There’s so much news swirling around higher-ed these days that I decided to stuff all the related items into this one post. Here goes. … The Globe’s Jon Marcus has a good story on why dozens of Mass. colleges may close soon – and it has little to do with Trump. … From the BBJ: “Harvard borrows $750M after funding threats from Trump.” … Boston.com reports student visas are being revoked at Berklee and Emerson. … And there’s yet more revocations at WPI and Harvard, NBC Boston reports. … A lot more local students will likely see their visas yanked, if this Globe piece is any indication: “Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state.” … Pity the parents who have to tap into their 529 College Accounts these days, as the WSJ reports. … Former Harvard president and economist Larry Summers asks at the NYT: “If Powerful Places Like Harvard Don’t Stand Up to Trump, Who Can?”

And last but not least, from the WSJ’s Jason Riley: “Obama Has Some Advice for the Post-Obama Democrats.” … And it’s wise advice about how campus progressives need to reflect more on their own intolerances.