Reposted by Katie SmithChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 10/07/2025“The dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fanfare.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...thecrimson.comHarvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Replace Diversity Offices Amid DEI Purge | News | The Harvard CrimsonThe dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fan... 421034597 1K
Reposted by Katie SmithJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Cool paper with an great title. Across the world, boys are much more likely to overestimate their math ability than girls. People from high SES backgrounds do the same www.iza.org/publications... 519161 191
Reposted by Katie SmithThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/06/2025About 250 years ago, an unassuming structure on the campus of William & Mary, housed the Williamsburg Bray School, making it the oldest known building where enslaved and free Black children were formally educated. It is now, on Juneteenth, open to the public.trib.alOn Juneteenth, This Williamsburg Schoolhouse Finds a New LifeBeginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg. 325051 250
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I am becoming a bit of a higher ed history nerd. Old photos and records of women's sports are some of my favorite docs. Check out this fun photo of the 1904 Smith College hockey team and their mascot, Max, curtesy of Smith Special Collections. 110 1
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I don't have an #NSF grant, but I have spent the past 17 months collaborating with 5 students analyzing open access data from another team's NSF-funded project. Fed investment in education & science is critical for our society, and the benefits are widespread. These cuts have long term implications. 1132 13
Reposted by Katie SmithSvasti Haricharan @svasti.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Surprise surprise! Allowing scientists to have continuity and security in their funding lets them focus on research and ask big questions that require long term support to answer, and that are most likely to have big impacts for humanity. TIL. 🧪 422468 224
Reposted by Katie SmithPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 07/05/2025President Donald Trump’s administration has pulled close to $10.2 million in federal grants from AmeriCorps projects in Philadelphia, jeopardizing the future of 11 community service programs.inquirer.comPhilly lost $10.2 million in the latest round of DOGE funding cuts to AmeriCorpsThe cuts targeted eleven education programs, including CityYear, Teach for America, and Joyful Readers. 55022 50
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Harvard’s website changed to feature research and impact: www.harvard.edu. I know they are private and the literal most well resourced institution in the US, but if you know how hard it is to make even the smallest edit on a college website, this is even more impressive.harvard.eduHarvard UniversityHarvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders who make a difference globally. 020 2
Reposted by Katie SmithAdam Lichtenstein @adamlichtenstein.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Gutting. From the Tallahassee Democrat. 171340446 1.3K
Reposted by Katie SmithJoshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 14/04/2025Interesting new research suggesting one reason women are less likely to major in STEM, economics, and business is that they expect to face labor market discrimination later in those fields (so that the return to such majors is lower). www.nber.org/papers/w33680 711041 110
Reposted by Katie SmithBarack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit. 15568914218160 89.1K
Reposted by Katie SmithDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 04/04/2025If you don't feel like scouring my skyline for all the places I've talked about why encouraging profligate & uncritical use of "AI" in education & public life is is so so so very bad, you can read more on what makes this situation so dangerous & problematic here: afutureworththinkingabout.com?p=5899 15495166 495
Reposted by Katie SmithRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 25/03/2025Pieces like this are why I'm concerned about the ability of students to get financial aid on time in the fall...and for some small colleges to make payroll as a result. Even if there is no intent to cut aid, there don't seem to be the staff to handle inevitable issues that arise.insidehighered.comEducation Department Staff Struggle After Mass LayoffsThe Trump administration said its sweeping cuts would eliminate bloat at the department. Staff say the “chaotic” process has stalled essential functions and left remaining employees with unmanageable ... 14018 40
Reposted by Katie SmithDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 20/03/2025In case you wanted to know some of my thoughts on how student loans would be affected by all this nonsense...here you go! Gift link. www.wsj.com/personal-fin... 15329 53
Reposted by Katie SmithSarah Cohodes @cohodes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025In addition to being morally wrong this is also just plain old wrong as shown by research by @kevinshih.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comDo international students crowd-out or cross-subsidize Americans in higher education?Recent growth in international enrollment at U.S. universities has raised controversy. While critics accuse international students of displacing Ameri… 510051 100
Reposted by Katie SmithAERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 14/03/2025AERA 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... 3121179 179
