Interested in learning how we are helping community colleges integrate student success initiatives, scale equity efforts, and strengthen data-driven decision-making?

Tune in this morning at 9 am pst to hear more about it!

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Attending #AERA25 today? Stop by our Equity & Inclusion Committee Invited Session on “Politics and Policy: Navigating the Challenges, Opportunities, and Implementation of DEI Initiatives and AI in the Future of Educational Research”
🕚 11:40 AM – 1:10 PM in Room 704!

@aeraedresearch.bsky.social

Great time convening with fellows and colleagues discussing how we can develop new research architectures to tackle equity work.

“Adaptation can be our resistance”

Time to get some rest and prep for tomorrow’s session

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Brilliant, thank you!

Somehow I always forget about the non-stop pace while attending conferences 😵‍💫😆

#AERA2025
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Great session by Thomas Philip from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on AI in education and the need for a pedagogical framework.

Once we peel out the allure of technology, what’s behind good teaching?

#MoveSlowAndBuild
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"Leaders are better positioned to advocate for higher education and respond to emerging threats when working within a coalition"💪

SF State Joins Wave of CSU Campuses Making Deep Spending Cuts | KQED SF State plans to eliminate men’s soccer, baseball, and women’s indoor track and field teams in July.

Another reason to work on aligning pathways and streamlining transfers between
@calcommcolleges.bsky.social and the @calstate.bsky.social. There are 116 community colleges in the state and only 23 CSU campuses.

Via @kqednews.kqed.org
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The Secret That Colleges Should Stop Keeping Despite ever-higher sticker prices, the real cost of getting a degree has been going down.

The real cost of a college degree has been going down. The effect of this system “is most pronounced for low-income families but middle and upper-middle-income families receive substantial discounts too”

Now is time to highlights its importance

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"In 2022, 4.5 m CA workers were employed in the 20 high automation risk occupations. More than half (52%) of California high-risk workers were Latino

Automation Is a Latino Issue"

@uclalppi.bsky.social

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Now more than ever having an educated population is crucial for growth and stabilty. Looking forward to learning more about @collegefutures.bsky.social's goal of having at least 70% of CA learners reach a postsec degree/cert in 10 years
#EdEquity #CollegeSuccess

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"There is an urgent need for targeted interventions to build the research capacity of [Minority Serving Institutions] and enable equitable participation in the nation’s innovation agenda."

#R1Team
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Viewing Policy and Research Through the Lens of Geography - TICAS' newest report explores a new framework to think about college access, affordability, basic needs, & student success. Getting at the root causes behind educational inequality.
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H.R.899 - To terminate the Department of Education. 119th Congress (2025-2026) | Get alerts

House Resolution 899 has been introduced to Congress by Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie to abolish the U.S. Department of Education.

Follow this link to get alerts www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Perfectly timed!
“The work before us is creative, tactical, and strategic, and we must rise to it thoughtfully, in collectivity.”

A timely reminder from @girouxh.bsky.social
“education is a critical counterweight to the current language of hatred, bigotry, and violence” It should teach students how 2 critically analyze the root causes of injustice and the impact of other systems of oppression

https://shorturl.at/SI5nV

And they had just started receiving state funding two years ago…. Smh

And as always, Celia Martinez keeping it real and raw with a 🔥 poem

@yalepress.bsky.social
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Very timely! I just reviewed an article focused on detecting impacts on earnings from educational training programs - and the importance of context and sample size. Fascinating!

Wondering if colleges will continue these employment practices, even if they might not be required to ‘prove’ them….

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A timely reminder from Dr Marvin Carr : "Equity work must evolve into the work of liberation"

Check out his 15 min keynote session at the @csforall.bsky.social summit

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Initial Rescissions Of Harmful Executive Orders And Actions – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as

This is a thread meant to be useful to nerds. Here is Trump's list of revoked Executive Orders. I am about to make a thread with links to all of them. (Why should anyone else have to repeat this work?)

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

🔥🔥

Ahhh thank you for getting the party started!

UPDATE: UC, CSU and community colleges should merge into single university, report urges The latest education news updates from EdSource.

Merging CA’s 3 systems of higher ed provokes thought about how to create fundamental transformation 🙌🏽

“This new configuration eliminates transfer issues, reduces competition for resources, and provides seamless pathways for students through college and into careers”

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Picture of a printed navy blue cover dissertation titled ‘A Mixed Method Study of the Factors Associated with the Academic Achievement of Latina/o College Students from Predominantly Mexican American Backgrounds: A Strengths-Based Approach’ dated 2009 by L Lara. A pair of glasses sit on top of the printed publication.

Celebrating 15 years since the culmination of my studies kick started a rewarding and impactful professional career.

Here is to the next 15!

#Quinceañera

Howard expects to gain R-1, with other HBCUs soon to follow Howard University would be the only historically Black institution to earn the Carnegie Foundation’s coveted classification, but certainly not the last.

Howard University to gain R-1 designation - even after surpassing the criteria in previous years.

"the [R1] designation has eluded HBCUs, many of which remain hampered by chronic underfunding and other challenges."

via: Inside Higher Ed
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Fascinated reading Laura E Gomez’s Inventing Latinos

“For one thing, the tendency to think of Latinos in ethnic terms perpetuates the idea that Latinos are perpetual foreigners rather than bonafide Americans”
@uclalaw.bsky.social

The NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES National Network 2024 Topical Conference: Designing for Accessibility and Student Success in STEM - The NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES National Network Attendees will learn from experts and gain actionable strategies to enhance inclusion in STEM education and workforce settings.

How do you catalyze collaborative change?
3 key ingredients include: build with intentionality, have a strong foundation, and engage meaningfully with communities

#NSFINCLUDES2024
#AccessibilityinSTEM
#STEMInclusion
#STEMSuccess

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The latest casualty of Texas’ DEI ban? UNT groups for faculty who are women, people of color, LGBTQ+ The University of North Texas continues to comply with the state Legislature's ban on DEI in public colleges and universities. This time, it's Faculty Senate committees on the status of

I though “The exceptions to Senate Bill 17 include academic course instruction, research, student organizations, data collection and student recruitment and admissions” dentonrc.com/education/hi...