Matt Reed
@deandad.bsky.social
Experienced community college administrator. Writer. Dad of two. Pursuing justice, wisdom, and good pizza.
"Somehow, after work, I never quite feel like curling up with some Adorno. Can't imagine why." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Friday Fragments
Sans-serif fonts, passing along great literature, Middle States.
www.insidehighered.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"Somehow, after work, I never quite feel like curling up with some Adorno. Can't imagine why." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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I am thinking about the newest piece by @deandad.bsky.social this morning and how music (as an academic discipline) might fit into the “wicked problem.” Since most people enter music study from a performance standpoint (no 13-year-old wants to be a theorist; they like performing)…
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I am thinking about the newest piece by @deandad.bsky.social this morning and how music (as an academic discipline) might fit into the “wicked problem.” Since most people enter music study from a performance standpoint (no 13-year-old wants to be a theorist; they like performing)…
Penny found the garland.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Penny found the garland.
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Imagine if they had donated $6B to providing meals, healthcare, or literally anything else a child might urgently need.
“Hey kids, we’re taking away your food stamps and healthcare and not providing paid parental leave or any socialist shit like that, but when you turn 18 you can have some theoretical capital gains!”
apnews.com/article/mich...
apnews.com/article/mich...
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Imagine if they had donated $6B to providing meals, healthcare, or literally anything else a child might urgently need.
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It costs nothing for you to share this
For every $1 donated to your local food pantry, 10 meals will be served to families in need this holiday season
#GivingTuesday
For every $1 donated to your local food pantry, 10 meals will be served to families in need this holiday season
#GivingTuesday
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It costs nothing for you to share this
For every $1 donated to your local food pantry, 10 meals will be served to families in need this holiday season
#GivingTuesday
For every $1 donated to your local food pantry, 10 meals will be served to families in need this holiday season
#GivingTuesday
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Gen Z is spending more on essentials than previous generations, yet their wages aren't keeping up.
It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."
When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."
When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Gen Z is spending more on essentials than previous generations, yet their wages aren't keeping up.
It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."
When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
It's no wonder they aren't "spending like retailers need them to."
When 70% of the economy depends on consumer spending, people need money to spend. It's as simple as that.
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Community college enrollment has been declining since 2009/10. The optimal policy response to this depends on the root of this decline.
I'm thrilled @nber.org today released my working paper with Harvard PhD Joe Winkelmann titled:
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
I'm thrilled @nber.org today released my working paper with Harvard PhD Joe Winkelmann titled:
"Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Had a blast seeing @thebeths.bsky.social with The Boy just outside Pittsburgh last night. If you haven't seen them live, you're missing out! Great songs, tight playing, positive vibes all around.
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Had a blast seeing @thebeths.bsky.social with The Boy just outside Pittsburgh last night. If you haven't seen them live, you're missing out! Great songs, tight playing, positive vibes all around.
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This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is true. It is the best email I got this year.
"To the extent that some people demonize higher education as “liberal” or “leftist,” this is the core of the accusation: Exposure to new people may change whom they trust." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Finding Your People
College gives students the opportunity to grow by connecting with people outside of their bubbles of belief.
www.insidehighered.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
"To the extent that some people demonize higher education as “liberal” or “leftist,” this is the core of the accusation: Exposure to new people may change whom they trust." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Whoa whoa whoa whoa
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Whoa whoa whoa whoa
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
What do you mean “too many books”
I’m not familiar with this unit of measurement
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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A rly interesting case study, as pols prepare to fight over a similar policy for NYC's much bigger bus network. By @carabuckley.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A rly interesting case study, as pols prepare to fight over a similar policy for NYC's much bigger bus network. By @carabuckley.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
This headline should not exist. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined
See how Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s new payment package compares with other occupations in the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This headline should not exist. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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This thoughtful @deandad.bsky.social column asks an important question: when funds are tight, how do you figure out which hiring requests to approve and which ones to regrettably reject? Individual value-added in K-12 education is tough, but it's virtually impossible in higher ed.
Budget WARs
How much more, or less, would a new tutor affect our graduation rate than a new adviser?
www.insidehighered.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This thoughtful @deandad.bsky.social column asks an important question: when funds are tight, how do you figure out which hiring requests to approve and which ones to regrettably reject? Individual value-added in K-12 education is tough, but it's virtually impossible in higher ed.
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This should be on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
Ate at a Thai/Jewish fusion food truck named L'Thaim and it was fantastic. Curry latkes.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This should be on a plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty.
This is excellent. I could imagine it making an outstanding writing prompt, and I mean that as a compliment. Highly recommended. blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is excellent. I could imagine it making an outstanding writing prompt, and I mean that as a compliment. Highly recommended. blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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Coffee futures $KC_F ranging near record levels.
All-time high notched back in February. @AugurInfinity
Under $90 in 2019. Above $400 this year.
All-time high notched back in February. @AugurInfinity
Under $90 in 2019. Above $400 this year.
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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My friend Lane Glenn hits this one out of the park. www.ccdaily.com/2025/11/youv...
You’ve won the lottery jackpot! Now what? - Community College Daily
Dear winner of the Mega Millions lottery jackpot: Congratulations, and WOW! After the longest streak without a jackpot winner since the game began in 2002, with a haul of $843 million, even after fede...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My friend Lane Glenn hits this one out of the park. www.ccdaily.com/2025/11/youv...
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Offering students the long view www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Causes, Obvious and Not
The way things are isn’t the way they have to be.
www.insidehighered.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Offering students the long view www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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Tech people think we want AI, robots, and a colony on Mars but what I actually want is a home printer that simply works.
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Tech people think we want AI, robots, and a colony on Mars but what I actually want is a home printer that simply works.