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Dave Marcotte

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Professor @ American University School of Public Affairs Studying, education, health and child/family well-being. Also, dad jokes.

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Good coverage of issues and open questions here Suicide claims more Gen Z lives than previous generation stateline.org/2025/10/02/s...
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Suicide claims more Gen Z lives than previous generation • Stateline
For Gen Z adults, the oldest of whom are now reaching their late 20s, suicide is taking more lives than 10 years ago when millennials were the same age.
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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🚨The PEER Center is hiring! We currently have two positions posted (details below). We're a #highered research center (led by @srcellini.bsky.social @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social) focused on generating actionable research for state, federal policy. Put your data skills to work for an important purpose!
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🚨Interested in a PhD focusing on quant methods and education & social policy? I'm recruiting this year at @bclynchschool in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment program www.bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College
MESA has been training students to examine educational programs, design quantitative research studies, develop assessment instruments, and analyze educational data to help inform policy-making for ove...
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APPAM @appam.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The application for mentees for the APPAM Mentoring Program is now open--apply today through September 5th. Learn more: www.appam.org/career-educa...
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Jordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
House/Senate are set to eliminate Grad PLUS, and put in place loan limits that would dramatically restrict graduate borrowing. Media coverage emphasizes impact this may have on very expensive programs like Medicine and Dentistry, but @peerresearch.bsky.social finds impact will be much(!) broader 1/
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A group at special risk. This is harm in the service of political gain www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...
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Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Harvard be like....
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 30/05/2025
For those interested in education policy and the economics of education, I've put together 4 starter packs: Faculty and researchers 1: go.bsky.app/GHJzy4L Faculty and researchers 2: go.bsky.app/TeqwuKM PhD students & postdocs: go.bsky.app/FUjWT5E Journalists and writers: go.bsky.app/3XhYmo3
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vhgibney.bsky.social @vhgibney.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Material hardship is associated with wide-ranging harms for children and their caregivers; ensuring children have their basic needs met is a shared value that should supersede partisan disagreements. To help families thrive, we should make refundable tax credits more inclusive, not less. 🧵 1/
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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
OUT TODAY: @claremccann.bsky.social, @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social, and @tiacaldwell.bsky.social wrote about the House reconciliation package for #highered. Read the full piece here: www.american.edu/spa/peer/hou.... Follow @peerresearch.bsky.social for continued analysis of the bill! 1/
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House Republicans’ Proposed Overhaul of Student Aid Would Reshape Federal Higher Education Policy
Earlier this month, House Republicans introduced a bill that, if enacted, would dramatically transform the federal government’s role in helping Americans pay for college. This piece provides an overvi...
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Super proud of and hopeful for the future because of @vhgibney.bsky.social Congrats to her and all @au-spa.bsky.social grads today!
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator
(Spring 2025) - We discuss Yair Mundlak's (1927–2015) contribution to econometrics through the lens of the fixed effects estimator. We set the stage by discussing Mundlak's life and his seminal 1961 a...
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The new newsletter from the PEER Center has really become my one stop shop for higher ed policy news and I've appreciated how it removes some of my stress trying to keep up with everything (full disclosure: I'm on the advisory board but this is not sponcon) www.american.edu/spa/peer/
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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research (PEER) Project
Homepage for The Postsecondary Education & Economics Research (PEER) Center
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Kristi Noem's Diary
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Sometimes, good things happen for good people. So happy for @rnajam.bsky.social on next steps and all the good work ahead
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American University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Continue the conversation: Major changes by Trump admin. Join SPA Profs. @milleridriss.bsky.social & Bryan Arva in conversation w/ @hannahallam.bsky.social for political violence protections in 🇺🇸 after the Jan. 6 pardons. 🗓️Tue, 4/29 🕑 6:30PM📍Kerwin 301 RSVP: american-spa.swoogo.com/miller-idris...
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Ezra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
NSDUH is one of the only ways we can track trends in substance use in the US. NSDUH is one of the only ways we can track adolescent mental health problems in the US. We cannot afford to fly blind on these critical issues.
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Shooshan Danagoulian @shooshan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Have you read my research on pollen and behaviors? You should also take care of your mental health, avoid driving, and avoid calling emergency services (they’ll be swamped).
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Beth S Linas, PhD, MHS @bethlinas.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I’ll scream this till I’m blue in the face: FEDERAL CONTRACTORS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT. I was laid off and I still don’t know how I was selected- it’s beyond demoralizing and embarrassing. The person in the piece summed it up well “They took my job and my life from my hands without any reason.”
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‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers - KFF Health News
Since the Trump administration began firing federal workers, they say they feel overwhelmed, have obtained or considered seeking psychiatric care and medication, and are anxious about paying their bil...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Hey folks, if you are in Ann Arbor next Monday (3/31, 4-5.30) please join me as I interview Dan Honig on his very timely new book "Mission Driven Bureaucrats." Free and open to the public, and would love to see a free-wheeling discussion about govt capacity. fordschool.umich.edu/event/2025/e...
Date & time
Mar 31, 2025, 4:00-5:30 pm EDT
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Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium
735 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109


