tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Wish I could make this event next week at @uwmadison.bsky.social with the @nytimes.com! today.wisc.edu/events/view/...today.wisc.eduTruth and the 2026 Election: Do You Trust the News? | UW–Madison Events Calendar 000
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 25/06/2026NEW REPORT: Effective Leadership in State Higher Education: Advice from the Field highlights advice and stories from nearly 40 current and former state higher education executives from across the country. Read the full report: ow.ly/QJlw50Zh1f7 022
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 15/06/2026...he carried a deep skepticism of debt as a financing tool for higher education, deriding long-term loan-repayment schemes as Student Life Indenture Plans, or SLIP. He believed in an income-based repayment system called the “progressive income tax.” www.chronicle.com/article/the-...chronicle.comOpinion | The Man Who Predicted the Student-Loan Crisis — in 1969Allan Ostar foresaw our unsustainable system but could not prevent it. 010
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Universities foster brilliant minds that help fuel the economic engine, creating prosperity for all. 💸💸 #InvestInEducation #WhyCollegeMatters 011
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Join us in welcoming our State Policy Interns! 🎉 This summer, Mya will support our Holistic Advising for Student Success project, while Jaden will contribute to the development of a state #highered governance database and peer identification tool. More: ow.ly/XS4v50Z1PX9 021
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 15/04/2026We’re in Chicago this week for our inaugural in-person Economic and Workforce Development Officers Meeting. As higher education and the workforce continue to align, we’re looking forward to diving into conversations with our members around state needs, trends, labor market needs, etc. 011
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Kicking us off this morning is Jeff Strohl, Research Professor and Director at Georgetown CEW, with a dynamic presentation on the changing nature and relationship of higher education and the economy. 011
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialEric Kelderman @erickelderman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026#negreg The group has wrapped up the second day, and a smaller caucus of the accreditors and institutions is meeting to discuss how they will approach the dept's proposals for monitoring Civil Rights, free speech and acad. freedom - the caucus is supposed to report publicly in the morning 021
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialEric Kelderman @erickelderman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026#negreg - first real flash of anger from Mark Becker, board chair of CPHE, who tells the dept that the narrative about runaway tuition, at public colleges at least is 'patently false.' Cost drivers are fed compliance which will increase with the proposed regs, Becker says 042
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 13/04/2026NEW POST: Check out our latest blog post, a Q&A with Dr. Zachary Barricklow from the North Carolina Community College System Office, on how data and strategic partnerships inform efforts to strengthen outcomes for rural institutions. ow.ly/Vq5F50YIr11 011
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Associate VP @cgheesling.bsky.social is speaking today with @ithakasr.bsky.social's Holistic Credit Mobility project about the changing national landscape regarding workforce Pell, regional accreditation, and three-year bachelor’s degree programs and their impacts on credit mobility efforts. 032
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 01/08/2025🗓️ We’ve recently published a series of six research papers and a synthesis paper that provides a brief overview of each paper, identifies key themes across findings, and concludes with policy implications and recommendations. Check them out here: ow.ly/wxAI50WyjbY 044
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 30/07/2025The Department of Justice issued guidance for all organizations receiving federal funding regarding DEI. Notably, it seems to put top ten percent admission plans on shaky ground because of references to geographic targeting.justice.gov 3205
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 11/07/2025This morning, Associate VP @carrienklein.bsky.social spoke on a panel at the State Financial Aid Research Network Annual Conference about our role in the data space; the scope of state #highereddata; levers and challenges of state data use; and opportunities for state data in uncertain times. 011
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Join us in welcoming Dr. Corey Gheesling! 👏 As our new Associate Vice President, he will focus on building SHEEO's workforce development portfolio to assist state higher ed agencies in their efforts to meet economic & workforce demands. ow.ly/BOq850WmvkH @cgheesling.bsky.social 031
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialAmy Ellen Duke-Benfield @amyellen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Don’t just look at the higher ed provisions in the bill. The impact of the Medicaid and SNAP cuts on state budgets will lead to cuts in state higher ed funding. 064
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialJames S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 03/07/2025The biggest impact of this legislation on higher ed is going to come from the budget hits states are going to take. There's a lot in a state budget that can't be cut. Higher ed can be. That's likely to make higher education more expensive for millions of people. www.chronicle.com/article/what...chronicle.comWhat Republicans’ Sprawling Policy Bill Means for Higher EdTrump’s signature legislation now heads to his desk after passing the House. It hikes some endowment taxes, remakes student aid, and introduces a new accountability standard for colleges. 11111
