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Jordan Matsudaira

@jdmatsudaira.bsky.social
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Prof at American Univ. and Director @peerresearch.bsky.social; School of Public Affairs. Dep. Under Secretary and Inaugural Chief Economist at US Dept. of ED46; Chief Economist for CEA44.

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Morgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So excited to be launching this request for proposals on state policies to improve k-12 educational outcomes at Arnold Ventures. I'm stoked to be supporting the team in carrying out this RFP. Take a look, share, and send in an LOI www.arnoldventures.org/stories/what...
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Arnold Ventures | What State Policies Improve Student Outcomes in…
With student achievement still below pre-pandemic levels and states poised to remake key education policies, Arnold Ventures is launching a new request…
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Sean Corcoran @seanpcorcoran.org · 23/09/2026
Our department at Vanderbilt is seeking an assistant/associate professor of higher education policy. The position is intended for a quantitative researcher with a PhD in a social science, public policy, or education. Please circulate and let me know if you have questions! apply.interfolio.com/193891
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 24/09/2026
Administration gags public servants from serving public talkingpointsmemo.com/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Census Bureau Directs Staff to Keep Quiet During Comment Period for Controversial New Rule
Leadership at the Census Bureau has ordered staff to halt all external...
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Julia Turner @julia-turner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just in case you need something to look forward to in 2028 🥳 Super excited to organize this convening with Kalena Cortes, @riacton.bsky.social, @loismiller.bsky.social, and @camilantmorales.bsky.social Please send us your research proposals and come hang out!
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NBER @nber.org · 24/09/2026
Open call for paper submissions: The Economics of Community Colleges conference April 6-7, 2028 in Cambridge, MA. Full information www.nber.org/economics-co...
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Austin Slaughter @austinslaughter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
IES has 9 days left to spend $180 million
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
44 is right.
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Mark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our department is hiring an assistant/associate professor of higher education policy!! I am not on the search committee this time, but am happy to chat with those who are interested about our amazing departmental community and Vanderbilt. Please help circulate! apply.interfolio.com/193891
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Jed Kolko @jedkolko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Political encroachment in statistical methods for political goals undermines confidence in the entire statistical system. That could hurt funding, response rates, and retention of expert staff, further degrading data quality. Read more at @piie.com www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the entire US statistical system
This summer marks the worst period for US statistical integrity since President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last August. Two different and seemingly uncoordinated eve...
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So many people think that the students who can't pay back their loans are going to like Vassar or Oberlin or even Harvard. In reality they're going to schools like Legends Barber College or Construction Training Center. www.npr.org/2026/09/16/n...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/09/2026
#econ_ra with @joellegamble.bsky.social at General Motors Econ search-careers.gm.com/en/jobs/jr-2...
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2027 Summer Intern - General Motors Economics Intern
The Role As a General Motors Economics Summer Intern, you will support strategic decision-making by analyzing the global macroeconomy, United States and international automotive markets, and key publi...
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 10/09/2026
This was awesome. Check it out if you can!
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Space station visible in Virginia Wednesday night - Cville Right Now
The International Space Station will be visible around 8:30 p.m. as it travels from the southwest to the northeast.
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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The University of California is in the midst of what looks to be a year-long debate about the use of SAT scores in undergraduate admissions. I wrote a FAQ that attempts to collect the facts that are relevant to this debate, and to dispel some common misconceptions: escholarship.org/uc/item/6kx2...
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 01/09/2026
Political control undermines the agencies' independence & scientific integrity. It betrays their purpose. We need reliable, representative views of our world as they have delivered. Instead we will never know if we are getting that or spin.
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This change grants Commerce political appointees veto power over data and research releases by scientists and statisticians at NOAA, NIST, Census, and BEA.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 31/08/2026
This is a really terrific paper -- they landed the great white whale of labor union research by combining data on many aspects at once with credible research design. Worth your time if you are interested in these questions.
