Paul Rubin
@itspgr.bsky.social
assistant prof @ University of Utah | higher ed policy, governance, and information use
Posting as a reminder for when I next teach about politics and higher ed.
La. Gov.: LSU AD won't select new football coach
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry told reporters Wednesday that LSU athletic director Scott Woodward won't be involved in selecting the Tigers' new football coach in the wake of Brian Kelly's firing.
www.espn.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Posting as a reminder for when I next teach about politics and higher ed.
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It is a race y'all!! Will it be Vanderbilt or Dartmouth left hanging out with public universities (who are beholden to state political leaders in a way the privates are not).
October 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It is a race y'all!! Will it be Vanderbilt or Dartmouth left hanging out with public universities (who are beholden to state political leaders in a way the privates are not).
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The presidential search at the U. of Florida — which ended dramatically on Tuesday with the rejection of Santa Ono, the sole finalist — drove debate about whether a traditional academic leader could be trusted to advance conservative policy goals, such as dismantling DEI efforts. chroni.cl/4khVHwW
Statewide Board Rejects Santa Ono’s Bid to Become U. of Florida President
The State University System of Florida’s Board of Governors voted down the former University of Michigan president’s appointment Tuesday, ending a bid that came to resemble a political campaign.
chroni.cl
June 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The presidential search at the U. of Florida — which ended dramatically on Tuesday with the rejection of Santa Ono, the sole finalist — drove debate about whether a traditional academic leader could be trusted to advance conservative policy goals, such as dismantling DEI efforts. chroni.cl/4khVHwW
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Trump Proposes Cutting Pell Grants in Order to Avert Shortfall
The administration’s proposed budget also defunds TRIO. Some programs are already losing funding, according to one association. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kPogSh
The administration’s proposed budget also defunds TRIO. Some programs are already losing funding, according to one association. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kPogSh
Trump Proposes Cut to Max Pell in Order to Avert Shortfall
The administration’s proposed budget also defunds TRIO. Some programs are already losing funding, according to one association.
bit.ly
June 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump Proposes Cutting Pell Grants in Order to Avert Shortfall
The administration’s proposed budget also defunds TRIO. Some programs are already losing funding, according to one association. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kPogSh
The administration’s proposed budget also defunds TRIO. Some programs are already losing funding, according to one association. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kPogSh
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Opinion | Why I Chose the University of Florida
Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4k5iTOl
Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4k5iTOl
Why I Chose University of Florida, by Santa Ono (opinion)
Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency.
bit.ly
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Opinion | Why I Chose the University of Florida
Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4k5iTOl
Santa J. Ono explains why he’s pursuing the University of Florida presidency. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4k5iTOl
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The rhetorical victory is this: the proposal that we can and will outlast them.
Breaking: Cory Booker has officially delivered the longest Senate floor speech in US history, surpassing Strom Thurmond’s filibuster against the Civil Rights Act.
April 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The rhetorical victory is this: the proposal that we can and will outlast them.
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New pub with @itspgr.bsky.social & Denisa Gandara examining how state policymakers in New Mexico frame their support or opposition to the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship, a statewide promise program that has a flexible and generous design. #edusky #highered
epaa.asu.edu/index.php/ep...
epaa.asu.edu/index.php/ep...
View of “There’s something ennobling…about struggling”: State policymakers’ framing of deservingness in the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship
epaa.asu.edu
March 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
New pub with @itspgr.bsky.social & Denisa Gandara examining how state policymakers in New Mexico frame their support or opposition to the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship, a statewide promise program that has a flexible and generous design. #edusky #highered
epaa.asu.edu/index.php/ep...
epaa.asu.edu/index.php/ep...
According to Google, this would suggest they are filming a Lifetime movie on the campus by my house…
March 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
According to Google, this would suggest they are filming a Lifetime movie on the campus by my house…
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The NAEP 2024 -2025 Long Term Trend Age 17 assessment will not be administered in the upcoming weeks
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
February 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The NAEP 2024 -2025 Long Term Trend Age 17 assessment will not be administered in the upcoming weeks
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
Unbroken testing series since early 1970s
Nothing like ignorance to keep our country moving forward
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FANTASTIC
ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)
You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have
www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)
You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have
www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
February 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
FANTASTIC
ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)
You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have
www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?)
