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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Jul 24

One billionaire has waged a five-year campaign to force Credit Suisse and later UBS to examine the mishandling of Holocaust victims’ money — and that quest is nearing completion.

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A Billionaire’s Quest to Find Credit Suisse Nazi Accounts Puts UBS in the Spotlight

Ronald Lauder has led a push to reopen investigations after he helped reach a $1.25 billion settlement in the 1990s. He thinks that deal left billions on the table.

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Gregory Korte @gregorykorte.com · Jul 24

NEW: Federal officials pressuring Harvard University over allegations of mishandling antisemitism on campus considered an unprecedented tactic to force compliance: placing a lien on school property.
-- with @janetlorin.bsky.social

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Harvard Faced Threat of Trump Team Placing Lien on Its Property

Federal officials pressuring Harvard University over allegations of mishandling antisemitism on campus considered an unprecedented tactic to force compliance: placing a lien on school property.

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Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social · Jun 26

I’ll be taking a few weeks off but will be back on July 14 to hit the ground running, and will be staying in D.C. so please reach out to talk education policy!

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Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social · Jun 26

I’m beyond excited for this next chapter, but it’s bittersweet to leave IHE after three formative years. I got to work with a sharp, indomitable team of excellent editors and journalists at a pivotal time for the higher education beat, and I’m so proud of the work we’ve done.

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Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social · Jun 26

Some personal news: tomorrow will be my last day at Inside Higher Ed.

I’m thrilled to be joining @bloomberg.com as education reporter, covering the Trump administration's efforts to reshape the education landscape.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · Jun 26

DeSantis Announces Launch of New Accreditor

Florida governor announced the state is launching its own accrediting body. Other states involved in the effort are Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4k8PL8s

DeSantis Announces Launch of New Accreditor

Florida governor announced the state is launching its own accrediting body. Other states involved in the effort are Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

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Colleen Flaherty @cflaihe.bsky.social · Jun 16

Only about 12 percent of nondegree credentials offered graduates significant wage gains of 10 percent or more that they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise compared to similar workers. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Nondegree Credentials Yield Mixed Outcomes

The American Enterprise Institute and Burning Glass Institute analyzed upward of 23,000 nondegree programs to see how well they meet learners’ goals.

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Susan Greenberg @susanhgreenberg.insidehighered.com · Jun 16

Workforce Pell, which both houses of Congress support, would allow students enrolled in short-term credential programs to receive the federal aid grants. That could spur unaccredited providers to seek a piece of the burgeoning credentials market. @liamknox.bsky.social reports: tinyurl.com/un455zu9

Workforce Pell Would Extend Grants to Unaccredited Programs

Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell eligibility to short-term credential programs. With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · Jun 16

Congress Opens the Credential Floodgates

Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell eligibility to short-term credential programs. With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4jOZctB

Workforce Pell Would Extend Grants to Unaccredited Programs

Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell eligibility to short-term credential programs. With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers.

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Sara Custer @saracuster.insidehighered.com · Jun 16

Could congress' proposed workforce Pell provision unlock the floodgates to thousands of unaccredited non-degree awarding providers? @liamknox.bsky.social reports www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Workforce Pell Would Extend Grants to Unaccredited Programs

Lawmakers are poised to extend Pell eligibility to short-term credential programs. With few guardrails in place, it could incentivize an explosion in unaccredited and for-profit providers.

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Susan Greenberg @susanhgreenberg.insidehighered.com · Jun 12

Why did the Fulbright foreign scholars' board members resign en masse? @liamknox.bsky.social has the inside story:
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Fulbright Board Resigns En Masse Over Political Interference

Nearly the entire scholarship board quit Wednesday in protest of the Trump administration’s intervention in the selection process, which they say was politically motivated and illegal.

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Katherine Knott @knottkatherine.bsky.social · Jun 5

So much is happening and the Senate is looking to pass its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill in two weeks. Here's @jessicablake.bsky.social on what to expect as we await the draft of the Senate bill.

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What to Expect as the Senate Tackles Reconciliation

The Senate faces a July 4 deadline to pass its own version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, leaving little time for compromise or significant changes.

