We are hiring a postdoctoral fellow to help with work on a project to study the Michigan school meals program (universal meals). Come work with me and Kathy Michelmore! @kmichelmore.bsky.social edpolicy.umich.edu/what-we-do/j...

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We're hiring! EPI is currently accepting applications for up to two Postdoctoral Fellows in Quantitative Methods, Education Research, and Data. Visit our website to learn more: edpolicy.umich.edu/what-we-do/j... Applications will be reviewed starting July 27th. Apply here: forms.gle/DknZEtRmuBrN...

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The University of Michigan seeks candidates to become active members of the Education Policy Initiative. Our research group brings together a interdisciplinary set of scholars focused on the generatio...

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If only we had evidence on the effects of abortion bans of migration for policymakers to consider… Oh wait, we do! www.nber.org/papers/w33328

Are People Fleeing States with Abortion Bans?

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Justin Zimmerman@jztidecat.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Did it ever occur to them that maybe banning abortion makes women less likely to want to live there?

"Our students are not wilting flowers. They can handle controversy. They do not need sentimental, cloying nostalgia. They need encouragement to face a flawed and unjust world head on, using the tools we've given them: critical reasoning, careful research, sympathy for the oppressed."

University of Michigan professor defends pro-Palestinian commencement remarks: "Michigan is not a finishing school"

"The idea that graduations should be apolitical is ridiculous," University of Michigan history professor Derek Peterson said as a follow-up to his graduation day remarks.

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I always find it funny when stuff like this pops out because a) it's frequently pitched as being about "higher ed" instead of yale and b) there's almost never a higher ed scholar who maybe studies these things for a living

If you want to be focused on the next big higher ed problem, you want to be following accreditation news (and Eric is one of my go to sources for that info)

Eric Kelderman@erickelderman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

www.chronicle.com/article/many...

Administrative burdens are political tools. Add administrative requirements or automate them depending on your goal.

The Hill@thehill.com · 4mo ago

Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money.

It's wild to me that higher ed leaders can tell themselves that institutional neutrality will get the job done and then you've got Hungarian ambassadors and Russian dissidents saying this is the way you aid authoritarianism

Kimmer@kvonyborg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ is about how you lose your country,” Borenstein said. “You lose it through countless small little acts of complicity.” apnews.com/article/best...

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

The doctoral student community group organized a terrific lineup of virtual sessions for conference prep! 🎉 Check them out here: aefpweb.org/calendar_lis... #AEFP2026

Cara Jackson@carajackson.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If you're nervous about presenting at #AEFP2026 I'd be happy to plant these guys in your audience.

This is a huge win for higher ed! Unfortunately, many institutions complied in advance and already folded many of their DEI efforts. This is an example of why it’s so important to resist until there is no other option. Most of the programs that were terminated won’t be resurrected. What a loss.

Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"After a lawsuit and a defeat in court, however, the Trump administration says it is dropping the matter entirely." Trump letter banning DEI in schools is dead after legal appeal is dropped www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

This is the first example I’ve seen of an American government using AI to meaningfully misrepresent actual events with the intent to deceive the public. We are at Stalinesque levels of propaganda. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/past-the-b...

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust.

Influencer, White House welfare fraud claims are distorted, but the system has risks

Federal officials are targeting Democratic-led states over alleged safety-net fraud. Critics worry a drumbeat of unfounded accusations could undermine public trust.

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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings

A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

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If you think the elections in November are going to fix this you are delusional. Every year, regardless of leadership, ICE’s budget went up, every year our borders became more violent. This is an escalation yes, but a chapter of a much longer novel.

@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”

"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?" If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.

If the headline is "disputed shooting" rather than straightforwardly telling the public what happened this rewards the DHS for lying about these events

Keeping the social safety net as small and as punitive as possible helps to ensure that there will always be a steady stream of people for employers like Bezos to exploit--people in such a precarious position that have no choice but to take whatever underpaid, overworked job they can get.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 7mo ago

No. No. No. Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy. Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.

If your concern is about fraud, and making sure the poorest receive funds, block grants are the opposite of what we should do. They allow states to redirect the money away from the neediest. OTOH, there is very persuasive evidence that SNAP really helps people. academic.oup.com/restud/artic...

College costs are soaring! www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

This got a lot of interaction but it's weird that leading conservatives can admit that their coalition is fracturing over exactly how much racism they should support and not see this debate as disqualifying their entire project.

Victor Ray@victorerikray.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Racism. The answer is racism.

I do believe that universities will continue to give preferences to men because the administration wants that to happen and SFFA is unlikely to sue for this group of students. Always remember, it's not hypocrisy, it's power.

I have come to the idea that we have to collectively, brutally, ritualistically kill Target just to show capital that we truly aren’t fucking around.

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 8mo ago

Target quietly added ChatGPT in its app last week. www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...

The essay deserves a failing grade. It doesn’t tie to the assigned reading or engage its claims or evidence in any serious or sustained fashion; it just repeats the students’ pre-existing beliefs, and does so poorly. Even personal experience requires showing real engagement & no sign of that here.

OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade

OU has placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after receiving a failing grade on an essay

oudaily.com

This is just my opinion, but I don't think departments need to change their strategy for reading or grading student work. Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.

"As one senior researcher told me, decades of painstaking work vanished overnight in an attack by an inexperienced and ideologically driven staff intent on dismantling the bureaucracy without understanding its purpose."

Jill Barshay@jillbarshay.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A lot has happened this year. If you'd like a recap of what's happened to education research and statistics, here's my attempt. This might be a good one to listen to on your commute today. (Audio play button below headline. 16 minutes long.) hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

"What *is* sociology, exactly?" Sir I have no idea.

Prof. Nicole Holliday@mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 8mo ago

What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!