Nell Gluckman
@ngluckman.bsky.social
Senior reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education, mostly covering college athletics. [email protected].
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It’s not sports management, sports communication, or exercise science. It’s simply sports. Why some academics, joined by Nike, are behind a new major for athletes.
A Sports Major May Be Coming to a Campus Near You
Inside the movement to enshrine athletics as the newest liberal art.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s not sports management, sports communication, or exercise science. It’s simply sports. Why some academics, joined by Nike, are behind a new major for athletes.
There's a movement well underway to allow college athletes to major in sports the way dancers can major in dance and musicians can major in music. My story: www.chronicle.com/article/get-...
A Sports Major May Be Coming to a Campus Near You
Inside the movement to enshrine athletics as the newest liberal art.
www.chronicle.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
There's a movement well underway to allow college athletes to major in sports the way dancers can major in dance and musicians can major in music. My story: www.chronicle.com/article/get-...
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My latest with @mzahneis.bsky.social: Dartmouth is close to saying "no" to the current compact, I learned. The decision comes as gov. officials are circulating that the compact is open to all, in what higher-ed advocates call a test of the sector's collective will: www.chronicle.com/article/dart...
Dartmouth’s President Balks at Trump Compact, Sources Say, as Feds Expand Offer to ‘Any Institution’
Sian Leah Beilock has told faculty members she won’t sign the document as written. Meanwhile, the White House’s broader proposal has shifted discussion about the deal.
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October 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
My latest with @mzahneis.bsky.social: Dartmouth is close to saying "no" to the current compact, I learned. The decision comes as gov. officials are circulating that the compact is open to all, in what higher-ed advocates call a test of the sector's collective will: www.chronicle.com/article/dart...
Colleges are cutting many types of departments, but religious studies in particular keeps ending up on lists of doomed programs. I looked into why: www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why Religious Studies Is in Trouble
As colleges plan to make cuts, departments in this field are finding themselves on the chopping block.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Colleges are cutting many types of departments, but religious studies in particular keeps ending up on lists of doomed programs. I looked into why: www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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When George Mason's president came under attack by the Trump administration, he did what few embattled presidents dared; he spoke out and defended his actions. On Friday, he may learn whether publicly challenging the government's narrative helped or hurt him. www.chronicle.com/article/greg...
White House Tightens Screws on George Mason President, Faculty Leaders
The president of George Mason — and faculty leaders — may be punished for defending university policies.
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July 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
When George Mason's president came under attack by the Trump administration, he did what few embattled presidents dared; he spoke out and defended his actions. On Friday, he may learn whether publicly challenging the government's narrative helped or hurt him. www.chronicle.com/article/greg...
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Shifts in NIL, revenue sharing, transfer portal, TV $ & conference realignment will collectively leave college sports unrecognizable. @sportslawguy.bsky.social @drkarenweaver.bsky.social @ngluckman.bsky.social & Richard Paulsen discuss changes, impact, & more.
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Navigating the Changing Landscape of College Athletics
Recent changes to college sports are monumental for athletics, athletes, and all of higher education. Shifts in name, image, and likeness (NIL), revenue sharing, unionization, transfer portal, TV mone...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Shifts in NIL, revenue sharing, transfer portal, TV $ & conference realignment will collectively leave college sports unrecognizable. @sportslawguy.bsky.social @drkarenweaver.bsky.social @ngluckman.bsky.social & Richard Paulsen discuss changes, impact, & more.
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Federal funding in limbo? Try GoFundMe instead. That's the route several scholars have taken in recent months — but the notion of crowdfunding academic research is a double-edged sword. I've got the story @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
As Trump Upends Funding for Research, These Scholars Turn to GoFundMe
As the once-stable compact between universities and the federal government founders, some scholars are looking elsewhere for money.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Federal funding in limbo? Try GoFundMe instead. That's the route several scholars have taken in recent months — but the notion of crowdfunding academic research is a double-edged sword. I've got the story @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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UPDATED: Ono spent much of the meeting dodging direct answers. When pressed on Covid mandates — with the questioner pointing out that as an immunologist, he must have an opinion — he answered: “I’m a mouse doctor. I’m a test tube kind of guy.” www.chronicle.com/article/stat...
