Ernest Ezeugo
@ernestezeugo.bsky.social
He/him. I read about, occasionally write about, and study federal policy and higher ed. And sometimes other stuff, too.
Currently: Federal Policy @ Lumina Foundation.
Formerly: Young Invincibles, SHEEO, New America, and team #ED44.
Currently: Federal Policy @ Lumina Foundation.
Formerly: Young Invincibles, SHEEO, New America, and team #ED44.
#ClairObscur: #Expedition33 is a narrative tour de force. Best RPG I’ve played since Final Fantasy XIV in that respect, and if I’m putting aside my biases for the games that introduced me to the genre, it is probably the very best. I’m a sucker for a story about grief though.
May 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#ClairObscur: #Expedition33 is a narrative tour de force. Best RPG I’ve played since Final Fantasy XIV in that respect, and if I’m putting aside my biases for the games that introduced me to the genre, it is probably the very best. I’m a sucker for a story about grief though.
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Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.
Trump Has Now Deported Multiple U.S. Citizen Children With Cancer
Two families who had lived in the United States for years, including a child with cancer and a pregnant mother, were deported by ICE on Friday.
www.rollingstone.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Trump has deported a four-year-old US citizen with a rare form of metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with their doctor.
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A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
stanforddaily.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
I hope you’ll read and share the piece.
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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I wrote about education, citizenship, and the administration’s sledgehammer approach to the gains we’ve made since the civil rights era for @nytopinion.nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
Opinion | When Trump Is Done, What Will Remain of Public Education?
The administration has done everything in its power, and some things beyond its authority, to ensure education is equal no more.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I wrote about education, citizenship, and the administration’s sledgehammer approach to the gains we’ve made since the civil rights era for @nytopinion.nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/o...
A blistering, abject violation of the First Amendment that cannot stand.
Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate — who is a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. — for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many to come.”
Trump Seeks to Expel a Green Card Holder, Mahmoud Khalil, Over Student Protests
Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many to...
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A blistering, abject violation of the First Amendment that cannot stand.
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Looks like new BlueSky users are accelerating again with twitter going down.
If you are new, please stay, we are delightful.
And if you are looking at this, you probably have an interest in higher ed policy, so here is a starter pack for that.
go.bsky.app/4ikmJ3T
If you are new, please stay, we are delightful.
And if you are looking at this, you probably have an interest in higher ed policy, so here is a starter pack for that.
go.bsky.app/4ikmJ3T
March 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Looks like new BlueSky users are accelerating again with twitter going down.
If you are new, please stay, we are delightful.
And if you are looking at this, you probably have an interest in higher ed policy, so here is a starter pack for that.
go.bsky.app/4ikmJ3T
If you are new, please stay, we are delightful.
And if you are looking at this, you probably have an interest in higher ed policy, so here is a starter pack for that.
go.bsky.app/4ikmJ3T
The words strewn across the front of the building — “What Is and What Can Be” — have come to mean a lot to me in my time living in #Baltimore. It’s become one of my driving mottos for my work in federal policy. I, of course, still believe in that ethos. But I’m sad about the magic disappearing.
March 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The words strewn across the front of the building — “What Is and What Can Be” — have come to mean a lot to me in my time living in #Baltimore. It’s become one of my driving mottos for my work in federal policy. I, of course, still believe in that ethos. But I’m sad about the magic disappearing.
By itself, the federal wage theft lawsuit (which I’m sad I didn’t know about before hand) is damning enough, especially considering who Second Chance purports to employ and serve. It all comes across… extremely distasteful, at a minimum. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/nonp...
The house that Second Chance built — for its founder
Second Chance, a nonprofit, helped transform its founder Mark Foster’s Baltimore County $375,000 property, and then bought it from him for $1.5 million.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
By itself, the federal wage theft lawsuit (which I’m sad I didn’t know about before hand) is damning enough, especially considering who Second Chance purports to employ and serve. It all comes across… extremely distasteful, at a minimum. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/nonp...
Well. This is the most personally devastating thing I’ve read in some time. It’s my opinion that the spirit of embezzlement is clear here, even if this deal between Second Chance’s founder and the organization is technically legal. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/nonp...
The house that Second Chance built — for its founder
Second Chance, a nonprofit, helped transform its founder Mark Foster’s Baltimore County $375,000 property, and then bought it from him for $1.5 million.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Well. This is the most personally devastating thing I’ve read in some time. It’s my opinion that the spirit of embezzlement is clear here, even if this deal between Second Chance’s founder and the organization is technically legal. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/economy/nonp...
If you work in higher ed policy and read anything today, you should read @stephmhall.bsky.social on the implications of closing ED on critical programs that help students succeed, complete, and prosper.
For @teenvogue.com today, I wrote about the impact of closing the Dept of Education. Long story short: students of all ages will face a more divided, unequal system that restricts opportunities instead of creating them, and that is the point.
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-w...
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-w...
What Will Happen to Your Student Loans if Trump Closes the Department of Education?
Dismantling the department would put Pell grants and other need-based aid programs at risk.
www.teenvogue.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you work in higher ed policy and read anything today, you should read @stephmhall.bsky.social on the implications of closing ED on critical programs that help students succeed, complete, and prosper.
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For @teenvogue.com today, I wrote about the impact of closing the Dept of Education. Long story short: students of all ages will face a more divided, unequal system that restricts opportunities instead of creating them, and that is the point.
