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Dr. Laura De Veau

@deveautrain.bsky.social

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My friends say I’m phenomenal. Ed.D. Specializing in closed and merged US colleges. Faculty at Boston College, Student Affairs Professional, HigherEd Creative. https://linktr.ee/deveautrain

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · Jan 22

Big Announcement! Years in the making! #HigherEdSky #AcademicSky

I've written a book! Learn more about the Maplewood College Compendium and how it can enhance your teaching, your staff development and more!
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Big Announcement! Years in the making!

A recording from Dr. Laura De Veau's live video

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 1h

Important step from @bostonu.bsky.social towards keeping Graduate School available to international students. Hoping to see other institutions hop on board. #HigherEd

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BU Leaders Submit Letter to Homeland Security Regarding Proposed Cap on International Students’ Time in the US

The four-year cap “would hurt our international students and scholars,” President Melissa Gilliam and Provost Gloria Waters write in a letter supporting BU’s international community

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 5h

One of his big donors own the stadium (30 miles out of Boston BTW)… it’s a distraction

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 19h

Here’s why you were barraged with spam today.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Marc Maron, the comedian, actor and former podcaster, discussed his decision to bring “WTF” to a close after 16 years and interviewing its final guest, Barack Obama. “It’s hard to find a way through, in terms of hope,” Maron told us in an interview. “So, I went to the hope guy.” nyti.ms/4n3ieOG

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 22h

The owner of the stadium is Bob Kraft. Huge Trump supporter.

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 22h

They aren't in Boston. They are at Gillette Stadium and the owner, Bob Kraft, is a big Trumpy.

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Boston College @bostoncollege.bsky.social · 22h

Messina College will introduce 'Genesis,' its first student-led publication, next semester. Its aim is to amplify the voices of first-generation students across BC, and all first-gen students in the BC community will be invited to contribute.
https://on.bc.edu/MessinaGenesis

Messina College students launch literary and art magazine

New publication aims to amplify voices of first-gen students

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 1d

Book banners really are judging books by their covers 📚

More than 80% of banned titles show people on the cover — and most of those feature women or people of color.

Research by @alexwermercolan.bsky.social:

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#bannedbooks #polisky #books

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 1d

THE DECLARATION! OMG!!

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Defector @defector.com · 2d

There will never be another ‘WTF With Marc Maron’ defector.com/there-will-n...

There Will Never Be Another 'WTF With Marc Maron' | Defector

I heard Marc Maron announce he was ending his podcast the way that I imagine he’d’ve wanted me to—while walking through my neighborhood in Los Angeles, through wired headphones, just a little too…

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 1d

Great interview. For anyone who actually listens in full and with an open mind - you will learn more about yourself than about the world. That is what a good conversation does.

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

In which John Oliver methodically unpacks how thin it is to claim you’re all about “the truth” when you’re only running essays don’t get properly fact-checked — and don’t hold up to even basic reporting scrutiny www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you to WalletHub for asking me to contribute as an "Expert" on this discussion about college rankings, ROI, and other matters related to the 'consumer side' of college enrollment. #HigherEd #Admissions #Enrollment

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Best Colleges Ranking in 2026

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 2d

This needs to end.

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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 2d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 3d

I post this article too much,,,
But we have mass shooting too much

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Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion

The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 2d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 2d

The amazing thing about the SNL sketch last night was not that Ashley Padilla wore a scarf nearly identical to mine. It’s that I trust Amy Poehler as AG more than Pam Bondi.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 3d

Sen. Mark Kelly: "The president has previously said...that government shutdowns are on the president and all you need to do is get everyone in a room and have a serious conversation. And they're refusing to do that. They are holding people's healthcare hostage."

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 2d

Recruitment for the 2028 Cohort of the @bostoncollege.bsky.social Educational Leadership & Higher Education M.A. in Higher Education is underway! Join us for an informational webinar on 10/28/25 at 12 Noon to learn more about our exceptional program. #HigherEd apply.bc.edu/register/?id...

Photo of Students in the M.A. program at Boston College along with the QR code to register for the event on 10/28/25 at 12:00Noon.

Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 3d

Decimating the offices that manage special education is not just a choice - it's about making special education completely unattainable and setting these students back.

Zach Schermele @zachschermele.bsky.social · 3d

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Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 5d

Portland Frog gets it

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 3d

Make no mistake: this is part of eugenicist policy under fascism.

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 3d

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Dr. Laura De Veau @deveautrain.bsky.social · 4d

“An Enraged Woman” Pieter Huys (Flemish) …

This is a mood

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Mary Rarick @maryrarick.bsky.social · 5d

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 5d

⚡️The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Maria Corina Machado.

The Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded it for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela."

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