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A 30% cut to international enrollment is lights out at many public R1’s. And: once again, this is not bungling on the part of the administration, or unintended consequences. It is *precisely* the intention.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
be the dolly you want to see in the world
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 26/08/2026
Entrusting our American national treasures to people desperate to obliterate them is the opposite of Conservative, and harms all Americans.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Terrible. "By the time the U.S. began attacking Iran, Central Command, which said it needed a minimum of nine of its 16 [civilian protection] staffers to function, was left with one person...A U.S. airstrike hit a school, killing more than 100 children." www.propublica.org/article/hegs...
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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...
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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Breaking my heart this morning: “Fitting ankle monitors on noncitizens without a criminal history who remain in compliance with their immigration cases has little precedent.” True in the narrowest sense. False given how the history of slavery and peonage roars through each part of this story.
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In Ohio, Haitians Feel Shaken by Ankle Monitors and Increased ICE Presence
The devices, which will make it easier for authorities to locate immigrants in Springfield if large-scale deportations begin, have intensified a sense of dread.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
NEW: The Census Bureau plans to release in mid-2027 a dataset demonstrating how the #2030Census could be affected by potential data privacy protections that are still allowed after the Trump administration's recent ban of a technique that the bureau used for decades www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
    2030 Census. Decennial census data are the hardest to protect due to the data’s scale and detail. This new order has shifted the research agenda, but our key objectives remain the same: better assessment and communication of disclosure risks and better understanding of data users’ needs. We plan to release a demonstration data product in mid-2027 for public feedback that will inform decisions for census testing and ultimately the 2030 Census.
    ACS. We’re researching new disclosure avoidance methods. Transitioning to methods compliant with the new order will occur gradually, with a full transition by 2029.
    Demographic surveys. Many of our demographic surveys use noise infusion methods. We will perform disclosure risk assessments for these products and research and identify new methods that are compliant with the order.
    Economic indicators. Most of our economic indicators are protected by suppression and won’t be affected. The Quarterly Financial Report is affected and will switch back to suppression.
    County Business Patterns. These data have historically used noise infusion, and we are exploring alternatives.
    Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD). These products use state unemployment insurance data as inputs. Products produced with noise infusion required by states in our data-sharing agreements will continue until these agreements are updated.
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Roy L. Austin, Jr., Meta's former VP of Civil Rights and now director of the Howard Law Artificial Intelligence Initiative, reads Mark Zuckerberg's new manifesto "The Future is for Everyone" against Meta's record—and finds a widening gap between the words meant to inspire and the company's actions.
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When an AI Manifesto Runs Into Reality
Roy L. Austin, Jr. was formerly Meta’s Vice President of Civil Rights. He now directs the Howard Law Artificial Intelligence Initiative.
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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I always find it helpful to look at (a) levels and (b) non-seasonally adjusted data alongside the seasonal. Here I've done both. You can see why the SA employment looks like it declined, but also why it is important to be cautious in interpretation - the SA algorithm has a *lot* of work to do here.
Seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally-adjusted employment in local government education from July 2016-July 2026. Source is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics series; the graph was made by FRED, a tool provided by the St. Louis Fed.
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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · 05/08/2026
You're paying $2,358 in federal taxes for Trump's mass deportations. @epi.org 's new calculator shows what your community could have instead www.epi.org/deportation-...
Instead of spending
$1,760,726,880
or $4,810 per taxpayer on mass deportations, Fulton County taxpayers could fund
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School Teachers
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Firefighters
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People on Medicaid
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Veterans' Medical Care
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Head Start Slots
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Registered Nurses
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
New: Does college pay off? This has increasingly come under question. But careful research has found that even students who weren't academic standouts in high school seem to benefit from attending a four-year college. www.chalkbeat.org/2026/08/04/w...
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The research on who benefits from college may surprise you
Studies in Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Texas point in the same direction: Four-year college often helps students with modest high school records.
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Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Today at 3:50pm!
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Sarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Hoping to see some of you at the NBER Summer Institute Gender in the Economy meeting tomorrow. I'll be presenting "The Consequences of Faculty Misconduct" (coauthored with Katie Leu) at 1pm ET. www.nber.org/conferences/...