Reposted by Katie SmithJennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · 11/03/2025We're hearing from multiple sources that all U.S. Dept. of Ed buildings are closing at 6 p.m. and are closed tomorrow. Email to staff cites "security reasons." "Employees will not be permitted in any ED facility on Wednesday, March 12th, for any reason." @jodiscohen.bsky.social and I are following 781374476 1.4K
Reposted by Katie SmithCongresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 11/03/2025I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System. This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine. Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.pressherald.comUSDA halts more than $100M in funding for University of Maine System programsThe move temporarily pauses USDA funding for Maine's university system after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off the state over Maine's decision to allow transgender athletes to compete in sp... 701413558 1.4K
Reposted by Katie SmithProPublica @propublica.org · 20/02/2025NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. propub.li/43487Tjpropub.liTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. 525130876983 13.1K
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Tough to see my alma mater (SUNY Geneseo) and a number of other upstate NY institutions on these lists 020 2
Reposted by Katie SmithThe Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 17/12/2024CALL FOR PAPERS The Sociological Quarterly will be publishing an upcoming special issue on student activism. The deadline to submit an abstract is Jan. 15, 2025. For more information on the special issue, and instructions on submitting an abstract, go to think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... 0169 16
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 16/12/2024I've been doing follow up interviews with participants from my dissertation about their careers. In college, they chose to be teachers. Today, most plan to leave teaching (or already have). It's a small sample, but a bit sad to see how some of these dreams have unfolded. 120 2
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Well isn’t this an interesting little piece of PA history—The Steelers and Eagles were once the same team. Here’s the history of the short-lived Steagles. www.inquirer.com/eagles/steag...inquirer.comThe Steelers and Eagles were once the same team. Here’s the history of the short-lived Steagles.World War II left the Eagles and Steelers short on players — so they combined to form the Steagles, a team that lasted only one year, perhaps in part due to two coaches who couldn't get along. 140 4
Reposted by Katie SmithInside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 10/12/2024UVA Students Resume Campus History Tours Without Officials’ Approval In August, administrators banned the volunteer student guide service from giving university-sanctioned historic tours. Now, the club has decided to go out on its own. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3Bpvyeubit.lyUVA students resume history tours without officials' approvalIn August, administrators banned the volunteer student guide service from giving university-sanctioned historic tours. Now, the club has decided to go out on its own. 03210 32
Reposted by Katie SmithKaleb Briscoe Brown, Ph.D. @drkalebbriscoe.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Please check out our new article in the Review of Higher Education titled “Behind the Veil”: Unmasking Anti-blackness in Presidential Discourse and Responses to Racialized Incidents. See link: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... 093 9
Reposted by Katie SmithDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024The alt doesn't cover what the actual call is so I'm sharing the post and including this link for anyone interested in the history of ed! docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comAERA Division F - History and Historiography Mentoring Session 2025CALL FOR APPLICATIONS AERA 2025 Division F Mentoring Seminar—“Take Refuge in How” This year’s Division F Mentoring Seminar considers the challenges education historians face to make the past releva... 074 7
Reposted by Katie SmithLauren Schudde @laurenschudde.bsky.social · 05/12/2024New @ #RIHE: Many people study policy adoption, but few study policy discontinuation. #AmyLi & #XiaodanHu find that states show evidence of policy imitation, but not of policy emulation, in the discontinuation of performance-based funding (PBF). doi.org/10.1007/s111...doi.orgGoodbye Performance-Based Funding: Policy Abandonment of Performance Funding for Higher Education in the United States - Research in Higher EducationBetween 1997 and 2019, 16 out of 41 performance-based funding (PBF) states discontinued their PBF policies for public colleges and universities. Adapting policy diffusion theory to PBF discontinuation... 022 2
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Seconding Robert's rec, Smith's @chronicle.com article below on Knoxville College is excellent, yet quite painful. It should also be considered within the lens of a recent JHE pub shared on here about financial aid systems and whiteness: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comFinancial Aid as Whiteness as Property: Implications for Research and PracticeIn this article, I demonstrate how financial aid is a valued property of whiteness. Utilizing critical race theory, critical race policy analysis, and whiteness as property, I examine how financial... 000 0
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Join us at the Temple University College of Ed & Human Dev in Philly! We're hiring faculty in K12 ed leadership, counseling psych, school psych, and urban teacher ed & literacy. linktr.ee/cehdcareer 021 2
