Etta T.
@studiedtodeath.bsky.social
Cherokee Nation Citizen ‣ M.Ed. in Higher Education (Grad. 2026) ‣ Applying for a Ph.D. in Educational Policy ‣ Focus: Tribal Educational Sovereignty #GradSky #AcademicSky
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Etta T.
@studiedtodeath.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Hey, #AcademicSky, if you’re scrolling Bluesky, pause for a moment and add three sentences to your current writing project. ✨
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Where Is This Year’s Demographic Enrollment Data?
According to one researcher, far fewer selective colleges have posted the racial makeup of their incoming classes as compared to this time last year. https://bit.ly/4qndkPp
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
According to one researcher, far fewer selective colleges have posted the racial makeup of their incoming classes as compared to this time last year. https://bit.ly/4qndkPp
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Where Is This Year’s Demographic Enrollment Data?
According to one researcher, far fewer selective colleges have posted the racial makeup of their incoming classes as compared to this time last year. https://bit.ly/4qndkPp
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
According to one researcher, far fewer selective colleges have posted the racial makeup of their incoming classes as compared to this time last year. https://bit.ly/4qndkPp
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.
Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds
An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
An Associated Press analysis finds that the number of Black students enrolling at many elite colleges has dropped in the two years since the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in admissions.
Out of the loop rn because I need to work on my doctoral app academic writing sample(s) and CV.
See you on the other side!
See you on the other side!
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Out of the loop rn because I need to work on my doctoral app academic writing sample(s) and CV.
See you on the other side!
See you on the other side!
Happy Black Poetry Day!
I’m sharing Afro-Indigenous poet @ddayehunter.bsky.social’s spoken poetry, which I really loved:
I’m sharing Afro-Indigenous poet @ddayehunter.bsky.social’s spoken poetry, which I really loved:
Poem “Grounded” from Seeds: Stories of Afro-Indigenous Resilience. Thinking of doing more poetry readings. What do y’all think? 🌾📖 Get your copy at ddayehunter.com/books ✨🌹
#PoemsForYou #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesofAfroIndigenousResilience #BooksThatMadeMeCry
#PoemsForYou #DDayeHunter #SeedsStoriesofAfroIndigenousResilience #BooksThatMadeMeCry
October 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Happy Black Poetry Day!
I’m sharing Afro-Indigenous poet @ddayehunter.bsky.social’s spoken poetry, which I really loved:
I’m sharing Afro-Indigenous poet @ddayehunter.bsky.social’s spoken poetry, which I really loved:
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS | The University of Pennsylvania has refused to sign the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, making it the third of the nine initial institutions that were presented the deal to publicly turn it down. https://bit.ly/4oiFglC
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS | The University of Pennsylvania has refused to sign the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, making it the third of the nine initial institutions that were presented the deal to publicly turn it down. https://bit.ly/4oiFglC
Finally got to teach a class on Childish Gambino’s “This Is America.” Very much felt like this the whole time. 👀
Hidden Meanings Behind Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Video Explained
YouTube video by Insider
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October 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Finally got to teach a class on Childish Gambino’s “This Is America.” Very much felt like this the whole time. 👀
I found resources on this topic, in case anyone else is curious like me!
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I found resources on this topic, in case anyone else is curious like me!
Trump's administration fired almost all 60 staff at a college-prep program for low-income students, including the TRiO programs that serve 900,000 students in programs like Upward Bound + Talent Search. These employees are part of the 4200 shutdown layoffs.
#AcademicSky #EducationNews
#AcademicSky #EducationNews
Exclusive: Trump administration targets college prep program Republicans defended, sources say
President Donald Trump's administration fired almost all 60 staff at a college-preparation program for low-income students in a wave of shutdown layoffs, two people familiar with the cuts told Reuters, targeting a service Republican lawmakers defended earlier this year.
www.reuters.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump's administration fired almost all 60 staff at a college-prep program for low-income students, including the TRiO programs that serve 900,000 students in programs like Upward Bound + Talent Search. These employees are part of the 4200 shutdown layoffs.
#AcademicSky #EducationNews
#AcademicSky #EducationNews
Okay, so it’s the kind of day where I forget my work laptop at home.
I’m waving the white flag, y’all. I’m out of the game!
I’m waving the white flag, y’all. I’m out of the game!
October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Okay, so it’s the kind of day where I forget my work laptop at home.
I’m waving the white flag, y’all. I’m out of the game!
I’m waving the white flag, y’all. I’m out of the game!
Goooood morning, #AcademicSky! What’s on the docket for us all today?
I have five reflections to write before I can tackle either my doctoral program academic writing sample or my Current Issues midterm.
I have five reflections to write before I can tackle either my doctoral program academic writing sample or my Current Issues midterm.
October 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Goooood morning, #AcademicSky! What’s on the docket for us all today?