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 03/07/2025"The Office of State Planning and Budgeting estimated that the GOP megabill will decrease state revenues by as much as $500 million and increase costs to the state by as much as $650 million." www.cohousedems.com/news/gop-meg...cohousedems.comGOP Megabill Slashes Medicaid & SNAP, Blows Massive Hole in State Budget 020
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 02/07/2025We're teaming up with @ithakasr.bsky.social on a new project to assess how state higher education agencies use IPEDS to support their systems, inform policy and planning, and advance credential attainment and other postsecondary education goals. Learn more: sr.ithaka.org/blog/uses-of... 023
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialDaniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 03/07/2025New York City had free college tuition at all CUNY schools for 130 years 5746901144
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialJordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · 02/07/2025House/Senate are set to eliminate Grad PLUS, and put in place loan limits that would dramatically restrict graduate borrowing. Media coverage emphasizes impact this may have on very expensive programs like Medicine and Dentistry, but @peerresearch.bsky.social finds impact will be much(!) broader 1/ 34833
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 02/07/2025This is a step forward. www.dailycardinal.com/article/2025...dailycardinal.comEvers, lawmakers agree to increase UW System funding by $256 millionGov. Tony Evers and Republican legislative leaders reached a tentative agreement to increase the UW System budget by the largest amount in about two decades. 010
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 28/06/2025You all know what is coming for #highered www.politico.com/news/2025/06...politico.com‘Big, beautiful bill’ spurs Democratic plans for emergency actions to counter cutsCalifornia, Connecticut, New York, New Mexico and Minnesota are among the states weighing plans to call lawmakers back to address the fallout. 000
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialEddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social · 28/06/2025No, donors wont, they cant. The NIH alone made about $34 billion in grants a year. Gates, the biggest foundation in the world, has $77 billion in assets. Philanthropy is important, but it won’t save us. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...nytimes.comCan Donors Fill the Major Budget Holes That Colleges Face Under Trump? 0102
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialJames S. Murphy @jamessmurphy.bsky.social · 28/06/2025If the Senate version of the endowment tax passes, not only will universities pay much less than the House proposed, but many fewer colleges will pay the endowment tax than pay it *currently*. 2219
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 28/06/2025All I see here is top notch ball security, elite contact balance, a willingness to grind out tough yards btwn the tackles, and surprising burst after he finds daylight 931240693776
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Byrd Bath for higher ed provisions www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...budget.senate.govRepublicans’ “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Includes Additional Provisions That Violate the Byrd Rule | U.S. Senate Committee On The BudgetThe Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget 000
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Back of the envelope calculation from the other day using CBPP data---the House cuts to SNAP in Pennsylvania would be 47% of the state's higher ed budget. Doesn't count additional administrative costs, Medicaid, etc. Just one SNAP provision. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...nytimes.comTuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities 000
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 20/06/2025I don't like the New York Times referring to regional public universities with their own presidents as "outposts." That comes across as very dismissive of the workhorses of higher education. 1121948
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 20/06/2025The bill in Congress in going to make this much, much worse. As as recent op-ed in Inside Higher Ed noted-"You ain't seen nothing yet." Tuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...nytimes.comTuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities 000
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 19/06/2025I called this correctly in 2023. “Every budget cycle for the past 10 years, the Wisconsin Legislature conjures up a new reason not to fund the UW system,” he said. “Now it’s DEI, but in 2025 it will be something else.” ---Inside Higher Ed 12/8/23 01211
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 14/06/2025A strong argument can be made that the most important public #highered provisions in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" aren't in the education section. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...cbpp.orgResearch Note: Senate Republican Leaders’ Proposal Risks Deep Cuts to Food Assistance, Some States Ending SNAP Entirely | Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesStates, which must balance their budgets every year, would struggle to absorb these substantial new costs. 010
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Interesting that selective service is highlighting state-level grant aid. x.com/SSS_gov/stat...x.comSelective Service on X: "Make sure the young men in your life are ready for a successful future!" / XMake sure the young men in your life are ready for a successful future! 000
