President Powers also was remarkably gracious and, of course, a terrific teacher. He spent time, he didn’t have, meeting with classes from the graduate course on Higher Education Policy that I taught while at Simmons School of Education & Human Development. Laurie Ervin #HookEm

Indeed, higher ed would save many tens of millions of dollars annually and lay off thousands of staff who previously attended closely to rankings efforts

One of our SHEEOs speaking truth before the US Senate

I wish all this reporting on the college admissions scandal was paired with stories about how vital community colleges and state universities are to the strength and fairness of our country.

Big congrats @wdoyle42! You’re richly deserving. Hiring you was just about the best thing we did and I benefited enormously during those years from your intelligence, creativity, professionalism and good humor

ED School deans can spend - and misspend - their time in countless ways. In the wake of yet another school shooting, I’m impressed by the commitment of Dean Christopher Morphew Christopher Morphew and his Hopkins faculty in making schools safer and healthier #JHUSafeSchools

@BowTiePolitics Eric Kelderman The Chronicle of Higher Education Some other great politics-focused researchers of state higher education policy to follow if you are interested in such things: Amy Li, @bakerdphd, Denisa Gandara, Michael K. McLendon, @wdoyle42, David Tandberg, Dennis Kramer, Erik Ness, Jennifer Delaney, and Amanda Rutherford. 2/2

Agree @BowTiePolitics that, in Chris Marsicano the study of state policy and politics of #highered has a keen observer and commentator. Adding Alisa Hicklin Fryar and her important work to this list of notable scholars - Amy Li @bakerdphd Denisa Gandara @wdoyle42 David Tandberg Dennis Kramer

You’re the best Alisa Hicklin Fryar!

The absence of many specialty journals with “State Politics” in the title does not equate to a “dearth of social-science research on state politics and government.” In fact past decades have witnessed an intensified focus on state politics & policy. Utter nonsense The Chronicle of Higher Education

Thanks David Tandberg! Bc so few in “our” field cared for this work at time of my dissert. or when I invited Hearn to coauthor the 2003 AERA Division L PEA Yearbook, I’m grateful for early encouragement by K. Meier, J. Kingdon, K. Wong, Michael Kirst, B. Malen, the Berry’s & M. Mumper

Insightful piece by Jill Barshay The Hechinger Report on rise of the predictive-analytics industry as relates to #college success; on improvements to student retention at Georgia State University; & on importance of data use by departmts in aligning curriculum and improving teaching/ advising

Nice work SPPQ. As well: research on state politics & policy (incl. SPPQ articles) stimulated resurgent interest in #highered politics and policy in the states & has a long tradition in the field of #education politics David Tandberg Chris Marsicano Alisa Hicklin Fryar ASHE

With every day that passes a new well-powered study makes me more and more skeptical of nudging. Perhaps big problems require big solutions?

It was a lot of fun to work on this op-ed with David H Feldman for USA TODAY. We argue that there is a progressive case AGAINST free college, and suggest a series of alternatives that we believe better achieve the goals of equity, access, and success. usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

As a campus leader I like many colleagues lamented the narrow focus on prestige & other inputs by many #college ranking systems, and therefore appreciated Washington Monthly’s focus on social mobility & public service, in add. to that of research. Nice work @rkelchen & Washington Monthly

"The average annual price tag for attending a college is now around $50K." No, no, no - & a prof @ NYU should know better. 35% of UGs are in CCs, and 45% in public 4-yrs (and mostly in-state), where costs are well below $50K, & this is before grant aid nyti.ms/2HA0tWu

Thanks much Raquel M. Rall Congrats to you in your career successes and to you and your team for the excellent article, which I read on its first day out. Keep on!

Huge congrats @wdoyle42! I know RHE will continue to flourish under your leadership.

The U.S. News & World Report 2022 rankings place the Simmons School in the top tier of graduate education schools. Simmons is ranked 15 in private graduate schools of education and in the top 3 of all public and private Texas schools! More information available on our blog. SMU