Mission Driven Bureaucrats argues that the key to better government lies not in stricter controls and more rigorous oversight but in empowerment and trust. Mission Driven Bureaucrats offers a roadmap for how governments can break from the status quo and cultivate a workforce of dedicated, empowered public servants. When bureaucrats are empowered to act on their mission-driven impulses, the results can be extraordinary. Managing more for empowerment - allowing autonomy, cultivating competence, and creating connection to peers and purpose - is often the path to better public performance and citizens’ welfare.
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
www.chronicle.com/article/brea... All of us who use and value NCES data are distraught. No one more than @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social who understands the work being lost and implications better than anyone.
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‘Breathtakingly Irresponsible’: Former Workers Decry Decimation of Education Dept.’s Data Warehouse
Fired NCES and IES employees describe a mad dash to save data that has informed higher education policy and practice since the days of Abraham Lincoln.
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
First finisher @aefpweb.bsky.social 5K #AEFP2025 🏆
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Great day for a 5k #AEFP2025 @aefpweb.bsky.social
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Start Saturday at @aefpweb.bsky.social right with the 5k. 6:30 am in Lafayette Square #AEFP25
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American University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Join SPA’s Career Planning in Times of Transition workshop & take control of your next steps. Designed for federal employees: Identify transferable skills, explore new paths, & master job search tools. 🗓️Sat, Mar. 29📍Kerwin 301 ⏰ 10 AM - Noon 🔗 Limited spots > RSVP: american-spa.swoogo.com/career
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Start Saturday @aefpweb.bsky.social early. Meet new people and get some exercise 5k fun run/walk starts at 6:30 in Lafayette Square #AEFP25
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@carajackson.bsky.social delivers her presidential address to a packed house for #AEFP25 50th anniversary
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American University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
SPA’s Postsecondary Economics & Equity Research Center (PEER) is at @aefpweb.bsky.social ’s 50th annual conference in Washington, DC from March 13 to 15. Stop by their booth to learn about PEER’s research and impact: american.edu/spa/peer @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This Saturday, let's run circles around this administration. #AEFP2025 5k starts at 6:30 am in Lafayette Square @aefpweb.bsky.social
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Jordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
For those in DC, please stop by to show support for the amazing public servants at the Department of Education dedicated to equal opportunity for a quality education. #AEFP2025
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Erdal Tekin @erdaltekin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🚨One week left to submit!🚨The 14th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior is happening in Madrid, Spain, on June 11–12, 2025. Don't miss the deadline! #EconSky #EconConf 🔗 Submit here: american.edu/spa/risky-be...
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Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior
Home page for the Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior.
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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Join the doctoral student group on 2/27 at 1 PM ET for a workshop on Surviving (and Thriving) in the Hidden Curriculum of Graduate School. Register today: fsu.zoom.us/meeting/...
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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Attention researchers: @arnoldventures.bsky.social is hosting a causal inference workshop for those who want to beef up their knowledge of causal research methods. April 29 in Tucson, AZ - the day before #ASEBP2025. Sign up here by Feb 25: tinyurl.com/3m84jw8y
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Sunday is the deadline for submissions to our 🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳 12-13 May 2025, Munich Keynotes: Alexander Willén and @alexeble.bsky.social 🎇 Submit now! 👇
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 02/02/2025
Hiring 2-year postdoc @upjohninstitute.bsky.social. Great for someone with FSRDC experience & interest in early childhood care & education labor markets. Work with me @gabriellepepin.bsky.social @jborowsky.bsky.social + others. #econ_ra #econsky #policysky www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
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Jordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
For Econ/policy PhD students on the market interested in higher ed/workforce related policy - come work with us! See postdoc position below at a new Center Steph Cellini and I co-Direct.
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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Have you registered for #AEFP2025 yet? Conference registration rates go up on January 16th - so be sure to register now to secure our lowest conference prices! Register here: aefpweb.org/conference
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American University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Prof. Ken Meier organized the 3rd Summer Diversity Academy in June, a workshop for PhD students & junior faculty in public affairs on publication, career development, & preparing for the job market. About the Summer Diversity Academy: bit.ly/4abf7iT #SPA90 #90AndJustGettingStarted
SPA is 90 years old and we're just getting started... on public management and leadership.
Headshot of Ken Meier next to the text: The Summer Diversity Academy, organized and hosted by Distinguished Scholar in Residence Ken Meier, empowers PhD students and junior faculty in public affairs with crucial skills in publication, career development, and networking, on a gradient background of Kerwin Hall building.
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
📢 Call for papers: 🚀 3rd CESifo/ifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🥳 12-13 May 2025, Munich Keynote: Alexander Willen PhD students & early postdocs, please apply! www.cesifo.org/en/event/202... Deadline: 16 Feb 2025 Co-organizer: Caterina Pavese @cesifo.org #EconSky
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 23/12/2024
"As the National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility, the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison seeks to fund research on high effective marginal tax rates, also known as benefit cliffs." #FundSocSci #EconSky www.irp.wisc.edu/irp-extramur...
IRP Extramural Large Grants for Poverty and Economic Mobility Research 2025–2027, Call for Applications – LOI Due: 2/7/2025
Posted on December 9, 2024
Letter of Intent Deadline: February 7, 2025, 11:59 p.m. CST