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The man who is wrote the article below ("The very integrity of the academic enterprise is rightly being questioned") is the same man who was found in the cache of files from the tobacco industry arguing about the benefits of allowing smoking indoors. www.independent.org/article/2025...independent.orgApproaching Academic Armageddon: News Article – Independent InstituteOver a mere two days recently (May 14-15), the major daily news outlets serving higher education, Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Education, 000
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialEddy Conroy @econroy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Middle America is gonna be stoked when tuition increases at every 4-year public with more than a handful of Chinese students. 29463102
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Just a reminder that there will be more headlines about the student loan repayment crisis in the months ahead. Public higher ed leaders predicted this crisis decades ago, but policymakers chose a different path. 021
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 23/05/2025🗓️ Have you registered for our 2025 Higher Education Policy Conference yet? Join us in Minneapolis this August to hear from states and organizations making an impact on policies and practices that are shaping higher education across the country. Register today! bit.ly/policyconfer... 011
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 15/05/2025I shared some thoughts with Inside Higher Ed about why we're likely at the high point for state higher ed funding for years to come. And tuition revenue isn't going to save the day, either.insidehighered.comState Higher Ed Funding Rose Slightly Last YearFunding rose slightly last year but could hit a ceiling as federal cuts put budgets in a bind. With tuition revenue dropping, public institutions may face difficult financial decisions. 051
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025State public financial aid per FTE increased 4.8% from 2023 to 2024 and reached an all-time high of $1,155 per FTE enrolled student. These funds made up 9.9% of all education appropriations. Financial aid per FTE increased in 31 states in the last year. 121
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025After 12 straight years of declines, public FTE enrollment increased, reaching 10.4 million in 2024, up 2.9% since 2023, but still down 10.8% from an enrollment peak in 2011. #SHEF 121
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025#SHEF shows public higher education appropriations increased just 0.8% beyond inflation, still, funding surpassed pre-COVID-19 pandemic funding levels in 2019 by 17.9%. 121
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025RELEASE: The FY24 State Higher Education Finance Report is now available! The latest SHEF data shows a minimal funding increase to public colleges. State and local government funding for higher education totaled $139.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. A 🧵: 132
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025All of this right here. www.chronicle.com/article/a-lo...chronicle.comOpinion | A Looming Crisis for Public CollegesIf the federal government cuts Medicaid spending, state funding for higher ed will evaporate. 010
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialKarin Fischer @karinfischer.bsky.social · 15/04/2025An internal memo says that the Trump administration has proposed the elimination of all funding for State Department educational and cultural programs, including the Fulbright scholarship, the flagship U.S. exchange program www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comTrump plan would slash State Dept. funding by nearly half, memo saysAn internal document reviewed by The Post targets spending on humanitarian assistance, global health, and international organizations such as the United Nations and NATO. 036
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 06/04/2025A Stanford bachelor's degree recipient in American studies tells men to rethink college and get back to the factory floor. And it's worth noting that many good manufacturing jobs require some type of college education.wsj.comOpinion | A Good Man for U.S. Manufacturing Is Hard to FindAmerican factories are already having difficulty filling jobs, and not because of trade policy. 097
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialJonaki Mehta @jonakimehta.bsky.social · 05/04/2025but there are no federal or State laws prohibiting the principles of DEI,"says the letter. The NY dept says it already follows civil rights laws, including Title VI. 141705256
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialJonaki Mehta @jonakimehta.bsky.social · 05/04/2025New York Dept of Education says it will not comply with the US Dept of Ed's order to certify their schools are getting rid of DEI programs. "We understand that the current administration seeks to censor anything it deems ‘diversity, equity & inclusion... 8070551357
tlharnisch.bsky.social @tlharnisch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025These tariffs could have real effects on construction projects, including those in higher ed www.constructiondive.com/news/trump-t...constructiondive.comSweeping new tariffs put future construction projects at riskDespite exemptions for key building materials, import taxes announced Wednesday by President Donald Trump could lead to a slowdown in new work, experts say. 000
Reposted by @tlharnisch.bsky.socialState Higher Education Executive Officers Association @sheeoed.bsky.social · 28/03/2025SHEEO President @roba88.bsky.social is giving a national perspective on the value of higher education this afternoon on a panel at the University of Georgia's Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education's Momentum & Barriers Symposium: Promoting the Value of Higher Education. Thanks for having us! 021