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Shaun M. Dougherty

@doughesm.bsky.social
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Professor, father, fisherman, and one-time runner. Economics of education, causal inference, and policy. Opinions are my own, and I aspire that they are defensible.

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Mark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Edu policy peeps! I'm co-chairing the edu section for APPAM 2026 conference with @doughesm.bsky.social @taylorodle.bsky.social and @brittanyvasquez.bsky.social - if you would be interested in reviewing submissions, please let us know! We're aiming for about ~10 per reviewer. @appam.bsky.social
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I enjoyed joining @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social to discuss the new mythologies of higher education. Net tuition is not soaring, the value of a degree is not plummeting and neither is four-year college enrollment. educationgadflyshow.substack.com/p/is-the-col...
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Is the “college enrollment crisis” a myth?
Episode 998 of The Education Gadfly Show
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
It’s a good day for Valley Winter Song from @fountainsofwayne.bsky.social
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Headed to #2025APPAM ? Come see our @bostoncollege.bsky.social colleagues doing policy research present their findings!! Including outstanding job market candidate @yerinyoon.bsky.social
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🚨There is a lot of policy movement to expand career & technical Ed but little evidence of what to expect from such expansion. Our WP provides evidence from MA on take up & ➕impacts in the first 5 yrs after HS. #cte
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aizatnurshat.bsky.social @aizatnurshat.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
What Makes Some CTE Programs Great While Others Fall Short? by Hannah Kistler, @doughesm.bsky.social & @annenberginstitute.bsky.social's Christina Claiborne www.the74million.org/article/what...
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What Makes Some CTE Programs Great While Others Fall Short?
Kistler, Dougherty and Claiborne: A new brief pinpoints the features of high-quality programs and the steps states and districts should take.
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
What makes a Career & Technical Education program more than a set of electives? New research synthesizes decades of studies to highlight what works—and what doesn’t—in CTE → buff.ly/luCPS7F
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Yerin Yoon @yerinyoon.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📢New working paper (a chapter from my dissertation), co-authored with @doughesm.bsky.social, is now posted at the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston! Does Expanding Access to High Quality Technical Education Induce Participation and Improve Outcomes? (1/n) www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Looking at job postings helps define the counterfactual. I might be on my own, but I find this exercise helpful.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
New publication showing how high school #CTE can help smooth the transition to the workforce for students with #Disability - Joint w/ @UConn colleagues & @CTTechHS doi.org/10.3102/0013... Excited to see this in print!
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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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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Ever closer to being a *former* Cowboys fan Sources: Cowboys are trading three-time All-Pro LB Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. .
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This isn't news to those in ed research, but is a critical reminder for policy and community folks whose academic pedigrees make them inclined towards one, non-representative view of college education: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
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The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Today marks the start of my 13th year as a faculty member, and 17 years since choosing to leave my job as a K12 educator so that I could gain the skills to research the impact of policy and practice on outcomes. Grateful for for all of this.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
I need to learn the 'hot keys' for exiting zoom and teams meetings. My cursor response time leaves me awkwardly lingering too often
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
“scandalous uninterest in the appearance of things isnt the price anyone should pay for policy achievements.The price our kids will pay is a degraded, embarrassing …oligarchic govt. It’ll be hard for them to be idealistic & brave w that around their necks” www.wsj.com/opinion/brok...
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Opinion | Broken Windows at the White House
Republicans need to address signs of disorder for their own good and the good of the country.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
when the dual-factor authenticator asks if I am enjoying the app, why isn't there a third response option, "Necessary Evil"?
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
In a sea of bad takes & talking heads dunking on those out of power this is a great piece - as a graduate of a flagship and an elite uni, not really surprising, but it's solid work: www.educationnext.org/the-surprisi...
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The Surprising Role of Public Universities in Forging America’s Leaders
Flagship graduates outnumber elite-school alums in many positions of power and achievement, especially in state government
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I appreciate this op-ed is staking out a position that honors a broader range of work than only occupations that require a college degree. It shouldn't be necessary, but it has been long in coming. However, we all suffer if we pretend to live in an either-or world. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/o...
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Opinion | Stop Trying to Make Everyone Go to College
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
From high school to the middle class - Not even out of high school yet, these shop students are already landing job offers in skilled trades that pay $70,000 a year www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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The High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers
Companies with shortages of skilled workers look to shop class to recruit future hires; “like I’m an athlete getting all this attention from all these pro teams.”
