What a great day presenting ongoing work on refugee access to post secondary education and the APPAM equity and inclusion lunch @appam.bsky.social

A big congratulations to this year's Equity & Inclusion Young Professional Fellows! Read more about this year's recipients before meeting them at #2025APPAM: https://ow.ly/zq0N50Xe4c5

Sharing findings from our ongoing research supported by @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social looking at refugees access to higher education at The Centre for Global Higher Education @ox.ac.uk www.researchcghe.org/events/navig...

Great start to #IRSPM2025 with the early career panels hearing about some important work related to race and diversity!

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it is stopping review of green card applications for some refugees and asylees, leaving in limbo those who came to the U.S. after fleeing unrest. thehill.com/homenews/521...

More data to share on refugee and displaced persons experiences trying to access higher ed in the US. We need to share these stories of how folks activate and navigate. Free downloads! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TPJV9...

News outlets are reporting that Trump will sign an Exec Order tmrw/Thurs pushing for the Dept of Ed to be closed. The draft order apparently argues that even though the department has spent $1 trillion in federal education dollars over 46 years, the U.S. has not improved in education. [thread]

Don’t be fooled- it isn’t just Columbia. This is a huge blow to the University of Maine.

Here, I explain how the February 14 "Dear Colleague" letter is a widely expansive distortion of the court’s ruling in SFFA. Institutional responses should remain focused on areas that the Supreme Court addressed and not expand to those clearly outside its purview. www.chronicle.com/article/hitt...

It's time to start a thread on higher ed budget cuts announced due to actual and potential cuts to federal funding. Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.

Despite the incredible challenges facing refugees and resettlement agencies I am forever grateful for what folks shared. We learned about how they build partnerships to foster the post secondary pathways so desired by displaced folks. Free for first 50 downloads. academic.oup.com/jrs/article-...

They're dismantling the Institute for Education Sciences to create the illusion of meritocracy. Because no data means no evidence of systemic inequities.

Events in Washington are (rightfully) getting a lot of attention, but keep an eye on what is going on in states. There are a bunch of bills seeking to restrict campus activities and even tenure.

Gotta tell you, it's not just the WWC contracts (I assume it'll hit the papers this week)

How many moms won't be able to show up for work tomorrow because he cut off the funding for the Head Start programs they rely on for childcare?

The best anti-poverty program is a world class education Government should pick up more of the tab for education -- I don't even recall this being a major talking point in 2024 www.forbes.com/sites/edward...

Excited to see this piece out. Building on other analysis, this work focuses on public institutions and how this might (we find that it isn’t) be connected to state political landscape.

You know it is almost winter break….the review requests keep rolling in!

Page proof time- Excited to see this out online soon!

I don't know if this is getting attention because ((waves arms)), but Michigan's Regents will consider defunding DEI tomorrow. Unlike the situation in Florida or Texas, this is under a board that is 6-2 Democrats.

I am writing a book chapter on qualitative methods in political science/public policy/public administration. If you have authored recent papers using QM in these three disciplines, please send them to me! I’d like to read and potentially cite. raul(.)pacheco(.)vega(@)flacso(.)mx

When people ask me why I don't care about my h-index, citations, etc., I point out that racism means that's a losing game. Cause this ain't just in economics. www.nber.org/papers/w33150

That’s a wrap..#2024APPAM and #ASHE all in 5 days. Great to see folks, learn about some cool stuff, and share our work on eHSIs as well as refugees. Back to TX I go!

Early morning conference vibes

Come to #19 to here about how federal refugee policy and public higher eduction policy shape postsecondary education #2024APPAM

Kicking off #2024APPAM with a great session on refugee experiences.

#ASHE2024 join me and my amazing collaborators @doctordws.bsky.social, Mariana Rodriguez and Marissa Castillo for a discussion on emerging HSIs at 2:30 in Orchestra D

These high childcare costs are pushing mothers not only out of the workforce but also--and maybe ironically--into political conservatism. Because moms pushed out of paid work often struggle with loss of identity. And because conservative Christian moms' groups often step in to fill that void. 1/🧵

Want to join of a community of Latinx/a/o Scholars broadly throughout academia? Please reply to this post if you want to be added!! Shout out to @larrylafountain.bsky.social for bringing us together! go.bsky.app/NrJs1Hr

Looking forward to seeing folks @appam.bsky.social

Kicking off a busy week- first stop #ASHE and then #APPAM.

Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it www.nber.org/system/files...

Hadn’t seen a women in education policy research starter pack yet. Please let me know if I missed you… still getting my bearings in the new place. go.bsky.app/PixwBrM

Find some new and old friend!

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Starting the day with a manuscript acceptance—more to come on how refugee resettlement supports higher education!

I am writing as fast as I can before critical race theory is outlawed again.

Getting into the post-break writing zone has been hard and these deadlines are coming fast!

Wrapping up teaching. Grateful for amazing students and a dean who visits on the last day of class.

Jumping into #ASHE2023 and excited to see friends old and new.

Really loving #ASHE2023 president Ana Martinez-Aleman’s talk is calling for the field of higher ed research to move out of “our front yard” to consider different views to reconsider our well-worn intellect frames and social constructs.

It looks like the Wisconsin legislature is going to win its battle with UW System over $32 million in DEI funding. That money will now go toward workforce development.

Crafting my skills of avoidance as I do ANYTHING but wrap up the copy edits on an R&R.

Ongoing work with our amazing collaborator considering refugee, asylee, and other displaced learners access to higher education. theconversation.com/higher-educa...

Next week I will have most of the day to enjoy working in a DC coffee shop. I'll be near Georgetown but looking for ideas on nice places to visit for an afternoon of work! Send me your recs....

Women more likely to leave academia due to work place climate than due to work family conflict.

My takeaway from this survey: it's hard to get college presidents to respond to surveys, especially those on sensitive topics sent out at the beginning of the academic year. This one got 136 responses, which is a single-digit response rate and likely not representative.

Been a hard semester for writing, trying some new strategies to get my writing game back!

Scholastic asks, "Do you want to opt out of 'diverse' books at your school's next book fair?" Your participation in white supremacy has never been easier, just uncheck the 'diverse' books box– poof, no problems. 🙄