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Posts by Ishara Casellas Connors

"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.

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Our findings reveal that while residential alignment is relatively strong, it does not translate into discourse. We employ the racial schemas framework to illustrate how Latines and Afro-Latin Americans are represented within institutional discourse.

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Along with colleagues, Amalia Daché, Hailey Feik, Doris Juarez, and Jonathon Sun we explore the concept of spatial-racial latch to examine the patterns of Afro-Latin American enrollment among Florida College institutions and extend this to consider institutional discourse.

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Un pirámide: United States Afro-Latin American cities, counties, and institutional discourse in Florida’s public higher education US 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...

Been pretty quiet for a while, but here is my latest publication with colleague Amalia DachĂ© "Un pirĂĄmide: United States Afro-Latin American cities, counties, and institutional discourse in Florida’s public higher education."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Under Trump, More Than 1,000 Nonprofits Strip DEI Language From Tax Forms As 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...

Very important and interesting report!

www.propublica.org/article/dele...

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What a great day presenting ongoing work on refugee access to post secondary education and the APPAM equity and inclusion lunch @appam.bsky.social

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Thanks!! Same here!

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Add me please!

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A big congratulations to this year's Equity & Inclusion Young Professional Fellows! Read more about this year's recipients before meeting them at #2025APPAM: https://ow.ly/zq0N50Xe4c5

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Out of the country and can’t watch but felt this last season. Something to look forward to when I’m back!

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Navigating Barriers, Building Futures: Policy, Persistence, and Postsecondary Access for Displaced Learners | Centre for Global Higher Education

Sharing 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...

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Great start to #IRSPM2025 with the early career panels hearing about some important work related to race and diversity!

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The 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...

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Reframing Higher Education for Refugees: Pathways, Policies, and Community Cultural Wealth Postsecondary 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....

More 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...

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We have loved this so far!

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News 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]

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Don’t be fooled- it isn’t just Columbia. This is a huge blow to the University of Maine.

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Hitting Pause on the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter The Department of Education is overstepping its bounds and infringing on constitutional rights.

Here, 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...

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It'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.

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Despite 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-...

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They're dismantling the Institute for Education Sciences to create the illusion of meritocracy. Because no data means no evidence of systemic inequities.

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GOP state lawmakers again targeting DEI and tenure Even before Trump’s return, Republican legislators in some states were rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The campaign continues in current legislative sessions.

Events 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.

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Gotta tell you, it's not just the WWC contracts (I assume it'll hit the papers this week)

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Education Department slashes funding for research contracts, grants About 170 contracts for the Institute of Education Sciences were targeted.

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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CNN: 
Some Head Start programs are already unable to access the federal system they use to draw down their federal grant funding, which could force some to close their doors as early as Wednesday, Tommy Sheridan, deputy director of the National Head Start Association, told CNN Tuesday.

Head Start serves nearly 800,000 low-income children from birth to age five and their families.

CNN: Some Head Start programs are already unable to access the federal system they use to draw down their federal grant funding, which could force some to close their doors as early as Wednesday, Tommy Sheridan, deputy director of the National Head Start Association, told CNN Tuesday. Head Start serves nearly 800,000 low-income children from birth to age five and their families.

How 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?

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Republican Proposal Would Make College Scholarships Taxable Income Republican lawmakers are considering making college scholarships fully taxable to help pay for continuing tax cuts that mostly benefit wealthy families.

The 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...

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Public #highered provides a lot for the broader public admin community when thinking about communication and social justic

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Excited 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.

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You know it is almost winter break
.the review requests keep rolling in!

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