Dr. Pietro A. Sasso
@pietrosassophd.bsky.social
Delaware State Higher Ed Faculty | Piazza FSL Center Research Fellow |
Higher Ed Research: Student Success; Identity; Equity in Co-Curricular
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Higher Ed Research: Student Success; Identity; Equity in Co-Curricular
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Authors of Shaking the Table: Survival and Healing Amongst Identity Center Practitioners discuss why centering the voices of identity center practitioners is especially urgent amid increasing resistance to DEI work.
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Shaking the Table: Survival and Healing Amongst Identity Center Practitioners
In this episode of Student Affairs NOW, host Heather Shea talks with Dr. Jonathan A. McElderry and Dra. Stephanie Hernandez Rivera about their forthcoming book Shaking the Table: Survival and Healing ...
studentaffairsnow.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Authors of Shaking the Table: Survival and Healing Amongst Identity Center Practitioners discuss why centering the voices of identity center practitioners is especially urgent amid increasing resistance to DEI work.
studentaffairsnow.com/shaking-the-...
studentaffairsnow.com/shaking-the-...
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LATEST: Education Secretary Linda McMahon held an all-staff meeting at the department Tuesday after announcing her next major step toward dismantling it.
@insidehighered.com obtained an audio recording of that meeting.
Read more about what she had to say:
@insidehighered.com obtained an audio recording of that meeting.
Read more about what she had to say:
McMahon Says ED Agreements Are Temporary
In a recording obtained by Inside Higher Ed, the secretary explained why she’s moving several grant programs to other federal agencies and how it could benefit students.
www.insidehighered.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
LATEST: Education Secretary Linda McMahon held an all-staff meeting at the department Tuesday after announcing her next major step toward dismantling it.
@insidehighered.com obtained an audio recording of that meeting.
Read more about what she had to say:
@insidehighered.com obtained an audio recording of that meeting.
Read more about what she had to say:
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“This isn’t about improving student outcomes; it’s about implementing a business model that transforms students into widgets instead of human beings who need support.”
Dismantling of the Department of Education Fails Students
Statement from EdTrust president and CEO, Denise Forte
edtrust.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“This isn’t about improving student outcomes; it’s about implementing a business model that transforms students into widgets instead of human beings who need support.”
Reposted by Dr. Pietro A. Sasso
1/ Today the Department of Education said that it’s transferring a variety of programs to other agencies, making good on Trump’s promise to dismantle ED.
The most important thing to understand is that this is a Potemkin reorganization. It’s fugazi, it’s fairy dust. It’s not real.
The most important thing to understand is that this is a Potemkin reorganization. It’s fugazi, it’s fairy dust. It’s not real.
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
1/ Today the Department of Education said that it’s transferring a variety of programs to other agencies, making good on Trump’s promise to dismantle ED.
The most important thing to understand is that this is a Potemkin reorganization. It’s fugazi, it’s fairy dust. It’s not real.
The most important thing to understand is that this is a Potemkin reorganization. It’s fugazi, it’s fairy dust. It’s not real.
Yes, of course they would move over directed funds intended for student success to fund decentralizing accreditation and for AI pet projects.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
ED Grants Spark Concern Over Congressional Intent
The pushback, which arose Monday, is part of an ongoing debate about how much flexibility the Trump administration has to move money around.
www.insidehighered.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Yes, of course they would move over directed funds intended for student success to fund decentralizing accreditation and for AI pet projects.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
When I was in Texas, I had a feeling this was the end goal. I have other assumptions, but it is clear they are heading towards a new Jim Crow era in Texas higher education.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
Texas A&M to vote on limiting “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
When I was in Texas, I had a feeling this was the end goal. I have other assumptions, but it is clear they are heading towards a new Jim Crow era in Texas higher education.
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
How about starting with adequately finding them first so they have the staff to resolve these issues?
