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Followers
1.6K
Account age
2 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$40 – $65 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
📊 Post engagement
12
Avg engagement / post
0.8%
Engagement vs followers
Feb 2024
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: A warning from an academict: Users of Academia.edu or any online · 33 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.6 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
2.8×
Follows 570 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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How some libraries are becoming “third spaces” where students find belonging, tutoring and connection to community. They’re more than just a place to study. By Joshua Bay www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Spare a thought today for the institutional researchers who are working to compile 7 years of disaggregated admissions data by March 18th. @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social reports that 81% of colleges still haven't submitted their data to the De…
“The whole idea was to create clarity and reassurance,” UNC Capel Hill chancellor Lee Roberts said during a Faculty Senate meeting Friday. “That policy clearly has not achieved that aim.” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
After expanding access to Pell grants *twice*, Congress has not also increased the money it appropriates to the program. That's a big problem. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
I'm over the moon that @bakerdphd.bsky.social has come on board as an @insidehighered.com's columnist. Her smart, informed and considered voice is a welcome addition to the Opinions side of the house
The five higher ed figures who appear most frequently in the Epstein emails released on November 12th. @emmawhitford.bsky.social reports www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
With new caps on federal student loans, the private lending sector is going to get very interesting. Like Sallie Mae selling a seed portfolio of student loans to an investment firm and committing to selling $2 billion more annually for the…
Another college closure, this time nearly 900 students' educations are disrupted and 126 faculty are losing their jobs. @byjoshmoody.bsky.social dug into Trinity Christian College's finances and found that 76% of contributions came from ju…
The buzzword at Educause this year was "consolidation". Colleges are "shopping their closets" one ed tech leader told me in an effort to find efficiencies and cost savings in their digital ecosystems. Here's my full report www.insidehigher…
And if you're wondering what *exactly* those individual responses say– and don't say– @byjoshmoody.bsky.social spoke to some rhetoric and communication experts to read between the lines www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
We're keeping track of how universities have the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education (will we ever call it Kay-He??) So far 10 colleges have rejected it and two said they'll "provide feedback". www.insidehighered.com/news/g…
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@saracuster.insidehighered.com
The handle is the domain saracuster.insidehighered.com. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real saracuster.insidehighered.com account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Feb 2024
Joined after Bluesky opened to the public — a settled account with a real history.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2024 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 12 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.6× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
61/100
Fair
- Est. 84% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.8% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Bluesky.
Est. authentic audience
84%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Editor-in-chief @insidehighered.com | Okie in DC | She/her | Human servant to greyhound Neville | #highered | #academicsky | #scifi
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