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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Most US students graduate college in 4 years or less, a new study finds. 8% complete a bachelor's in 3 years or less. Nearly 7K finished within a year in 2024-25. wapo.st/4AFdBSU (gift link)

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

What do you think of the Princeton Review's list of brst college newspapers?

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This statue is in Franklin Square in DC. It does not depict Ben Franklin (or any Franklin).

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I looked into the firestorm about @umich.edu's plans to mask grades for first-semester students. Turns out some other schools have had similar programs for decades.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has offered some form of pass/no credit for first-year students since 1968. And Swarthmore College stopped publishing letter grades for first-semester students on transcripts in the 1970s.

“It’s very surprising to me that it is controversial,” said Richard Wicentowski, provost and computer science professor at Swarthmore.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Outside the National Museum of the American Indian today.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Washington, DC has a replica of the Liberty Bell without the famous crack.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I guess you can bet on anything.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Diversity scholarships are gradually becoming harder to find.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Clear skies before the storm earlier today. The view from Monticello on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's death (July 4, 1826). John Adams died the same day.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Unfortunately, the fair was temporarily closed due to the weather.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Auto loans overtook student loans as the biggest source of US consumer debt, after student loan pause. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

You can search the full list of programs the Department of Education has warned are at risk of losing funding based on early data and calculations.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

But even low-paying majors at elite colleges lose access to federal financial aid.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Trade schools serving the beauty industry are also worried about the new rules.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Religious programs would be especially hard hit by the new Ed Dept accountability rules. See these estimates from the agency based on preliminary data

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Stopped by the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

One of the penguins has a newspaper.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Today, I learned the first person to receive a Social Security check, Ida May Fuller of Vermont, lived to be 100. She paid $24.75 of taxes into the program over 3 years before she retired at 65. Over the next 35 years, she collected $22,888.92. www.ssa.gov/history/idap...

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Visited Harpers Ferry, WV for the first time.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

See any issues with the map? It was posted in the US Secretary of Education's social media account. wapo.st/3PTPgpL (gift link) @washingtonpost.com

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Washington DC is shutting down its light rail line this week. The DC Streetcar runs 2.4 miles.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Washington is wild about cherry blossoms.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has given up enforcing the state public records law. #FOIA @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/m...

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Gray day in DC, but no snow.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Today, I learned #Florida has its own "embassy" in DC near the Library of Congress and Supreme Court.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

But the numbers vary dramatically by state. We created a map to let you see the numbers for where you live. wapo.st/49ZrcJk

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

A decade ago, far more US students took the ACT than the SAT. Since then, the SAT has overtaken the ACT and widened its lead. wapo.st/49ZrcJk @washingtonpost

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Remember when @ire.org conference audio recordings were only available on CDs?

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

After the shooting at Brown, hundreds of people volunteered to give blood in Rhode Island, the biggest response since 9/11. wapo.st/49dVGXJ @washingtonpost.com

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

At Brown University today, a staff member decided to offer "free mom hugs." I saw many students take her up on the offer. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/... @washingtonpost.com

Woman holding large stuffed bear with pink sign that says free mom hugs.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Massachusetts State House last night.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This email. #FOIA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/20/m...

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

And separately, Open App reported fewer international students applying to come to the US for college next year.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

So the number of new students is falling much more than total enrollment – for now.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A trade group released some new data today. It shows a big decline in graduate students has been offset by grads staying on for internships and other work.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The data has been a bit confusing. 19% fewer people entered the US on student visas in August.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Been a while since I had a byline in print. @washingtonpost.com

Black, Latin and international enrollment drop at Harvard.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

First day at the Washington Post.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Start of the Honk parade in Cambridge/Somerville, Mass.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Signing off from public radio today. It was my last day at @wbur.org in Boston.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

The turkeys kept pecking at the chrome on this SUV. Guessing they saw their reflection and thought it was another turkey.

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The @aclum.bsky.social requested police records about license plate readers. One Mass. city asked for $1.8 million, according to @massterlist.com #FOIA

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Todd Wallack @twallack.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

181 (based on a 2011 analysis). www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/b...

“….As many as 181 local stations shutting down.”

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