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-w...
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-w...
What Will Happen to Your Student Loans if Trump Closes the Department of Education?
Dismantling the department would put Pell grants and other need-based aid programs at risk.
www.teenvogue.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For @teenvogue.com today, I wrote about the impact of closing the Dept of Education. Long story short: students of all ages will face a more divided, unequal system that restricts opportunities instead of creating them, and that is the point.
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-w...
www.teenvogue.com/story/what-w...
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
It’s certainly not for everyone, I guess. But I was seeing folks call it the worst halftime show since the 1992 Minnesota Marching Band show (a slight I take personal umbrage with and will talk to y’all about later). And that’s just, in my opinion, a goofy take.
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It’s certainly not for everyone, I guess. But I was seeing folks call it the worst halftime show since the 1992 Minnesota Marching Band show (a slight I take personal umbrage with and will talk to y’all about later). And that’s just, in my opinion, a goofy take.
Man. I finally watched the Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance and it was incredible. I don’t know what y’all are on. Production value was great, his breath work and control was incredible, SZA can really for real, song selection was great, thematic energy was great, etc.
February 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Man. I finally watched the Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance and it was incredible. I don’t know what y’all are on. Production value was great, his breath work and control was incredible, SZA can really for real, song selection was great, thematic energy was great, etc.
A really sharp article about social decay and the taxonomy of violence. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing?
What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.
www.newyorker.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:42 PM
A really sharp article about social decay and the taxonomy of violence. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Breaking News: Australia has passed a sweeping ban on social media for children under 16, one of the world’s most comprehensive measures aimed at safeguarding young people from potential hazards online. nyti.ms/3VbiGzc
Australia Bans Social Media for Everyone Under 16
The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Breaking News: Australia has passed a sweeping ban on social media for children under 16, one of the world’s most comprehensive measures aimed at safeguarding young people from potential hazards online. nyti.ms/3VbiGzc
This is a legendary crashout (derogatory) lmao
November 26, 2024 at 5:49 PM
This is a legendary crashout (derogatory) lmao
Xfinity will do absolutely everything in its power to make sure you don’t speak to a live agent. I mean absolutely loop you on both the virtual assistant and the automated phone line. If it weren’t so frustrating, I’d be impressed.
November 23, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Xfinity will do absolutely everything in its power to make sure you don’t speak to a live agent. I mean absolutely loop you on both the virtual assistant and the automated phone line. If it weren’t so frustrating, I’d be impressed.
No way he heard the line and this was his response. 😂 I actually think it managed to convey a form of respect.
November 23, 2024 at 2:10 PM
No way he heard the line and this was his response. 😂 I actually think it managed to convey a form of respect.
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Some thoughts on the election. Moving forward, I think it’s important for everyone hoping to build inclusive and worker-friendly economy to hold the second Trump administration to account for its impacts on working people. @newamerica.bsky.social
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Is Donald Trump a Friend to the Working Class?
If a new Trump administration wanted to show solidarity with working class voters, here are a few things the federal government could do.
www.newamerica.org
November 12, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Some thoughts on the election. Moving forward, I think it’s important for everyone hoping to build inclusive and worker-friendly economy to hold the second Trump administration to account for its impacts on working people. @newamerica.bsky.social
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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A new study by the Institute of Education Sciences reveals no significant difference in employment outcomes for Pell and non-Pell students at short-term certificate programs (8-15 weeks).
However, what sticks out to me is that grads of these programs only earn ~$25K/year 3 years after completion.
However, what sticks out to me is that grads of these programs only earn ~$25K/year 3 years after completion.
November 20, 2024 at 8:13 PM
A new study by the Institute of Education Sciences reveals no significant difference in employment outcomes for Pell and non-Pell students at short-term certificate programs (8-15 weeks).
However, what sticks out to me is that grads of these programs only earn ~$25K/year 3 years after completion.
However, what sticks out to me is that grads of these programs only earn ~$25K/year 3 years after completion.
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Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon is likely to lead the Education Department.
McMahon has few ties to education, but @insidehighered.com did the background research on the few that do exist so you don't have to.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
McMahon has few ties to education, but @insidehighered.com did the background research on the few that do exist so you don't have to.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump to name McMahon education secretary, CNN reports
The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed.
www.insidehighered.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Former WWE CEO Linda McMahon is likely to lead the Education Department.
McMahon has few ties to education, but @insidehighered.com did the background research on the few that do exist so you don't have to.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
McMahon has few ties to education, but @insidehighered.com did the background research on the few that do exist so you don't have to.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Was legitimately just thinking this the other day. No conclusion to a story I’ve sat through in a video game has ever hit the way Endwalker did, and that was when the world wasn’t… well, this.
November 19, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Was legitimately just thinking this the other day. No conclusion to a story I’ve sat through in a video game has ever hit the way Endwalker did, and that was when the world wasn’t… well, this.
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Number of older adults who lost $100,000 or more to fraud has tripled since 2020, FTC says
Number of older adults who lost $100,000 or more to fraud has tripled since 2020, FTC says
Adults age 60 and older are especially devastated by big fraud losses because they have less scope to recover those funds.
www.cnbc.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Number of older adults who lost $100,000 or more to fraud has tripled since 2020, FTC says