Informational Webinar: Monday, January 13, 2025, 1:00–1:30 CST
Zoom link: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94839443399 | Add to Calendar (iCal Link)

View/download full RFP in PDF format | Frequently Asked Questions

About the Grant
As the National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility, the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison seeks to fund research on high effective marginal tax rates, also known as benefit cliffs. This is a key area of interest identified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), Office of Human Services Policy (HSP), which serves as the sponsor of the National Research Center on Poverty and Economic Mobility.

HSP is particularly interested in research that focuses on the policy implications for human services programs administered by HHS (e.g., child care, child welfare, child support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF], youth homeless services, and Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) but is also interested in the broader social safety net programs (e.g., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program [SNAP], subsidized housing programs, Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program, refundable tax credits, and Supplemental Security Income) especially when those programs interact with the human services administered by HHS.
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Is RFK Jr. as weird as his family has been telling us?
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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 12/12/2024
This is quite a story: After a decade of enrollment declines, Emporia State's president wants to orchestrate a hostile takeover of the local technical college (which has grown considerably during this period). Everyone is fighting for students.
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Emporia State University president faults tech college for competition, envisions hostile takeover • Kansas Reflector
Emporia State University president Ken Hush in a letter to a local economic development agency accused Flint Hills Technical College of competing for students and warned that lawmakers could force a h...
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Join us to celebrate AEFP's big 5-0! 🥳 #EdResearch #EdPolicy
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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Did you know AEFP has Travel Grants to support students, policymakers/practitioners to attend #AEFP2025? The deadline is December 31, 2024. Apply today! aefpweb.org/travel
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Just wrapping up a 1st year PhD seminar on the intellectual foundations of public policy as an academic discipline. In the field for decades, I went in unsure where to start or what we'd find. Learned so much, plus better appreciation for the field, our students and its future.
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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
New to platform. Happy to see so many academic/research folks here! Hopeful we can keep building.
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