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
From high school to the middle class - Not even out of high school yet, these shop students are already landing job offers in skilled trades that pay $70,000 a year
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Yerin Yoon @yerinyoon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
📘The Handbook on Inequality and COVID-19 is just out! Excited to share that @doughesm.bsky.social, Hannah C. Kistler, and I contributed a chapter titled “Changes in Public School Enrollment: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic.” You can read the chapter here: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
If you have research dependent on these data here is my suggestion 1/N Big picture: Create a dataset of cell means (cells must be big enough to pass disclosure) - load these cell means into many, many tables & put through review -These cell means can then be used in OLS - which runs on means
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Yerin Yoon @yerinyoon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Excited for #AEFP2025 starting Thursday! Our BC group will present papers on Catholic Ed and Career & Technical Education, plus @doughesm.bsky.social 's two special sessions. If you're interested in these topics, see you there! I'll be presenting on the impact of HS CTE expansion Friday morning.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
At the close of CTE month, and amidst relative chaos in education, a reminder of shared values and how education connects to economic opportunity: Great reporting from ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ The Schools Reviving Shop Class Offer a Hedge Against the AI Future
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The wealthiest have a responsibility to use their vast resources to do good and reduce suffering. This applies equally to individuals and nations. Religious or secular, this is broadly held as a value
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Sport offers a chance for leadership and to build community
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
My feed is chock full of Philadelphia Eagles 🦅 coverage. Appreciate the excellence, joy, and passion exhibited by athletes and artists these last two Sundays. Kendrick and Jalen principle among them.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
co-authors be advised: Other people can employ the word "utilize" in their writing, but I will not.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Knowing what works, for whom, and under what conditions is one of the most powerful tools I can imagine in public policy. Adding cost effectiveness analysis can improve efficiency while understanding context supports generalizability.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Research helps us know what does (and does not) work. When done well, this applies across disciplines. In all fields, the private sector under-invests, and those market failures cost lives, learning, and economic output
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 10/02/2025
What recent NAEP scores say about MA (from my friend and former colleague Marty West): "Massachusetts schools may be #1 for some students but not for all of them. Students’ skills are falling and growing more unequal. This has been true for more than a decade." www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/10/o...
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
New evidence that IDR plans can improve human capital investments & that when administered by the Federal government can counteract expected moral hazard that private lenders could not avoid. www.nber.org/papers/w3341...
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Moral Hazard and the Sustainability of Income-Driven Repayment Plans
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
My favorite part of the dissertation process is when people who have nearly completed their doctoral training and prepared original research have to then spend 2 weeks figuring out how to meet the intricacies of the internal formatting guidelines. I'm sure there is a committee to fix that
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Yesterday, there was irony in my email. Today, the chill meets that nip of the air outside:
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A little levity: there is a certain hilarity to being notified by email that email is down
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
JM as MJ on #grammys was just right!
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
PSA: The easy part of the editorial process is getting good content, and finding referees. The hard part, getting massive, profitable publishing companies to give you 30 uninterrupted minutes to help get that work in print. It's a fragmented, off-shored, zero-accountability mess.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Observation: It's hard to promote AI as a tool that is central to the current and future workforce while simultaneously blocking use of these tools.
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
SUBMISSION DEADLINE for our special issue of JREE focused on using longitudinal data to address questions related to disability & education. Please submit or reach out before February 1: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Leveraging Administrative Data to Expand Research on Disability & Education
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Great Media Fellowship for journalists interested in higher ed and career-connected technical education in postsec: citizensandscholars.org/fellowships/...
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Higher Ed Media Fellowship - Institute for Citizens & Scholars
Higher Ed Media Fellows are journalists interested in diving deeper into underreported issues in higher education.
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Sophie McGuinness @semcguinness.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Important report with some legendary histograms
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
What an honor and what good company to keep!
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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If we care about evidence being used in policy and practice, we should think about what questions policymakers and practitioners have. Some thoughts on how to get started in Democratizing the Development of Evidence journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Democratizing the Development of Evidence - Cara Jackson, 2022
This essay offers a framework for broader community involvement as a means of increasing the relevance and usefulness of evidence developed. This essay begins b...
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
If you haven’t yet met @yerinyoon.bsky.social of the Boston College Lynch School you soon will. She just exemplified poise and sophistication of methods and presentation in only her 3rd year of doctoral study. Thanks to #2024appam and #sea2024 for these opportunities for her to showcase our work!
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Annie Wofford, Ph.D. @anniewoff.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
3 days left to apply! We are looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor in #HigherEducation at Florida State. @perezfelkner.bsky.social is chairing the search, and I’m also tagging our other Higher Ed faculty on Bluesky. ☺️ @cameroncarl.bsky.social @semcguinness.bsky.social #faculty #EduSky
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Yerin Yoon @yerinyoon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Heading to #2024APPAM! Thursday morning, I’ll present two papers with @doughesm.bsky.social. If you’re interested in School Choice or Career & Technical Education, don’t miss these panels! Plus, as a 2024 Student Ambassador, I’ll co-lead an ignite chat on Building and Maintaining Networks. Join us!
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Christina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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
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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ
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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
The view from my perch
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