our dept. at the university of arkansas is hiring a tenure-track AP of adult and lifelong learning. feel free to dm if interested

it is a huge bummer that only super rich people will be able to go to world cup games in the US. 2k just to get in the stadium is insane

One of the most American headlines I've ever seen

This is spot on from @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social . It’s soul sucking to constantly frame education as workforce training. It’s also not clear that going all in on this narrative has or will offer k12 and higher ed more stability and support

"Relatively few students say that generative AI has diminished the value of college" interesting how the loudest voices championing AI in higher ed never seem to be students and faculty 🤔

Crazy numbers from US News & World Report survey: 35% of students are thinking about cutting back on their studies 32% about changing degrees 31% about completing school abroad 26% about enlisting in the military for financial support

Since NYT spends 99% of the time talking about elite colleges, its worth highlighting when they put out a great piece on community colleges. CCs are already under resourced, and the trump cuts to higher ed will limit opportunities for social mobility thru these institutions

These are the kinds of stats every college and opposition policymaker should be using daily to restore funding and improve public perceptions of higher ed

It’d be cool if Trump threw a curve ball and forgave all student debt thru executive order just to mess w/ SCOTUS

Spotted in Philly: “For JD Vance”

Attaching a dollar amount to the culture wars at school - another $3 billion that could have gone to actually helping students instead of directing resources to combat "small groups of individuals who used threats and misinformation for political advantages."

Every college is on the list at this point, no sense believing otherwise

Austerity comes for private higher ed. Public higher ed might not be too far behind

Welp, there goes my postdoc.. had a feeling our team's research on CTE programs at community colleges would be perceived as too radical

Orienting education as a strictly vocational project is dystopic, plain and simple

Welp, it continues to be illegal to try to make things easier for student borrowers

Philly researchers out protesting funding cuts. Hands off our healthcare, research and jobs @pasenatorsaval.com

Maybe let's just start with making sure all schools have certified teachers, air conditioners, and asbestos free walls

Reviewer 1: your identification strategy is broken Reviewer 2: “whether or not” is redundant Reviewer 3: chill paper, enjoyed reading it

Everyone’s talking about pie for breakfast, but might I also recommend pie for dinner

Trump admin appears hostile to higher ed, but most in his cabinet are no strangers to elite colleges (and some broad access publics too!): Scott Bessent: Yale Marco Rubio: UF (BA), Miami (JD) Pete Hegseth: Princeton (BA), Harvard (MPP) Howard Lutnick: Haverford Linda McMahon: East Carolina

In Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina DACA recipients will lose access to public higher education if DACA goes away. In Arkansas, Idaho, Maine and Ohio, DACA recipients will lose in-state tuition if DACA goes away.

Not to brag, but I already know the answer www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/u...

“For the first time ever in 2021-22 Pennsylvania issued more emergency teaching certificates than full certificates” 22% of Philly teachers hold emergency certs Only 17% wind up becoming fully certified Suffices to say… this is bad for schools, teachers, students www.inquirer.com/education/em...

Photo-documenting the Education Department in all its glory before the WWE Smackdown begins

WHO would have thought that smoking weed leads to more munchies and time on the couch?? www.nber.org/papers/w3317...

Lessons from Philly higher ed portend more broadly. Expect more closures, mergers, and emphasis on 'in demand' online programs to keep enrollment numbers up & private colleges afloat. plus nice insights in this piece from @robertkelchen.com as always www.inquirer.com/education/a/...

Demanding greater investment in public libraries, including the nation’s stick libraries

Why it's going to be so hard for Trump II to abolish the Department of Education in a single chart. There's a reason why none of the states that pledged to stop accepting federal funding followed through. Deep cuts to local schools is not a popular platform

I'm Daniel Sparks, a postdoc in econ & ed policy at UPenn. My #EconJMP looks at effects of counselors on school climate and college enrollment in California. I use causal inference to evaluate state and federal policies related to higher ed finance & policy. Link in bio edworkingpapers.com/ai24-1063

It’s hard to be a Tottenham hotspur fan, real hard

A small piece of joy for today: I sprouted a pumpkin seed from our jack-o-lantern. It put out leaves *yesterday* and grew about a 1.5” just SINCE THEN. It is so determined to live and grow and I’m going to do all I can to keep it alive. (Starting with potting it up today!)

It’s very hard at the moment to not end every email and text message with ‘Hope you’re managing the end of times well. Best,’

I didn't enter higher ed with the goal of achieving an upward trajectory. I took jobs wherever my wife's career had us at the time. The jobs I've had never had the potential to lead anywhere else. There was no security, no promotion nothing in the offing other than "the work."

How do I turn the internet off

Today's mood: Vincent van Gogh, Skeleton with Burning Cigarette, 1886 www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collectio...

Dogs and books, great way to beat Election Day jitters

“We are all, generally, very intelligent people who chose this job over potentially many others that pay a lot more for the reason that we are not going to be bossed around.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/u...

Vote to save the trees! 🌲 🌴 🌳 www.democracynow.org/2024/10/30/h...

Because it's Friday and everything seems to be going bonkers all at once and most of us are exhausted, here's one of the most joyful images I know: Jacob Lawrence's 1999 screenprint, entitled "Play"

From our AEA cttee on the job market, here's the first update on the status of the job mkt for PhD economists of the 2024-25 cycle. A thread with graphs follows... #EconJobMarket #EconSky @aeainformation.bsky.social @aeacswep.bsky.social @joelistings.bsky.social 1/9

This pic of a dodgers fan in blue paint after last night's world series win really wigs me out. How is this real www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/o...

WWJD who would Jesus deport

Why on earth would I stand with crypto

Debt cancellation hasn't lost political luster - lots of people would be happy to have their student debt forgiven and vote accordingly. Courts have just stymied efforts and its near impossible for the average person to keep up with what is and isn't legal www.startribune.com/harris-stays...

Very important update: goldfish crackers will henceforth be called Chilean sea bass www.cnn.com/2024/10/23/f...

That's $3.2bn that could have been used to, i dont know, actually give kids a better education www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

It's important for people to update their mental models when new information becomes available. One those mental models about higher ed finance is that tuition and debt continue to skyrocket. It's not true and hasn't been true for several years. www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Tomato season in Philly now lasts thru November