Vying for U. of Florida Presidency, Santa Ono Embraced Conservative Positions. It Didn’t Work.
The former University of Michigan president’s bid to take over the top job in Gainesville ended in dramatic fashion at a contentious meeting of the State University System of Florida’s Board of Govern...
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June 3, 2025 at 11:33 PM
UPDATED: Ono spent much of the meeting dodging direct answers. When pressed on Covid mandates — with the questioner pointing out that as an immunologist, he must have an opinion — he answered: “I’m a mouse doctor. I’m a test tube kind of guy.” www.chronicle.com/article/stat...
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SCOOP: HIV scientists were given a choice by the National Institutes of Health: Eliminate a study of transgender youth, or lose a shot to recover larger grants that had been terminated.
They chose the former.
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They chose the former.
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An NIH Grant Is Restored, With a Catch: Cut A Study on Trans Youth
HIV scientists were given a choice: Eliminate a study of transgender youth or lose a shot to recover a larger grant. They chose the former.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
SCOOP: HIV scientists were given a choice by the National Institutes of Health: Eliminate a study of transgender youth, or lose a shot to recover larger grants that had been terminated.
They chose the former.
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They chose the former.
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Bob Morse is retiring! www.usnews.com/education/bl...
Here's my take on Morse's place in higher ed, from 2022: www.chronicle.com/article/wher...
More to come soon, I hope!
Here's my take on Morse's place in higher ed, from 2022: www.chronicle.com/article/wher...
More to come soon, I hope!
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May 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Bob Morse is retiring! www.usnews.com/education/bl...
Here's my take on Morse's place in higher ed, from 2022: www.chronicle.com/article/wher...
More to come soon, I hope!
Here's my take on Morse's place in higher ed, from 2022: www.chronicle.com/article/wher...
More to come soon, I hope!
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Many of the international students whose immigration status DHS had revoked have already seen their status reactivated in a government database
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Thousands of International Students Will See Their Immigration Status Restored, Government Says
The abrupt change comes after students at campuses across the country saw their status canceled, and feared they might not be able to stay in the country.
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April 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Many of the international students whose immigration status DHS had revoked have already seen their status reactivated in a government database
www.chronicle.com/article/thou...
www.chronicle.com/article/thou...
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The University of Michigan's Faculty Senate has passed a resolution in support of a Big Ten mutual-defense compact, joining Rutgers, Nebraska, Indiana, and Michigan State. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
April 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The University of Michigan's Faculty Senate has passed a resolution in support of a Big Ten mutual-defense compact, joining Rutgers, Nebraska, Indiana, and Michigan State. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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Faculty senates at Rutgers University, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the University of Indiana at Bloomington, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have passed resolutions calling for the creation of a mutual-defense compact. chroni.cl/4cBFrnu
These Faculty Senates Are Trying to Band Together to Stand Up to Trump
The idea of a compact among institutions is based on the idea that there’s strength in numbers, and it comes amid frustration that few presidents are speaking out against the administration’s actions ...
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April 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Faculty senates at Rutgers University, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the University of Indiana at Bloomington, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have passed resolutions calling for the creation of a mutual-defense compact. chroni.cl/4cBFrnu
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The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. The tracker focuses on four areas: civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda
The federal government is reshaping its relationship with the nation’s colleges. Use our new tracker to keep up with the latest.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. The tracker focuses on four areas: civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. www.chronicle.com/article/trac...
It may seem like there are more pressing things in higher ed right now, but as @jackstripling.bsky.social shows in this episode, parking always matters: www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...
Why Parking Drives Us Mad
Long a third rail of campus politics, parking inspires raging debates that are about far more than fees, fines, and crowded lots.
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April 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It may seem like there are more pressing things in higher ed right now, but as @jackstripling.bsky.social shows in this episode, parking always matters: www.chronicle.com/podcast/coll...
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My latest on the apparent $210 million federal-funding freeze at Princeton for @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Nearly Half of Princeton U.’s Federal Funding Has Reportedly Been Frozen by the Trump Administration
The university appears to be the next target in a campaign to go after higher education for allegedly failing to suppress campus antisemitism.
