Oh don’t be ridiculous, Andrea, everybody wants this

Last summer #RiHE solicited submissions for a special issue featuring National Center for Education Statistic's data. The issue is now complete, with 15 publications reviewed over the past year using a range of data sets from #NCES on a variety of topics. link.springer.com/collections/...

US News ranked Florida the #1 state for higher education! Enjoy this free example for your next class section on face validity.

I don't understand academia's obsession with citations. 😅 I care way more about a policymaker picking up my paper + doing something with it than about whether you wrote my name at the end of a sentence. We should spend more time measuring impact based on the former!

I start every day sifting through a mountain of newsletters—trying to stay current on policy shifts. Over the last few weeks, I've seen more calls from policymakers & research/policy orgs alike to further the development and implementation of reverse transfer policies...

Or perhaps people who do good work (worthy of a top-tier journal) are hired to work for prestigious universities? 😅🤔

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2w ago

Do You Have to Be Fancy to Get Published in ‘Science’? No, not necessarily. But scientists who work for a prestigious university are three times more likely than their peers who don’t to get published in the top-tier journal, according to a new independent analysis... https://bit.ly/3R4nAiV

♥️ @aefpweb.bsky.social will always be my academic home, so it was truly a special honor to win this year’s Early Career Award! I can’t begin to thank every colleague, cheerleader, and mentor enough. At this point in my career, all I can say to anyone is: Do good work and be kind to others.

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW The Review of Higher Education 49.4, Summer 2026 #S2O #OpenAccess Project MUSE tiny.one/munj86h3 CONTRIBUTORS Taylor Odle Salomé Otero Khadejah Ray Janella D. Benson Rachelle Winkle-Wagner Bridget J. Goosby Radomir Ray Mitic Enyu Zhou Hironao Okahana and more

“What do you mean you’re working? Isn’t it summer??” 🫪🫪🫪

Loved working on this Chalkboard piece with a rockstar Ph.D. student @isabelmcmullen.bsky.social and @brookings.edu! We discuss insights from our new working paper on what pre-college advising programs actually move college-going at scale and explore some important design features. Check it out! 👇

TIL that some people do not plug their phone in when they go to sleep??

Speaking individually as a college access and financial aid expert, I’ll use a technical term to describe this headline: complete bullshit.

I'm encouraged by the growing focus on "data-informed" decisionmaking by institutions and their units. 🤩 I'm horrified by the growing misuse of data and a lack of basic data skills by those producing "insights" for such decisionmakers. 🥴

Just signed up for this @aefpweb.bsky.social session with @brhkim.bsky.social! Register here 👉 aefpweb.org/ev_calendar_...

Congratulations to all our #AEFP2026 Award Winners!

Congratulations to our #AEFP2026 Early Career Award winner!

Telling my amazing student to take a day off after wrapping up an R&R… 👏 but I don’t do that! Someone tell me, too 😅

Join us in congratulating @linzpage.bsky.social on her promotion to full professor! Her research on college access and student success is shaping policy and practice nationwide.

Edu policy peeps! I'm co-chairing the edu section for APPAM 2026 conference with @doughesm.bsky.social @taylorodle.bsky.social and @brittanyvasquez.bsky.social - if you would be interested in reviewing submissions, please let us know! We're aiming for about ~10 per reviewer. @appam.bsky.social

In case you missed it, IDS affiliate @taylorodle.bsky.social talked with Wisconsin Public Radio earlier this month about what the end of affirmative action means for enrollment of students of color in Wisconsin and what the state's schools should focus on moving forward. www.wpr.org/news/end-aff...

How end of affirmative action is affecting Black and Hispanic enrollment at Wisconsin colleges

A cascade effect appears to be pushing more students of color to Wisconsin’s four-year public universities.

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Postdocs and graduate students are particularly vulnerable to workplace bullying and harassment. Here’s what a few groups are doing about it. https://chroni.cl/4617QBq

Higher Ed’s Bullying Problem

Power imbalances and tenure protections create perfect conditions for abuse.

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📢 #EdWorkingPapers: @taylorodle.bsky.social & @isabelmcmullen.bsky.social evaluate Advise TN’s expansion across 33 communities and find the program increased college enrollment by 6%. 📄 Read more: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1371

"Eliminating a graduate degree wage premium for teachers led to a 27% enrollment decline in education fields alone .... This drop subsequently reduced institutional tuition revenue and related state funding." @taylorodle.bsky.social edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1364

No Pay? No Way! Teacher Compensation Reforms and the Market for Graduate Degrees

Graduate degrees in education provide financial stability for many institutions, yet reformers have sought to decouple teacher pay from these credentials. Without a wage premium, educators may skip ad...

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Congrats to IDS affiliate @taylorodle.bsky.social on making EdWeek's list of the top 200 education scholars in the U.S.! www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Who Are the Nation's Top Education Scholars? (Opinion)

The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.

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All rankings have their pros and cons, but it was a very special surprise to be included this year! My goal has always been to do good work—and get that work into the hands of policymakers. | @edweek.org www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Who Are the Nation's Top Education Scholars? (Opinion)

The RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings recognize researchers who shape practice and policy.

edweek.org

Submitted a paper 41 days ago to an AERA journal—still "awaiting editor assignment." Please prioritize pre-tenure folks (and grad students)! 🫠

Does Free College “Work” for Adults? Enrollment Impacts of Michigan Reconnect journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3... "increased adult enrollment in community colleges by 38%, with larger gains among women and younger adults...entirely driven by growth in part-time students"

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week. As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).

I better not see one more request in my inbox...

Just gonna drop this right here 😅 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 10mo ago

Giving Credit Where It’s Overdue Reverse transfer—the practice of awarding associate degrees for credit previously earned— is beneficial for colleges, state workforces and the vast “some college, no credit” population. Why do so few students opt in? https://bit.ly/4o6ab58 #EDUSky #AcademicSky