Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12/04/2026"The right’s characterization of higher education is a fiction. Students across the ideological spectrum feel free to express themselves, think their education is worth the cost and don’t think their views are silenced." Only 3% of Republican students feel out of place on campus for their views. 9346139
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Been pretty quiet for a while, but here is my latest publication with colleague Amalia Daché "Un pirámide: United States Afro-Latin American cities, counties, and institutional discourse in Florida’s public higher education." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Let me know if you need access!tandfonline.comUn pirámide: United States Afro-Latin American cities, counties, and institutional discourse in Florida’s public higher educationUS Afro-Latin Americans (ALAs), individuals who identify as Hispanic-Black or are descendants of Africans who lived in Latin America or the Caribbean, represent upward of 6 million people, yet rese... 170
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Very important and interesting report! www.propublica.org/article/dele...propublica.orgUnder Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax FormsAs the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statem... 043
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 15/11/2025What a great day presenting ongoing work on refugee access to post secondary education and the APPAM equity and inclusion lunch @appam.bsky.social 071
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsAPPAM @appam.bsky.social · 17/10/2025A big congratulations to this year's Equity & Inclusion Young Professional Fellows! Read more about this year's recipients before meeting them at #2025APPAM: ow.ly/zq0N50Xe4c5 021
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Sharing 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...researchcghe.orgNavigating Barriers, Building Futures: Policy, Persistence, and Postsecondary Access for Displaced Learners | Centre for Global Higher Education 011
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Great start to #IRSPM2025 with the early career panels hearing about some important work related to race and diversity! 010
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsAustin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 25/03/2025The 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...thehill.com 44617
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025More 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...tandfonline.comReframing Higher Education for Refugees: Pathways, Policies, and Community Cultural WealthPostsecondary education for refugees has gained traction, notably through the UN Refugee Agency’s “15 by 30” initiative aimed at achieving 15% refugee enrollment in postsecondary education by 2030.... 010
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsNational Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025News 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] 1810
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Don’t be fooled- it isn’t just Columbia. This is a huge blow to the University of Maine. 030
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsLiliana M. Garces @garceslm.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Here, 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...chronicle.comHitting Pause on the ‘Dear Colleague’ LetterThe Department of Education is overstepping its bounds and infringing on constitutional rights. 29352
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 13/02/2025It'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.dailynorthwestern.comUniversity leadership announces 10% non-personnel spending reduction, other immediate measures in response to political and financial uncertaintyA slew of executive orders and directives from President Donald Trump that put higher education funding on shaky ground has led Northwestern leadership to announce several immediate measures in respon... 37314181
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Despite 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-... 020
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 11/02/2025They're dismantling the Institute for Education Sciences to create the illusion of meritocracy. Because no data means no evidence of systemic inequities. 9755209
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 11/02/2025Events 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.insidehighered.comGOP state lawmakers again targeting DEI and tenureEven before Trump’s return, Republican legislators in some states were rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The campaign continues in current legislative sessions. 13819
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Gotta tell you, it's not just the WWC contracts (I assume it'll hit the papers this week) 14417
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 11/02/2025www.politico.com/news/2025/02...politico.comEducation Department slashes funding for research contracts, grantsAbout 170 contracts for the Institute of Education Sciences were targeted. 1156
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 28/01/2025How 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? 717851
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsAngelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025The 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...forbes.comRepublican Proposal Would Make College Scholarships Taxable IncomeRepublican lawmakers are considering making college scholarships fully taxable to help pay for continuing tax cuts that mostly benefit wealthy families. 35317
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Excited 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. 222
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024You know it is almost winter break….the review requests keep rolling in! 010
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Page proof time- Excited to see this out online soon! 130
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I 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. 616863
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsRaul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I 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 23013
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 26/11/2024When 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 413247
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024That’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! 050
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Come to #19 to here about how federal refugee policy and public higher eduction policy shape postsecondary education #2024APPAM 030
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Kicking off #2024APPAM with a great session on refugee experiences. 150
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024#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 080
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19/11/2024These 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/🧵 55901347
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsGabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr. @grodriguezlemus.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Want 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 93136100
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Looking forward to seeing folks @appam.bsky.social 000
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Kicking off a busy week- first stop #ASHE and then #APPAM.media.tenor.coma baby is sitting in a high chair in front of a television .Alt: a baby is sitting in a high chair in front of a television . 010
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Holy 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... 651373466
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsChristina Weiland @weilanch.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Hadn’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 5013556
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/11/2024For 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... 10847053407
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Starting the day with a manuscript acceptance—more to come on how refugee resettlement supports higher education! 030
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I am writing as fast as I can before critical race theory is outlawed again. 2484
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 25/01/2024Getting into the post-break writing zone has been hard and these deadlines are coming fast! 000
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 05/12/2023Wrapping up teaching. Grateful for amazing students and a dean who visits on the last day of class. 000
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 16/11/2023Jumping into #ASHE2023 and excited to see friends old and new. 000
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsOiYan Poon (she/her) @oiyanpoon.bsky.social · 16/11/2023Really 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. 031
Reposted by Ishara Casellas ConnorsRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 07/11/2023It 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.insidehighered.comWisconsin universities strive to recoup withheld DEI fundsThe Universities of Wisconsin, the system that oversees the state’s four-year public institutions, unveiled a proposal Monday that is designed to recoup $32 million that state legislators withheld ... 002
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 07/11/2023Crafting my skills of avoidance as I do ANYTHING but wrap up the copy edits on an R&R. 000
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 07/11/2023Ongoing work with our amazing collaborator considering refugee, asylee, and other displaced learners access to higher education. theconversation.com/higher-educa... 010
Ishara Casellas Connors @isharacc.bsky.social · 27/10/2023Next 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.... 000