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April 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My latest on the apparent $210 million federal-funding freeze at Princeton for @chronicle.com. #HigherEd #AcademicSky
I spoke with Jason Stanley about why he's leaving Yale for the University of Toronto.
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‘No Noncitizen Professor at My Institution Can Speak About Politics Ever Again’
Why Jason Stanley, a scholar of fascism, is leaving Yale for Canada.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I spoke with Jason Stanley about why he's leaving Yale for the University of Toronto.
www.chronicle.com/article/no-n...
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NEW: During these mass interruptions in NIH funding, scientists have been screaming for help from their institutions. I wrote about the handful of universities that are trying to keep researchers afloat by offering bridge funding — will there be enough to go around? www.chronicle.com/article/face...
Faced With Frozen NIH Funding, These Universities Are Trying to Fill the Gap
Scientists have been screaming for a life raft. Some institutions hope internal funds will keep them afloat during the chaos.
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March 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
NEW: During these mass interruptions in NIH funding, scientists have been screaming for help from their institutions. I wrote about the handful of universities that are trying to keep researchers afloat by offering bridge funding — will there be enough to go around? www.chronicle.com/article/face...
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Full story and ongoing coverage here: www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...
Tufts PhD student taken into federal custody, lawyer and university say
The university received reports that an international graduate student was taken into custody from an off-campus apartment Tuesday night, President Sunil Kumar wrote in a letter to the school communit...
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March 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Full story and ongoing coverage here: www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...
In this great ep @brownepoints.bsky.social, @andyandy.bsky.social & @jackstripling.bsky.social rehash the best college president quotes. My fav, said by a president of his own school: “This place sucks so bad. I don’t know how anyone can stand it...It is insane."
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Higher Ed Controversy Draft
Podcast Episode · College Matters from The Chronicle · 03/25/2025 · 1h 15m
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March 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
In this great ep @brownepoints.bsky.social, @andyandy.bsky.social & @jackstripling.bsky.social rehash the best college president quotes. My fav, said by a president of his own school: “This place sucks so bad. I don’t know how anyone can stand it...It is insane."
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A faculty member asked the Columbia president why university leaders had not banded together to issue a unified statement. She responded: “I have been so far unable to affect that despite trying very hard."
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Exclusive | Columbia’s President Faces Angry Faculty in Closed-Door Meetings
The school leadership is warned of risk of funding cuts in Trump talks.
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March 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A faculty member asked the Columbia president why university leaders had not banded together to issue a unified statement. She responded: “I have been so far unable to affect that despite trying very hard."
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A Cornell graduate student who has been a prominent voice at pro-Palestinian protests is being told to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a new court filing made shortly after he asked a judge to preemptively order the government not to deport him.
Cornell student protester told to surrender to ICE as he asks judge to block deportation | CNN
A Cornell graduate student who has been a prominent voice at pro-Palestinian protests is being told to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a new court filing made shortly af...
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March 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A Cornell graduate student who has been a prominent voice at pro-Palestinian protests is being told to surrender to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a new court filing made shortly after he asked a judge to preemptively order the government not to deport him.
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Legal scholars reached by @ngluckman.bsky.social agreed that Columbia would have a strong case to make. “Absolutely I could foresee a case, because what the Trump administration has done is blatantly in violation of both Title VI and the First Amendment.”
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
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Why Hasn’t Columbia U. Sued to Protect Itself?
Legal scholars say the university would have a strong case to make if it wanted to use the courts to fight for its funding to be restored.
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March 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Legal scholars reached by @ngluckman.bsky.social agreed that Columbia would have a strong case to make. “Absolutely I could foresee a case, because what the Trump administration has done is blatantly in violation of both Title VI and the First Amendment.”
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
I spoke to legal scholars and people in higher ed about a question I've had for the last few days. Why isn't Columbia suing? www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Why Hasn’t Columbia U. Sued to Protect Itself?
Legal scholars say the university would have a strong case to make if it wanted to use the courts to fight for its funding to be restored.
www.chronicle.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I spoke to legal scholars and people in higher ed about a question I've had for the last few days. Why isn't Columbia suing? www.chronicle.com/article/why-...