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SI 2026 Gender in the Economy
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Trump admin has quietly drafted new rules governing the census expected to recategorize millions of immigrants (both unauthorized and legal) as not actually living here in the United States This would allow the GOP to steal congressional seats & redirect hundreds of billions of federal dollars
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Inside Trump’s Stealth Trick to Rig the Census—and Congress
The administration’s latest power grab is disguised as boring technical guidance.
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Jordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Amen 👇
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 17/07/2026
One third of all PhD STEM workers in the US are immigrants who studied at a US university. Today the US Administration extended its efforts to slash high-skill immigration, undermining foreign students' trust that they can complete their degrees & work afterwards. My new piece at @brookings.edu —>
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What does the new duration of status rule mean for international students and workers? | Brookings
Brookings guest authors break down a recent DHS rule change and what it means for US temporary visa holders and the broader economy
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"The guild estimated that the new entity would control about 35% of writing jobs for those working on top-grossing films and 36% of television projects."
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Writers Guild Sues Paramount Over Warner Bros. Deal
The Writers Guild of America sued Paramount Skydance Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Tuesday, alleging the $110 billion merger would harm competition in the markets for film and television writi...
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Jordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Amen and deep respect. “… it is a very different calculus when your entire institutional reputation is staked around integrity, principle, independence — literally, truth and light. That is the motto of the University. It is not what’s the most economically expedient.”
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American University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
SPA’s @peerresearch.bsky.social director @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social contributes to the @wtopnews.bsky.social article titled "5 Under-the-Radar Student Loan Changes You Should Know About”. Read his insights here: wtop.com/news/2026/06/5-under-the-radar-student-loan-changes-you-should-know-about/
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
One of my favorite videos of all time
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
multiculturalism is pretty great
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
España, by Ricard Verde, 1937, 📸 by Ronald Cortes
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
God they’re having so much fun. I wanna be there!
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Jordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
LFGK!!!
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NBA @nba.com · 14/06/2026
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆 New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!
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NBA @nba.com · 11/06/2026
OG WITH THE GO-AHEAD BUCKET. KNICKS WIN GAME 4 OF THE NBA FINALS. NEW YORK TAKES A 3-1 SERIES LEAD ‼️
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Emily Gee @emily-gee.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Econ team is hiring at the Center for American Progress! We're looking for a Policy Analyst with strong quantitative and writing skills; experience working with economic data; and an interest in compelling, evidence-based public policy arguments. [1/2] www.americanprogress.org/job/policy-a...
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Policy Analyst, Economic Policy
American Progress is seeking a Policy Analyst to support its Economic Policy team’s efforts to promote an economy that works for all. The Policy Analyst position requires strong quantitative and writi...
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Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Meaningful conversations don’t occur through erasure, exclusion, or revision. They emerge from the inclusion of America’s dark chapters and diverse perspectives; they are furthered by the people’s responsibility to uphold democracy through the act of remembering. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
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National Park Service orders removal of quotes from Boston's Bunker Hill Monument
The National Park Service has ordered the removal of three quotes about slavery and immigration from the Bunker Hill Historic Site.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The Vision of Saint Anthony the Abbot, artist unknown, 19th c, 📸 by Gregory Shamus
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Welp there’s no unseeing this
Colorful play gym for infants featuring foxes and bunnies, two criss-crossing archs stand over a square matUFC cage being built on the White House launch, criss-crossing arches strongly resembling the baby play gym
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
In the 12 states with available data, the number of children receiving food stamps has fallen by more than 700,000 since the "One Big Beautiful Bill" passed last July www.cbpp.org/blog/sharp-d...
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Sharp Drop in Number of Children Receiving SNAP Food Assistance Under New Federal Law
While cutting SNAP eligibility for children was not a stated target of H.R. 1’s proponents, the cost shift and access barriers are resulting in serious losses of food assistance for low-income childre...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/05/2026
@nycsanitation.bsky.social I’d like to report a sweep
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