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Katherine Knott @knottkatherine.bsky.social · Jun 4

Apropos of nothing, but here's my story from October on accreditation.

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Can Republicans take away a college’s accreditation?

But, the federal government has no say in whether an individual college is accredited, experts say. That decision is up to the accreditors.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · Jun 4

After Delays and Public Blowback, Chapel Hill Board Votes Outside Meeting to Award Tenure

After faculty raised alarm over the board’s delay on the decisions, trustees finally debated and voted by email. A couple of them said they generally opposed... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3FGjAPG

After Delay, Chapel Hill Board Votes to Award Tenure

After faculty raised alarm over the board’s delay on the decisions, trustees finally debated and voted by email. A couple of them said they generally opposed tenure.

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Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social · Jun 4

I’ll be on @the1a.org at 10 ET tomorrow to talk all things international students — how they’re navigating the current moment and what’s changed about the Trump admins approach to revoking visas and curtailing international enrollment.

Tune in here: www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

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Katherine Knott @knottkatherine.bsky.social · Jun 2

Community colleges say 400k students could lose their Pell Grant under House Republican’s proposal changes to the program. Here’s why.

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Community Colleges Fear Proposed Changes to Pell

The House’s budget would strip Pell Grants from many part-time students. That’s bad news for community colleges.

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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · May 30

ICYMI: @liamknox.bsky.social on the Trump admin & international students:

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The Latest on International Students in the US | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

Reporter Liam Knox reports on the latest on that plus the dispute between the administration and Harvard over enrolling foreign students.

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Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social · May 30

I’ll be on the Brian Lehrer Show at 9 ET this morning to talk about my reporting on the Fulbright and the Trump administration’s revival of its campaign against international students.

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The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News

Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives.

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Susan Greenberg @susanhgreenberg.insidehighered.com · May 29

The Trump administration has taken its fight against DEI to the Fulbright program, intervening in the selection process to disqualify applicants whose projects focus on race, gender or climate change. Great reporting by @liamknox.bsky.social.
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Fulbright Applicants Rejected Over “DEI” Research Proposals

The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change.

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Liam Knox @liamknox.bsky.social · May 16

NEW: ICE sent emails to dozens of international graduates on OPT threatening deportation unless they provide proof of employment in 15 days.

The scope of the crackdown is unclear, but one advisor told me 28 students from one college got the same letter.
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ICE Warns International Students of More SEVIS Terminations

Immigration officials sent letters to recent international graduates on short-term work visas giving them 15 days to report employment or face removal from the country.

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Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social · May 12

New: The Department of Education appears to be denying the majority of requests from states to unfreeze tens of millions of pandemic relief dollars for K-12 school projects and programs that were already underway. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Billions for Schools Are in Limbo as Trump Admin. Denies State Funding Requests

Chaos and confusion continue to reign as states scramble to spend the last of their COVID relief funds under new deadlines.

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Susan Greenberg @susanhgreenberg.insidehighered.com · May 14

Given the current anti-DEI climate, universities in many red states have canceled affinity graduation celebrations for underrepresented groups on campus. But students are carrying on the tradition themselves, as Johanna Alonso reports:
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Amid DEI Cancellations, Students Hold Affinity Graduations

Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting.

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Susan Greenberg @susanhgreenberg.insidehighered.com · May 13

Colleges may be reluctant to push back publicly on the Trump administration, but they are quietly spending a boatload on lobbying efforts in Washington. @byjoshmoody.bsky.social examined the data to find out just how much: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Colleges Spend Heavily on Lobbying

Amid conflict with the Trump administration, many institutions have increased federal lobbying efforts, in some cases doubling or tripling what they spent in the first quarter of 2024.

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Sara Custer @saracuster.insidehighered.com · May 12

Think calculating the cost of college is already too complicated? Changes proposed in the GOP's reconciliation bill could make it even more difficult, critics say. Supporters of the changes say it will help drive down costs. @liamknox.bsky.social reports www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

How Congress Could Make Paying for College More Complicated

House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to financial aid, federal loans and program cost estimates that could make paying for college more challenging and expensive.

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