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CJ Libassi @clibassi.bsky.social · 9d

🧵 New working paper! In joint work w/ @jscottclayton.bsky.social, Veronica Minaya, & Joshua Thomas, we use admin data from a large public univ system to examine earnings gaps for high- vs low-SES college grads 5 years out & the role of first jobs in explaining the gaps. 1/ www.nber.org/papers/w34366

Who Rides Out the Storm? The Immediate Post-College Transition and its Role in Socioeconomic Earnings Gaps

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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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 9d

A community college in Long Beach, California, reserves 15 spots in a parking lot for homeless students.

For Edgar Rosales Jr., the program has been a lifeline. Without the school lot, he said, he would have dropped out.

He was a homeless college student. He found hope in a parking lot.

Long Beach City College reserves 15 spots in a parking lot for homeless students. For Edgar Rosales Jr., the program has been a lifeline.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Sep 16

Didn't make the article but key point is, what if I told you that there was legislation in the 1800s that gave millions of dollars to HBCUs? Then what if I said it was being done to ensure that other insts never had to integrate?

Now you can see what this is

www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

ED Reallocates MSI Funding to HBCUs, Tribal Colleges

Some HBCU advocates say their colleges are more deserving of the money than other minority-serving institutions. Others have more mixed feelings.

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Marcella Bombardieri @mlbombard.bsky.social · Sep 10

Honored to join such an inspiring group of writers and filmmakers and to connect with the incredible policy minds at @newamerica.org as a #NewAmericaFellow.

New America @newamerica.org · Sep 10

🎊 We’re thrilled to announce the Class of 2026 New America Fellows!

The Fellows Program selected 10 immensely talented Fellows from hundreds of applicants & will support 9 book projects and 1 film project.

🔗 Meet the 2026 #NewAmericaFellows: https://go.newamerica.org/new-america-fellows-current-5

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is the most important thing to read on Trump's higher ed war. It's not "Harvard vs. trade schools." It's the same ecosystem and all parts are essential. Research breakthroughs need skilled labor to manufacture/fix them. Jobs & communities are at risk. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/m...

Trump Went to War With the Ivies. Community Colleges Are Being Hit.

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Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social · Jul 30

Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jul 22

Harvard Educational Review spent a year preparing a special issue on education in and about Palestine. In June, contributors were notified that the Harvard Education Publishing Group had abruptly canceled the issue's release.

This is censorship and cowardice.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication

As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

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Veronica Goodman @vgoodman.bsky.social · Jul 17

🚨 Hot off the press from me, @sarapartridge.bsky.social, and Madison Weiss at CAP 👇🏼

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · Jul 16

Although community colleges offer low tuition, students still face steep costs for essentials such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and supplies—barriers that policymakers must address to make college truly affordable. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Full Cost of Attendance: Addressing Housing, Food, and Other Barriers to Community College Student Success

Although community colleges offer low tuition, students still face steep costs for essentials such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and supplies—barriers that policymakers must address to...

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Third Way Education @thirdwayedu.bsky.social · Jul 14

💡New federal borrowing limits put graduate programs for social workers, nurses, and teachers at risk. These fields serve communities but usually offer lower pay. Our report explains how these changes could limit access without smarter, targeted support. buff.ly/FpGgpew

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Jul 14

"We don’t make enough money to put up with this."

Last year, US K-12 schools opened short 55,000 teachers. Between book bans and political attacks on schools and educators, it's looking like this year's shortages will be even more dire, especially in red states.

newrepublic.com/article/1967...

American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good

The predictable consequences of the right wing’s war on public schools are being felt as educators leave their communities—and their profession.

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Bradley D. Custer @bradleydeanc.bsky.social · Jun 24

My column today for The Hill clarifies that fired Education Department workers are not complicit in the government’s wasteful spending. We want to get back to work for America’s schools, students, and teachers. #academicsky #HigherEd thehill.com/opinion/educ...

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Matt Krupnick @mattkrupnick.bsky.social · Jun 3

Big news: The Trump administration has essentially proposed shutting down tribal colleges and universities, displacing more than 20,000 students.

My latest for ProPublica:

ProPublica @propublica.org · Jun 3

NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.

By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing

ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...

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Sara Partridge, PhD @sarapartridge.bsky.social · Apr 7

This important new piece from @stephmhall.bsky.social shows how essential protections for students with disabilities and other civil rights are at risk in an ongoing legal battle in Texas.

Read about the implications of Texas v. Becerra here ⬇️

www.teenvogue.com/story/texas-...

How a Republican Lawsuit Targeting Trans Kids Could Undo Major Disability Protections

Texas v. Becerra is a fight for the future of civil rights in America.

www.teenvogue.com

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Charlie Eaton @charlieeaton.bsky.social · Apr 3

Yesterday's remarkable NYT piece by Larry Summers backs up my argument for wealthy universities to backstop Trump's cuts with their endowments. You can read it here.
@epopppp.bsky.social @jeisinger.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Kevin R. McClure @drkevinrmcclure.com · Apr 1

As usual, anytime I look around for truly inspired, mission-driven leaders of innovative, hope-making institutions, it’s always community colleges and regionals.

The biggies are simply too beholden to the box they’ve built around themselves.

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Stephanie Hall (she/her) 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephmhall.bsky.social · Feb 13

For @teenvogue.com today, I wrote about the impact of closing the Dept of Education. Long story short: students of all ages will face a more divided, unequal system that restricts opportunities instead of creating them, and that is the point.

www.teenvogue.com/story/what-w...

What Will Happen to Your Student Loans if Trump Closes the Department of Education?

Dismantling the department would put Pell grants and other need-based aid programs at risk.

www.teenvogue.com

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