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 02/12/2024ASHE was a success! Hit a milestone in my career, which was sitting in the audience to watch my student collaborators present our work! This project, focused on understanding paths into bioscience PhD programs & parent education influences, came out of an advanced qual course! #ASHE2024 #ASHE24 070 7
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 01/12/2024My husband, a loyal New Jerseyan who uprooted his whole life to follow my career to Philly, still boos every time we leave NJ and enter PA. NJ loyal is a while different brand. 130 3
Reposted by Katie SmithDr. Carlotta A. Berry #NoireSTEMinist 🤖 @drcaberry.bsky.social · 28/11/2024go.bsky.app/TL1589Q I made a starter pack but check first and make sure it is your vibe! 115220 52
Reposted by Katie SmithProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 25/11/2024This is terrible NCAN devotes itself to making college accessible It is a big, big deal for them to recommend that filing the FAFSA is too dangerous for some families 6186117 186
Reposted by Katie SmithCara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024🚨 The Qualitative Scholars and First-Gen Scholars Community Groups @aefpweb.bsky.social are hosting a panel discussion with journal editors focused on publishing qualitative and mixed-methods research related to education policy. 12/9 from 3-4 p.m. ET Register here: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regi...utexas.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: AEFP Qual & Mixed Methods Publishing Panel. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: AEFP Qual & Mixed Methods Publishing Panel. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. 12811 28
Reposted by Katie SmithGabriel Rodríguez Lemus, Jr. @grodriguezlemus.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Looking for a community of Latinx/a/o scholars broadly throughout academia? With help from @larrylafountain.bsky.social I started this starter pack, now w/ 111/150 scholars. If you wanted to be added please reply to post. Dr. @jorgenleal.bsky.social also has a starter pack!! go.bsky.app/NrJs1Hr 103313 33
Reposted by Katie SmithCara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024⬆️ in Michigan’s teacher prep enrollment are driven by alt-route programs, with the largest increases coming from two relatively new virtual programs. Teachers who enter the workforce through alternative certification pathways are more diverse than those from traditional TPPs (1/2)epicedpolicy.org 1103 10
Reposted by Katie SmithJim Barber @jpbarber.bsky.social · 21/11/2024W&M faculty Melissa Whatley @melwhat.bsky.social presenting research on “A Quasi-experimental Analysis of the Relationship between Gun Violence at US Higher Education Institutions and International Student Enrollment” - found campus shootings didn’t have a significant impact on enrollments #ASHE2024 082 8
Reposted by Katie SmithDr. Crystal E. Garcia @crystalegarcia.bsky.social · 21/11/2024#ASHE2024 folks — join for a working meeting advocating against anti-DEI movements TODAY 1-2:15pm! 3rd floor, ballroom Salon E 083 8
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Hello, #ASHE24 in Minneapolis! It’s winter here. 020 2
Reposted by Katie SmithKim Bullington, Ph.D. @kimbullington.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Higher Education Politics and Economics (HEPE)- Call for papers. Special issue guest edited by @dcollier74.bsky.social, @chrismarsicano.bsky.social, and Alex Marsicovetere: Beyond the Balance: Narratives from the Frontlines of Student Loan Debt 1218 21
Reposted by Katie SmithCorey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 18/11/2024I'm thrilled to share the cover for my forthcoming book Major Trade-Offs! I love the retro design, building illustrations, and color scheme. The team at the University of Chicago Press really nailed it. Keep an eye out for the book, coming May 2025 116512 65
Reposted by Katie SmithDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Oh yay, this paper is finally out at AERA Open! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1218753 187
Reposted by Katie SmithProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Crisp explanation from the BBC of what the Education Department does and how Trump can’t close it www.bbc.com/news/article... 58922 89
Reposted by Katie SmithCara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Amazing opportunity to learn about LOTS of education data, including the Elementary/Secondary Information System (ELSI); the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Data Explorer; Educational Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE) data tools to explore ACS and GIS data... 174 7
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 14/11/2024How do postsecondary structures shape women's entry into computing bachelor's programs? In short: through admissions, institutional organization, computing cultures, and major entry policies. Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... (open access w methods details in supplementary files) 161 6
Reposted by Katie SmithRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 14/11/2024The American Bar Association is allowing law schools to try test-optional admissions policies for a 3-5 year period while requiring data sharing for evaluation purposes.reuters.comNo LSAT to get into law school? ABA opens door to bypass standardized testThe American Bar Association has established a path for law schools to admit some or all of their new students without the Law School Admission Test or other “valid and reliable” admissions test. 143 4
Katie Smith @ksmithedu.bsky.social · 11/11/2024As a recent and first time homebuyer, anything other than the lowest possible level of flood risk was an automatic dealbreaker. 020 2
Reposted by Katie SmithAlexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 10/11/2024This site getting good is really defeating my attempt to be Less Online 1141 14