas podcast. Bradley really did a fantastic job in this interview. @circulatingideas.bsky.social
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301: Federal Education Policy, with Dr. Bradley Custer
Guest host Troy Swanson chats with Dr. Bradley Custer, higher education expert, about his experience at the U.S. Department of Education, the impact of recent mass firings, and what these changes m…
circulatingideas.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My reflections on the illegal destruction of the U.S. Department of Education for @circulatingideas.bsky.social. It’s not too late to fix this! #highered #academicsky
My comments in @bostonglobe.com on how dismantling of ED affects colleges: “When you haphazardly cut whole teams, and people from other teams quit or are forced to retire, there are going to be problems with everything.” @ditikohli.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/b...
Massive cuts at the Department of Education are causing big problems at Massachusetts colleges - The Boston Globe
Local universities rely on the agency in order to disburse financial aid disbursement, create new programs, or merge with other institutions. Now, they're scrambling.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
My comments in @bostonglobe.com on how dismantling of ED affects colleges: “When you haphazardly cut whole teams, and people from other teams quit or are forced to retire, there are going to be problems with everything.” @ditikohli.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/b...
Before I was illegally fired from FSA, some of my most challenging student loan borrower complaints involved problems with TPD. It’s critical that ED is staffed sufficiently to run this program and oversee contractors. New from me for TICAS. #highered #studentdebt
The Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) program has long helped lift the burden of student debt for individuals with severe disabilities. But changes at the Dept of Ed pose a threat to this program. Our latest brief & blog explain what’s at stake: buff.ly/tSvuPOw
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Before I was illegally fired from FSA, some of my most challenging student loan borrower complaints involved problems with TPD. It’s critical that ED is staffed sufficiently to run this program and oversee contractors. New from me for TICAS. #highered #studentdebt
“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...
My full testimony at Senator Hirono’s spotlight hearing on #highered www.youtube.com/live/nbJIKR0...
Killing the American Dream: How Republicans Are Closing The Door on Working & Middle-Class Students
YouTube video by Mazie Hirono
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“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...
My full testimony at Senator Hirono’s spotlight hearing on #highered www.youtube.com/live/nbJIKR0...
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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.
June 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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.
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The headline kind of says it all, but you should read the whole piece thehill.com/opinion/educ...
The Department of Education is paying us not to work. We would rather be working.
Since mid-March, the Trump administration has blocked me and hundreds of others from doing any work while we continue to receive full pay and benefits.
thehill.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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...
thehill.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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
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April 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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...
I was fired from the Education Department. There will be no winners without it | Opinion
Alliance native Bradley Custer was recently let go from the U.S. Department of Education. He writes about what could happen to education without it.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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
November 30, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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What states get the biggest benefit from the US Department of Education (@usedgov)
November 20, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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...
CFPB Report Details Student Borrower Harms from Servicing Failures and Program Disruptions | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The CFPB released the annual report of the Student Loan Ombudsman, highlighting severe difficulties reported by student borrowers in consumer complaints.
www.consumerfinance.gov
November 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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...
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Prison Education
Written by activists and scholars based in Australia, Kenya, Pakistan, New Zealand, South Africa, Uganda and the USA, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Prison Educatio…
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October 28, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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...
Fall scenes at Harper’s Ferry, WV
October 28, 2023 at 9:12 PM
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.
The new regs from Department of Ed
include a really strong provision limiting transcript withholding. The changes will make it easier for millions of students to prove they they have the credits they have completed. More on why this is such a big deal in the blog
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
include a really strong provision limiting transcript withholding. The changes will make it easier for millions of students to prove they they have the credits they have completed. More on why this is such a big deal in the blog
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Department of Education Limits Colleges' Ability to Hold Transcripts.
New rules will prevent colleges and universities from withholding transcripts from students for periods of enrollment they received federal financial aid for and paid their bill in full.
www.newamerica.org
October 25, 2023 at 8:38 PM
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.