Eric Kelderman
@erickelderman.bsky.social
Senior Writer for @chronicle
Baseball fan (#NATITUDE)
Des Moines, IA native
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Des Moines, IA native
Trombonist
He/Him/His
Tell me your story: eric.kelderman@chronicle.com
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Eric Kelderman
@erickelderman.bsky.social
· Mar 19
‘We Have More Athletes Than We Have Fans’
Many small colleges have invested in sports to boost enrollment. What happens when it doesn’t work?
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1/ Here is my latest: An in-depth look at the connection between enrollment and athletics at small, private colleges:
Bottom line is, that adding sports is not a sure-fire way to increase or even stabilize enrollment, as is sometimes promoted.
www.chronicle.com/article/we-h...
Bottom line is, that adding sports is not a sure-fire way to increase or even stabilize enrollment, as is sometimes promoted.
www.chronicle.com/article/we-h...
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I took a quick look at the debt and earnings levels of programs that the negotiated rulemaking committee deemed "professional," as well as other large doctoral programs that were excluded (in spite of having better debt-to-earnings ratios).
robertkelchen.com/2025/11/10/e...
robertkelchen.com/2025/11/10/e...
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I took a quick look at the debt and earnings levels of programs that the negotiated rulemaking committee deemed "professional," as well as other large doctoral programs that were excluded (in spite of having better debt-to-earnings ratios).
robertkelchen.com/2025/11/10/e...
robertkelchen.com/2025/11/10/e...
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
Hot take: a major challenge for higher ed right now is responding to threats from the Trump administration without making it seem like (or acknowledging) you're responding to threats from the Trump administration...
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hot take: a major challenge for higher ed right now is responding to threats from the Trump administration without making it seem like (or acknowledging) you're responding to threats from the Trump administration...
A play in two acts:
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A play in two acts:
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Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
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"Cornell is the fourth institution to achieve an agreement with the Trump administration to restore federal money, following Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown University." www.chronicle.com/article/corn...
Cornell Will Pay $60 Million and Provide Admissions Data in Deal to Restore Federal Funding
The university, which had seen hundreds of millions of dollars frozen, said the deal “will enable us to return to our teaching and research in restored partnership with federal agencies.”
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November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Cornell is the fourth institution to achieve an agreement with the Trump administration to restore federal money, following Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown University." www.chronicle.com/article/corn...
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Every faculty member should read this @bethmcmurtrie.bsky.social story on how faculty are and aren’t using AI www.chronicle.com/article/ai-h...
AI Has Joined the Faculty
More instructors are teaching with it. Is it making their courses better or dragging the profession down?
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November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Every faculty member should read this @bethmcmurtrie.bsky.social story on how faculty are and aren’t using AI www.chronicle.com/article/ai-h...
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
My previous story on CPHE: www.chronicle.com/article/will...
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My previous story on CPHE: www.chronicle.com/article/will...
From today's FL Bd. of Gov meeting, the Commission for Public Higher Ed, announced cohort of 10 colleges to test its standards:
Texas A&M: Kingsville, Texarkana
U System of GA: Columbus State, Ga. Southern
SUS FL: FL Polytech, FL Atlantic U
UNC: App State, NC Central
FL State colleges: Chipola
Texas A&M: Kingsville, Texarkana
U System of GA: Columbus State, Ga. Southern
SUS FL: FL Polytech, FL Atlantic U
UNC: App State, NC Central
FL State colleges: Chipola
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
From today's FL Bd. of Gov meeting, the Commission for Public Higher Ed, announced cohort of 10 colleges to test its standards:
Texas A&M: Kingsville, Texarkana
U System of GA: Columbus State, Ga. Southern
SUS FL: FL Polytech, FL Atlantic U
UNC: App State, NC Central
FL State colleges: Chipola
Texas A&M: Kingsville, Texarkana
U System of GA: Columbus State, Ga. Southern
SUS FL: FL Polytech, FL Atlantic U
UNC: App State, NC Central
FL State colleges: Chipola
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BLS job numbers are on hold during the shutdown and there are broader concerns about the integrity of that data moving forward after Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner in August. So how good of a substitute is ADP data? New analysis explores: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BLS job numbers are on hold during the shutdown and there are broader concerns about the integrity of that data moving forward after Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner in August. So how good of a substitute is ADP data? New analysis explores: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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Pursuant to the piece I posted earlier about Nebraska, the Faculty Senate is now considering a no-confidence vote in Rodney Bennett.
UNL Faculty Senate to weigh ‘no confidence’ vote against campus chancellor Nov. 18 • Nebraska Examiner
Faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are set to consider a “no confidence” vote in Chancellor Rodney Bennett.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Pursuant to the piece I posted earlier about Nebraska, the Faculty Senate is now considering a no-confidence vote in Rodney Bennett.
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I may pull my hair out of if I see one more news outlet report on a decline in the number of international students coming to the U.S. and equate it to the number of new students: www.nytimes.com/video/upshot.... It's only PART of the picture, as I spell out here. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I may pull my hair out of if I see one more news outlet report on a decline in the number of international students coming to the U.S. and equate it to the number of new students: www.nytimes.com/video/upshot.... It's only PART of the picture, as I spell out here. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
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Ok “mamdani and spanberger/sherrill took two wildly different paths to winning” is not the take, people. Really. Not everything is a left vs. center battle for the soul of the party.
Come with me. 1/
Come with me. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Ok “mamdani and spanberger/sherrill took two wildly different paths to winning” is not the take, people. Really. Not everything is a left vs. center battle for the soul of the party.
Come with me. 1/
Come with me. 1/
Hey all, I'll be at #ASHE, in Denver, next week Wednesday, Nov. 12 & Thursday, Nov. 13
If you're going to be there and want to chat, please let me know!!
If you're going to be there and want to chat, please let me know!!
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hey all, I'll be at #ASHE, in Denver, next week Wednesday, Nov. 12 & Thursday, Nov. 13
If you're going to be there and want to chat, please let me know!!
If you're going to be there and want to chat, please let me know!!
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Now that the dust has settled on that crazy World Series, it still strikes me how unlikely it was that Max Scherzer got one (last?) October run. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
Max Scherzer gave the Blue Jays all he had. They helped keep him going.
The future Hall of Famer wasn’t sure he could continue pitching at his lowest points this spring. He ended up starting Game 7 of the World Series.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Now that the dust has settled on that crazy World Series, it still strikes me how unlikely it was that Max Scherzer got one (last?) October run. www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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okay the kids are off to school so
I filed dozens of FOIAs to learn what programs were selling the most booze
the answer is obviously Wisconsin (by a LOT lmao) but here's who else cracked the top of the list. raw sales data and per capita data here:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/who-is-sel...
I filed dozens of FOIAs to learn what programs were selling the most booze
the answer is obviously Wisconsin (by a LOT lmao) but here's who else cracked the top of the list. raw sales data and per capita data here:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/who-is-sel...
Who is selling the most booze at football games this year? We FOIA'd to find out.
SURPRISE! Wisconsin football fans enjoy adult beverages, film at 11.
www.extrapointsmb.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
okay the kids are off to school so
I filed dozens of FOIAs to learn what programs were selling the most booze
the answer is obviously Wisconsin (by a LOT lmao) but here's who else cracked the top of the list. raw sales data and per capita data here:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/who-is-sel...
I filed dozens of FOIAs to learn what programs were selling the most booze
the answer is obviously Wisconsin (by a LOT lmao) but here's who else cracked the top of the list. raw sales data and per capita data here:
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/who-is-sel...