You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have
www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
🥺🥺🥺
For years, officials in the Czech Republic had pushed a dam project to protect a river south of Prague, and the critically endangered species living in it. But the project stalled.
In the meantime, the beavers of Prague simply built dams themselves, saving the government some 1.2 million euros.
In the meantime, the beavers of Prague simply built dams themselves, saving the government some 1.2 million euros.
Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.
The dam project, drafted in 2018 and based on a former military training site south of Prague, had been delayed by land negotiations. Local beavers built several dams, saving the government more than ...
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
🥺🥺🥺
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The position of a prominent red-state public university president is becoming virtually impossible for traditional academics. And those who can do it well will get lucrative job offers from institutions that have enough money to buy into a new athletic conference.
January 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The position of a prominent red-state public university president is becoming virtually impossible for traditional academics. And those who can do it well will get lucrative job offers from institutions that have enough money to buy into a new athletic conference.
Saving this for future governance classes...
UPDATE: UC, CSU and community colleges should merge into single university, report urges
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
edsource.org
December 17, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Saving this for future governance classes...
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Announced at the #ASHE2024 closing, future ASHE Conference locations:
Fall 2026
📍San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fall 2027
📍Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fall 2028
📍Providence, Rhode Island
Fall 2026
📍San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fall 2027
📍Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fall 2028
📍Providence, Rhode Island
November 23, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Announced at the #ASHE2024 closing, future ASHE Conference locations:
Fall 2026
📍San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fall 2027
📍Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fall 2028
📍Providence, Rhode Island
Fall 2026
📍San Juan, Puerto Rico
Fall 2027
📍Albuquerque, New Mexico
Fall 2028
📍Providence, Rhode Island
Exhausting.
A new audit confirms Utah legislators are now considering trimming higher education budgets for any academic programs considered low-performing — while reallocating money for those that meet their desired metrics.
Utah college presidents should start cutting ‘inefficient’ programs, state auditors say
A new audit calls on Utah colleges and universities to analyze which of their programs are "successful" in graduating students and landing them in high-paying jobs and cut those that don't show a retu...
www.sltrib.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Exhausting.
Linda McMahon as the Sec of Education… 💆🏻♂️
November 19, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Linda McMahon as the Sec of Education… 💆🏻♂️
I have lived in Utah for over 6 years. When I arrived those many moons (and a pandemic) ago, I had so many questions about Utah higher ed.
With the help of two students, we crafted a study and manuscript that was just published open access in Higher Education Quarterly.
doi.org/10.1111/hequ...
With the help of two students, we crafted a study and manuscript that was just published open access in Higher Education Quarterly.
doi.org/10.1111/hequ...
Moving Beyond the Observable: What Distinct Values Contributed to Utah's Postsecondary Sector Changes in the United States?
Research on higher education policy in the United States often seeks to understand commonalities across state contexts to understand broader concepts influencing decision-making. However, this minimi...
doi.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I have lived in Utah for over 6 years. When I arrived those many moons (and a pandemic) ago, I had so many questions about Utah higher ed.
With the help of two students, we crafted a study and manuscript that was just published open access in Higher Education Quarterly.
doi.org/10.1111/hequ...
With the help of two students, we crafted a study and manuscript that was just published open access in Higher Education Quarterly.
doi.org/10.1111/hequ...
New pub w/ MEd Grad Sara Thomas &
@aliwatts13.bsky.social
We tracked publicly-available responses by various institutional stakeholders to the emergence and passing of anti-DEI/CRT state policies in the Southern U.S.
50 free downloads at the link below!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TIXYB...
@aliwatts13.bsky.social
We tracked publicly-available responses by various institutional stakeholders to the emergence and passing of anti-DEI/CRT state policies in the Southern U.S.
50 free downloads at the link below!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TIXYB...