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Texas Gov. Orders Financial Investigation of Texas Southern
Texas governor Greg Abbott and lieutenant governor Dan Patrick have ordered an investigation of Texas Southern University, a historically Black institution in Houston, after a state audit found eviden...
www.insidehighered.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How about starting with adequately finding them first so they have the staff to resolve these issues?
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
This would inhibit or decesimate many overseas and other research partnerships.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This would inhibit or decesimate many overseas and other research partnerships.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
This would destroy many research institutions and overseas campuses.
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U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This would destroy many research institutions and overseas campuses.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
HBCUs continue to conduct research and earn higher classifications, but do not recieve the same opportunities to train their doctoral students or have the best research facilities.
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
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Applications Soar to Public HBCUs Even as Funding Gaps Threaten National Competitiveness
An analysis reveals these institutions drive economic mobility and STEM talent production while operating with far fewer resources than peers.
www.theeduledger.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
HBCUs continue to conduct research and earn higher classifications, but do not recieve the same opportunities to train their doctoral students or have the best research facilities.
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
I really think that faculty need entrance and hype songs for conferences when we present papers and scholarly sessions. What would yours be?
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I really think that faculty need entrance and hype songs for conferences when we present papers and scholarly sessions. What would yours be?
I was recently featured in an investigative story about fraternity housing in Canada.
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When Your Landlord is a Frat | The Local
Without enough brothers to fill their houses, some fraternities have begun renting rooms to non-students desperate for cheap rent. The results have been messy.
thelocal.to
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I was recently featured in an investigative story about fraternity housing in Canada.
thelocal.to/fraternities...
thelocal.to/fraternities...
At this juncture, even private colleges are making excuses to backtrack from anything related to diversity.
www.star-telegram.com/news/local/e...
www.star-telegram.com/news/local/e...
TCU to close departments dedicated to women, gender and race studies
Two departments will be shuttered after this year. Courses that remain intact will move under the umbrella of the English department.
www.star-telegram.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
At this juncture, even private colleges are making excuses to backtrack from anything related to diversity.
www.star-telegram.com/news/local/e...
www.star-telegram.com/news/local/e...
Proposed cuts to HSI funding, if enacted, will cause further harm to underrespresented student communities who will be further pushed to the margins.
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Arizona colleges face ‘devastating impact’ after Trump slashes grant funds to minority-serving institutions
Ten community colleges and universities in Arizona will lose at least $13.8 million after President Donald Trump's administration cut discretionary funding to minority-serving institutions.
azcir.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Proposed cuts to HSI funding, if enacted, will cause further harm to underrespresented student communities who will be further pushed to the margins.
azcir.org/news/2025/10...
azcir.org/news/2025/10...
I commend the efforts by Seton Hall, but it seems they achieved HSI status too late. They arrived to the office pizza party and all that is left is crust.
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
Seton Hall University Achieves Historic HSI Designation
The Catholic institution’s Hispanic enrollment rises as university joins national network of Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
www.theeduledger.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I commend the efforts by Seton Hall, but it seems they achieved HSI status too late. They arrived to the office pizza party and all that is left is crust.
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
This was inevitable as the intention is to gut DOE, but I am unsure they have any backup plans for anything to properly function.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump’s Latest Layoffs Gut the Office of Postsecondary Ed
College-access advocates say that TRIO and other student support services will face major disruptions as a result.
www.insidehighered.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This was inevitable as the intention is to gut DOE, but I am unsure they have any backup plans for anything to properly function.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
We saw this coming, but I am curious which colleges opt into the compact.
www.theeduledger.com/leadership-p...
www.theeduledger.com/leadership-p...
Trump Expands Anti-DEI Higher Ed Compact to All Colleges Nationwide
The compact, which promises preferential federal funding to signatory institutions, would require sweeping policy changes including the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, caps on...
www.theeduledger.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We saw this coming, but I am curious which colleges opt into the compact.
www.theeduledger.com/leadership-p...
www.theeduledger.com/leadership-p...
