"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget." Public Universities FTW!

The timing of this paper is perfect.

Please understand that the only reason this has been released is because of the UCLA faculty association who filed a request and challenged the refusal in court. If you are a UC faculty member, join your FA!

I came here to post this GIF + this story

New episode of @haveyouheard.bsky.social, featuring research by @t-h-a-d.bsky.social, @emilykpenner.bsky.social, and Andrew Penner.

4:46 PM: Review submitted! 4:54 PM: Dear Dr. Penner, I am inviting you to review the manuscript…

Where’s Your Evidence, Mr. President? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

"What’s more, research shows that these tactics harm students and families from marginalized communities — students of color and especially LGBTQ+ youth — by taking away access to affirming books and curriculum, and create a chilling effect for librarians and educators."

Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel, who was held in a prison in El Salvador, has filed a claim against Homeland Security, accusing it of wrongful detention. It could be the first of dozens filed by migrants deported to CECOT in March without due process. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/u...

@janellescott.bsky.social's excellent AERA presidential address (youtu.be/p7fJE_oy0oE) described a Muir Woods display inviting park goers to reflect on what knowing a more complete history of the place compelled them to do. Now it's been ordered to be removed. www.sfgate.com/california-p...

a disaster for many reasons, but I’m especially livid thinking about countless disabled students whose families who will have even less in the way of recourse when their kids’ educational rights are violated

One of my colleagues and a union comrade was abducted at the Camarillo action yesterday. We still don't know where he is, who is holding them, or any other information about his status. If you're in the area, please reach out to the folks listed in the press release and donate to the bail fund.

Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. Did you know that Black women have to work 191 EXTRA DAYS into the year in order to earn as much as white men? 191 EXTRA days. #blacksky This is #TheDoubleTax.

NEBRASKA TEXAS NEW YORK CALIFORNIA If you see your member of Congress below, pls call! Capitol Hill switchboard: 202-224-3121 or find your Rep's DC office number: house.gov or google their name & call an in-state office or send a fax (for free!) via your computer: faxzero.com/fax_congress...

This is a really excellent resource on international student enrollment in the US and how Trump administration limitations on enrollment will affect states and universities

Worth noting today that the entire budget of the NEH is about $200M.

Out now in @nathumbehav.nature.com: Cuts to NIH funding will impact the economy and employment nationwide. We visualize these losses and advocate for a theory-driven approach to communicating local, self-relevant impact. w/ @joshuasweitz.bsky.social + SCIMaP team: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

International students add $44 billion to the US economy, annually. www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea...

“We want to do all that we can to protect essential data and research infrastructure,” - Michal Kurlaender, President of AEFP hechingerreport.org/...

Appreciate this interview and the work Norman Wong is doing to share the important story of his great-grandfather Wong Kim Ark and his fight to establish birthright citizenship in the U.S.

Policy Briefing: "Criminalized by Design: How US Immigration Policy Hurts Families, Not Crime Rates" Wed, May 21 3:00-4:00PM Dirksen senate office building Room 11 Charis Kubrin (UC Irvine) Irene Vega (UC Irvine) Beth Baker (UCDC) Ernesto Castañeda (American University) forms.office.com/r/guzuqyu06s

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Yes! We have to move the needle on public perception of science. Scientists can share their story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

Ethnic studies turns out to give a huge boost to struggling high school students. Attendance, GPA, engagement all go up - but does any of this matter in our era of backlash and culture war? @haveyouheard.bsky.social heads to southern California to find out soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

Actually, this just broke me. Thank you.

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

"If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research." The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...

Will @cityofirvine.bsky.social get an areal gondola before UCI gets a bus to the airport? Stay tuned. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

Excited for this special issue! Send us your best work! Focus is Prek-16 and expansive to broadly construe "Civil Rights". So higher Ed folks, law and Ed, history of Ed, sociology of Ed, econ of Ed, and policy folks - all welcome!

Maybe we’ll finally get a bus between @ucirvine.bsky.social and the airport!?!

Still at AERA and awake after midnight the night before this panel? Come hang out with me and @laurarogers.bsky.social tomorrow am and bring coffee.

What a great initiative. It's so important to hear the stories of silenced scientists. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬

ERIC is certainly not obscure for anyone who works in research and data or education.

"administration officials have been gutting services that keep children alive and well. These include programs that feed kids, teach them the alphabet, provide them medical care, guarantee their rights and shield them from abuse."

Talent Analytics in Ed issue! What Educator Applicants’ Short Essays Tell You about Their Potential Job Fit & Performance by @emilykpenner.bsky.social & others School Districts’ Use of Talent Analytics: Barriers & Possibilities by @laurarogers.bsky.social et al. utppublishing.com/toc/jehr/43/2

Thank you @aeraedresearch.bsky.social and @sreesociety.bsky.social for advocating for educational research and data!

We are hiring an education researcher to join the @capolicylab.bsky.social and @berkeleycshe.bsky.social teams. You'll work on projects using administrative data relating to California higher education. Here's more information: capolicylab.org/careers/rese...

“The Japanese American National Museum says Trump admin may withhold as much as $2 million approved by the Biden admin.” “Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Groups Sue Over Trump’s Cuts to Education Department Research Arm www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”

So grateful for the leadership of @aefpweb.bsky.social in this moment of wasteful, inefficient destruction of research.

The Impact Map or Federal Cuts Tracker Map is finally live‼️ Check the 🗺️ out theimpactproject.org/the-impact-m... Explore how federal cuts are affecting your state or community and share this WIDELY 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

This is the way.

NCME and our organizational colleagues call on Congress to protect federal educational databases, including ensuring that expert staff remain to maintain them: www.aera.net/Portals/38/E... For other recent @ncme38.bsky.social actions in support of our members, see here: www.ncme.org/blogs/nathan...

Hey Orange County, we’re lighting $118M on fire for Elno’s DOGE cuts. That’s science, innovation, and jobs we’re just throwing away. Check the link to see how much your county is wasting on this Villianaire vanity project.

In a new letter, AERA and other education research leaders call on Congress to protect the nation’s education data, research infrastructure, and knowledge base, by safeguarding the IES and broader Education Department staff, leadership, and mission. www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...

Just now @montereybayaquarium.org, along with 23 @aquariumconserv.bsky.social colleagues, are calling on leaders in Congress to support the Institute of Museum and Library Services (#IMLS) – the latest important federal agency to face elimination. Reach out now: mbayaq.co/420mWnX

Post a warning.

Allow me to nerd out a bit about the stats in our recent PNAS paper... To make this graph, we calculated a 100-by-100 grid of the average proportion of peers in each income percentile for students in each percentile (i.e., average peer income distributions for each student percentile). [1/n]

When you unintentionally highlight how efficient the U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office is