Exploring Determinants of Institutional Stakeholder Responses to State Policies Targeting “Divisive Concepts” in the Southern United States
U.S. higher education is facing an ongoing assault via state legislation targeting divisive concepts, such as teaching critical race theory and initiatives supporting diversity, equity, and inclusi...
www.tandfonline.com
October 14, 2024 at 7:17 PM
New pub w/ MEd Grad Sara Thomas &
@aliwatts13.bsky.social
We tracked publicly-available responses by various institutional stakeholders to the emergence and passing of anti-DEI/CRT state policies in the Southern U.S.
50 free downloads at the link below!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TIXYB...
@aliwatts13.bsky.social
We tracked publicly-available responses by various institutional stakeholders to the emergence and passing of anti-DEI/CRT state policies in the Southern U.S.
50 free downloads at the link below!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TIXYB...
I sometimes wonder what would happen if I accept the invitations to the random spam conferences... like, sure, I'd be happy to speak at the International Conference on Infectious Diseases.
September 30, 2024 at 8:23 PM
I sometimes wonder what would happen if I accept the invitations to the random spam conferences... like, sure, I'd be happy to speak at the International Conference on Infectious Diseases.
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New(ish) pub with @itspgr.bsky.social Denisa Gandara and Lindsey Hammond that was just made open access this week. We watched 131 hrs of budget hearings in two states - TX and CA - to examine how higher ed leaders frame their budget requests to state legislators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Higher Education Policy Narratives during COVID-19: How are Budget Requests Justified to State Legislatures? - Research in Higher Education
During economic recessions, state funding for higher education contracts (Delaney & Doyle, 2011; Hovey, 1999; SHEEO, 2022). Despite this reality, public higher education officials need to offer insigh...
link.springer.com
September 30, 2024 at 1:04 AM
New(ish) pub with @itspgr.bsky.social Denisa Gandara and Lindsey Hammond that was just made open access this week. We watched 131 hrs of budget hearings in two states - TX and CA - to examine how higher ed leaders frame their budget requests to state legislators
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The deadline for proposals is next Sunday!
Please send proposals and any questions to Karley or myself.
Please send proposals and any questions to Karley or myself.
Karley Riffe and I are co-editing an issue of New Directions for Higher Education tentatively titled "New Insights in U.S. Higher Education Governance" w/ proposals due Sept 1, 2024.
The Call for Proposals is below!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
The Call for Proposals is below!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
New Directions for Higher Education: Call for Proposals Focused on New Insights in U.S. Higher Education Governance
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 25, 2024 at 2:10 AM
The deadline for proposals is next Sunday!
Please send proposals and any questions to Karley or myself.
Please send proposals and any questions to Karley or myself.
Quick reminder that the Call for Proposals for this NDHE issue on higher education governance in the U.S. is due in a little over one month (September 1, 2024). Please don't hesitate to reach out to Karley Riffe or myself if you have any questions!
Karley Riffe and I are co-editing an issue of New Directions for Higher Education tentatively titled "New Insights in U.S. Higher Education Governance" w/ proposals due Sept 1, 2024.
The Call for Proposals is below!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
The Call for Proposals is below!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
New Directions for Higher Education: Call for Proposals Focused on New Insights in U.S. Higher Education Governance
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 26, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Quick reminder that the Call for Proposals for this NDHE issue on higher education governance in the U.S. is due in a little over one month (September 1, 2024). Please don't hesitate to reach out to Karley Riffe or myself if you have any questions!
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New #RIHE pub: @billingsmer.bsky.social, @itspgr.bsky.social et al. examined over 130 hours of state budget meetings from 2020/2021 in CA and TX to ask: how do public #highered officials appeal to legislators in funding requests for state appropriations? doi.org/10.1007/s111...
July 8, 2024 at 7:12 PM
New #RIHE pub: @billingsmer.bsky.social, @itspgr.bsky.social et al. examined over 130 hours of state budget meetings from 2020/2021 in CA and TX to ask: how do public #highered officials appeal to legislators in funding requests for state appropriations? doi.org/10.1007/s111...