I was featured on local Cleveland TV to discuss hazing prevention.
www.cleveland19.com/2025/10/15/n...
www.cleveland19.com/2025/10/15/n...
New laws improve hazing reporting at colleges and universities in Ohio, but problem persists
A new federal law aims to fight dangerous hazing on college campuses and make the reporting process more transparent.
www.cleveland19.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I was featured on local Cleveland TV to discuss hazing prevention.
www.cleveland19.com/2025/10/15/n...
www.cleveland19.com/2025/10/15/n...
This removing funding from other enrollment based MSIs is highly problematic. Many institutions use those funds for broad student success funding or other engagement initiatives which benefits students across campus. The interest convergence here is alarming.
www.highereddive.com/news/mcmahon...
www.highereddive.com/news/mcmahon...
Republican lawmakers ask McMahon to restore funding for Hispanic-serving colleges
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Conference pushed back on arguments that the programs discriminate by establishing racial quotas.
www.highereddive.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This removing funding from other enrollment based MSIs is highly problematic. Many institutions use those funds for broad student success funding or other engagement initiatives which benefits students across campus. The interest convergence here is alarming.
www.highereddive.com/news/mcmahon...
www.highereddive.com/news/mcmahon...
@dcollier74.bsky.social called this. This was a worry I had which mirrors when Louisana tried to ban Librarians from joining the American Library Association (ALA).
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Under Anti-DEI Pressure, Ohio State Limits Conference Funds
The Education Department recently criticized Ohio State University’s involvement with a nonprofit that encourages people from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue doctorates. Now, OSU is rethinking ...
www.insidehighered.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@dcollier74.bsky.social called this. This was a worry I had which mirrors when Louisana tried to ban Librarians from joining the American Library Association (ALA).
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
The lack of capacity, proximity, and relationships for research have disadvantaged the the historical opportunities to develop a research infrastructure that allows HBCUs to compete for major research grants.
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
HBCUs Receive Less Than 1% of Federal R&D Funding Despite Representing 3% of Universities
New report reveals persistent funding disparities as Trump administration freezes diversity-focused grants.
www.theeduledger.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The lack of capacity, proximity, and relationships for research have disadvantaged the the historical opportunities to develop a research infrastructure that allows HBCUs to compete for major research grants.
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
www.theeduledger.com/institutions...
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Across the country, student groups and other organizations are working to fill the gaps left behind by campus centers and programs lost to a snowballing anti-DEI movement.
Students, Alumni Rally to Keep Cut Affinity Programs Alive
Across the country, student groups and other organizations are working to fill the gaps left behind by campus centers and programs lost to a snowballing anti-DEI movement.
www.insidehighered.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Across the country, student groups and other organizations are working to fill the gaps left behind by campus centers and programs lost to a snowballing anti-DEI movement.
The hazing researchers include in this story are really amazing, but you would think they would include the Piazza Center which was founded as a response to hazing death.
www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
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Penn State aimed to curb hazing culture after Timothy Piazza’s death. Some question whether it’s led to change.
Efforts in the eight-plus years since Timothy Piazza’s death haven’t necessarily led to meaningful change when it comes to hazing at Penn State, according to a university-commissioned report issued la...
www.post-gazette.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The hazing researchers include in this story are really amazing, but you would think they would include the Piazza Center which was founded as a response to hazing death.
www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...
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The 2026 Stop Campus Hazing Act is coming. How can colleges prepare? How can families talk about hazing? Our free TV bundle helps newsrooms. Check out the VOSOT, soundbite, raw video, & log with timecodes from our Q&A with @pietrosassophd.bsky.social: bit.ly/4ninMWn
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September 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The 2026 Stop Campus Hazing Act is coming. How can colleges prepare? How can families talk about hazing? Our free TV bundle helps newsrooms. Check out the VOSOT, soundbite, raw video, & log with timecodes from our Q&A with @pietrosassophd.bsky.social: bit.ly/4ninMWn
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