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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Oh look, new open access paper from people who actually understand US college admissions. We examine 600k counselor recommendation letters, but we stress that saying there's variation does not mean that we know what gets someone admitted. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Screenshot of abstract that reads: We examine how the length and topical content of letters (e.g., sentences about Personal Qualities, Athletics, Intellectual Promise, etc.) relate to race/ethnicity, sex, and proxies for socioeconomic status. We explore whether differences in letter characteristics persist when accounting for additional student, school, and counselor characteristics; letters written by the same counselor; and for students with higher standardized test scores. We found noteworthy naïve differences in letter length and content across nearly all demographic groups, many reflecting known inequities (e.g., longer letters and more sentences on Personal Qualities for private school students). However, the ultimate implications of these patterns hinge on exactly how and when letters are used in admissions processes (e.g., are letters evaluated at face value across all students, or are they mostly compared to other letters from the same high school or counselor?).

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The EDU Ledger @theeduledger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Our #WomensHistoryMonth edition with stories on the NCAA, Bernadette Atuahene, women in #highered leadership, and much more, is now available! Link to Access: bit.ly/3ZMAfq5 Subscribe to our Newsletters and Magazine: bit.ly/3ZMxZPy

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Wilson Okello @wilsonokello.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🚨 Tonight at 6:30 PM! 🚨 Join us for a Deep Study Roundtable with Black Study in Education Lab Faculty-in-Residence, Dr. @tichavakunda.bsky.social , as we engage with Derrick Bell’s theory of racial realism. #BlackStudy #DeepStudy #RacialRealism

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Román Liera @romanliera.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Dr. Aireale Rodgers and me studied how PhD students of color perceived and experienced racial commodification in the academic job market, from tensions to position themselves as the right type of diversity to centralizing what felt authentic to them. Check it out: doi.org/10.1353/rhe....

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Project MUSE - “I’m a Needed Commodity in the Academy”: Racial Capitalism and the Positioning of Race as Capital in the Faculty Job Market

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Román Liera @romanliera.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Excited to share a new article I co-authored with Cheryl Ching Raquel M. Rall, Megan Chase, and Estela Bensimon on racialization in presidential search and appointment processes. The study was funded by College Futures Foundation and published with AERA Open. doi.org/10.1177/2332...

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