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Ray Mitic

@drrmitic.bsky.social
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Husband. Son of immigrants. Cat dad. Asst Prof of Higher Education. William & Mary SOE. First-Gen College Student. GradEd. Intl Ed. Home: Chicago. 🖖

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Astrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
From Kaz Gary: As part of Black Space Week 2026, Astrobites is highlighting members of the Black in Astro community who will be presenting at the 248th AAS meeting starting next week! If you’ll be attending, we encourage you to check it out. ⚛️ 🔭 ☄️ 🧪 astrobites.org/2026/06/12/bia-highlights-for-aas/
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Black Space Week 2026: BiA Highlights for AAS
As part of Black Space Week 2026, Astrobites is highlighting members of the Black in Astro community who will be presenting at the 248th AAS meeting starting next week! If you'll be attending, we enco...
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Great advice on infusing active learning within the traditional lecture.
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New publication: First piece from the Ad Astra study as well as first journal publication with three fantastic student co-authors. Learn about the lived experiences of international graduate students in the space sciences from the Global South. Open access! #space doi.org/10.1108/SGPE...
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Stellar ambitions: lived experiences of international graduate students in space science from the Global South
Purpose. This paper aims to explore how international graduate students from the Global South studying in US space science programs challenge dominant norms in developing their science identity within...
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
New publication with Amanda Davis Simpfenderfer Ph.D. using #quantcrit analyses to show how institutional environments, SES, and student identities can impact time-to-degree using College & Beyond II data. #openaccess rdcu.be/eVP3L
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Belonging and Balance: Institutional, Socioeconomic, and External Demands’ Impact on Racial Variation in Time-to-Degree Among College Completers
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
New publication in time for the holidays! In this article, I use #longitudinal data to support a long-held belief that service-learning in college is linked to post-college #volunteerism behavior. These associations are consistent across race and ethnicity. #research doi.org/10.1353/csd....
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Project MUSE -- Verification required!
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
New publication! Together with my colleagues Enyu Zhou and Hiro Okahana, we study the links between program racial climate, well-being, and resilience on Ph.D. program satisfaction in a national sample of 1,053 current students. Open access! doi.org/10.1353/rhe....
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Lauren Schudde @laurenschudde.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Over the past ten years, #RIHE has published >80 articles that used NCES data as a primary data source. In this special collection, we highlight key RIHE articles that used NCES data to provide important insights for research, practice, and policy. #highered link.springer.com/collections/...
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Leveraging U.S. NCES Education Data: High-Impact Articles from the Past 10 Years of RIHE
Over the past ten years, Research in Higher Education has published over 80 articles from scholars that used National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) ...
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
New article with Laura Link on how different stakeholder groups perceive the purposes and practices of grading in secondary schools! Open access! #grading #research #quant doi.org/10.1080/0969...
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Examining grading purpose and practices: A multivariate analysis of secondary stakeholder perceptions
This study provides evidence of fundamental differences in how students, parents/guardians, teachers, and administrators understand and approach the purposes and practices of grading. Using census ...
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Ed researchers! @aeraedresearch.bsky.social asks that we take a 5 min survey on "how specific [IES] datasets, surveys, research, and evaluations are used and relied upon by members" by May 28th to respond to questions from the judge. I'm not including the link on purpose but please check your email!
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 21/05/2025
They're terminating OPT. Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US. 6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
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Skilled immigration on the chopping block? Effects of eliminating "Optional Practical Training" in the US
The White House has taken numerous steps to sharply reduce the number of immigrant workers, with or without legal status, in the US economy. These policies, so far, typically target immigrants with le...
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Japan: internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn #highered #AcademicSky
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White students ‘over-represented’ on Japanese university websites
Internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn
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Lauren Schudde @laurenschudde.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The journal Research in Higher Education is seeking manuscripts using data from the National Center for Education Statistics for a special issue. Please read the full call for papers here and circulate to your networks! #RIHE link.springer.com/collections/...
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Call for Submissions using National Center for Education Statistics data
The journal Research in Higher Education plans to publish a collection of articles using data from the National Center for Education Statistics in the United ...
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
New article alert! We used AI to examine the websites of hundreds of Japanese universities to show whiteness strategies in campus internationalization. Open access! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Campus Internationalization or Campus Whitening?: AI Analysis of Image Data on Japanese University Websites - Innovative Higher Education
Scholars have raised concerns that White-centric norms have been widely prevalent in higher education globally, bolstering the existing power imbalances that have historically been favorable toward Wh...
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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...
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Enjoyed this presentation to end #CIES2025 in Chicago. We have to keep supporting international education.
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
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Melissa Whatley @melwhat.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
William and Mary’s own Ray Mitic (@drrmitic.bsky.social) and Bianca Wu did an excellent job presenting about civic outcomes of higher education this morning! #AEFP2025
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Oh hey, me and some of my cool higher ed policy friends signed a thing! www.ihep.org/press/nearly...
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Nearly 90 Higher Ed Organizations and Researchers Urge Congress to Protect Postsecondary Data
IHEP, alongside over 60 organizations and 24 individuals, sent a letter to Congress urging the protection of student and transparency regarding recent cancellation of key contracts and grants at the I...
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Timely contribution as I teach Higher Education Law this semester. Thank you @garceslm.bsky.social !
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
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AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
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W. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Eliminating, or at least severely reducing, data access & collection undercuts both knowledge & accountability. Educational inequalities & trying to address them will become even more difficult.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/02/2025
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
First publication from 2025 with Enyu Zhou and Hironao Okahana on the factors that predict whether PhD alumni affirm or regret their decisions on their PhD experience. Nature Humanities & Social Sciences Communications. rdcu.be/d5pcG #doctoraleducation #HSS #edresearch
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Factors predicting PhD affirmation and regret in PhD holders
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Factors predicting PhD affirmation and regret in PhD holders
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Jim Barber @jpbarber.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
William & Mary #HigherEd showed up for #ASHE2024! So proud to be a part of this community.
A group of faculty, students, and alumni from the William & Mary Higher Education Program seated around a table for dinner
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Jim Barber @jpbarber.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
William & Mary #HigherEd faculty member Chelsea Smith served as discussant for a research paper session titled “Beyond Imposter Syndrome: Unveiling the Intersections of Race, Gender, Disability, and Religion of Doctoral Students” #ASHE2024
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Jim Barber @jpbarber.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Amanda Simpfenderfer, W&M faculty member, presenting her research paper “The impact of course taking patterns on STEM outcomes: A machine learning approach” at #ASHE2024
Dr. Simpfenderfer speaking at the podium, explaining her research Title slide: The impact of course taking patterns on STEM outcomes: A machine learning approach
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Jim Barber @jpbarber.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
W&M faculty Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social presenting research on impact of undergraduate research experiences in paper session on “Unveiling Co-Curricular Activities to Examine College Student Engagement” #ASHE2024
Paper title: The Role of Undergraduate Research Experiences in Predicting Graduate School AttainmentDr. Ray Mitic at podiumSummary of paper’s findings
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