I have five reflections to write before I can tackle either my doctoral program academic writing sample or my Current Issues midterm.
I have five reflections to write before I can tackle either my doctoral program academic writing sample or my Current Issues midterm.
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Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
Actually, they wanted it three Fridays ago.
October 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Actually, they wanted it three Fridays ago.
Just finished up at the Providence Public Library, editing college admissions essays. The Class of 2030 is seriously bringing the heat this year! 🔥
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Just finished up at the Providence Public Library, editing college admissions essays. The Class of 2030 is seriously bringing the heat this year! 🔥
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Comics in the Native American Classroom
A university associate professor spent ten years collecting Native American-created comic books, then crafted a college course on Native American history that uses them as source material READ MORE: bit.ly/4nSvs24
A university associate professor spent ten years collecting Native American-created comic books, then crafted a college course on Native American history that uses them as source material READ MORE: bit.ly/4nSvs24
October 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Comics in the Native American Classroom
A university associate professor spent ten years collecting Native American-created comic books, then crafted a college course on Native American history that uses them as source material READ MORE: bit.ly/4nSvs24
A university associate professor spent ten years collecting Native American-created comic books, then crafted a college course on Native American history that uses them as source material READ MORE: bit.ly/4nSvs24
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The United States is currently in material breach of over five hundred legally binding treaties with Indigenous nations. We violated even the treaties we coerced at the point of a sword.
We cannot talk about restoring the rule of law until we acknowledge and repair this fundamental truth.
We cannot talk about restoring the rule of law until we acknowledge and repair this fundamental truth.
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The United States is currently in material breach of over five hundred legally binding treaties with Indigenous nations. We violated even the treaties we coerced at the point of a sword.
We cannot talk about restoring the rule of law until we acknowledge and repair this fundamental truth.
We cannot talk about restoring the rule of law until we acknowledge and repair this fundamental truth.
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Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.
If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.
#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen
If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.
#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen
Rescue and recovery efforts underway as remnants of Typhoon Halong hit western Alaska | Alaska Beacon
Rescue and recovery efforts began Sunday in western Alaska as a major storm caused by remnants of Typhoon Halong hit coastal communities with massive storm surge, flooding and hurricane-force winds up...
alaskabeacon.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Hey, Alaska's been hit by a typhoon and no one is talking about it. Indigenous towns are in need of aid. People are missing and the gov't is still shut down.
If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.
#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen
If any creators here are in affected areas, please drop links for aid.
#mutualaid #crisis #alaska #typhoonhalong #helpourcountrymen
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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
Spent a good portion of today trying to define the settlor/trustee/beneficiary relationship(s) between the U.S. and the tribal nations with one of my lawyer friends.
It looks like it has never actually been defined, although Justice Powell says the U.S. is not a settlor in U.S. v. Mitchell (1983).
It looks like it has never actually been defined, although Justice Powell says the U.S. is not a settlor in U.S. v. Mitchell (1983).
October 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Spent a good portion of today trying to define the settlor/trustee/beneficiary relationship(s) between the U.S. and the tribal nations with one of my lawyer friends.
It looks like it has never actually been defined, although Justice Powell says the U.S. is not a settlor in U.S. v. Mitchell (1983).
It looks like it has never actually been defined, although Justice Powell says the U.S. is not a settlor in U.S. v. Mitchell (1983).
Last chance to find something to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 2025!
Hey, babes — what are you doing for Indigenous Peoples Day?
With over 100 events, ICTNews might have some ideas. ⤵️
#NativeAmerican
With over 100 events, ICTNews might have some ideas. ⤵️
#NativeAmerican
ICT's Guide to Indigenous Peoples Day events - ICT
A list of more than 100 events celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day in October 2025
ictnews.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Last chance to find something to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day 2025!
The College Board has run a massive campaign to disparage “grade inflation,” and it has won.
While GPAs have increased in parallel for PoC, SAT scores typically favor rich, white/Asian, men over black/Latino, low-income, first-gen women (Hur. & Lee, “Grade Inflation…,” 2018, Figs. 3.9 & 3.10).
While GPAs have increased in parallel for PoC, SAT scores typically favor rich, white/Asian, men over black/Latino, low-income, first-gen women (Hur. & Lee, “Grade Inflation…,” 2018, Figs. 3.9 & 3.10).
Princeton brings back standardized test requirement after five-year review | The College Fix
School found students who submitted test scores performed better academically…
www.thecollegefix.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The College Board has run a massive campaign to disparage “grade inflation,” and it has won.
While GPAs have increased in parallel for PoC, SAT scores typically favor rich, white/Asian, men over black/Latino, low-income, first-gen women (Hur. & Lee, “Grade Inflation…,” 2018, Figs. 3.9 & 3.10).
While GPAs have increased in parallel for PoC, SAT scores typically favor rich, white/Asian, men over black/Latino, low-income, first-gen women (Hur. & Lee, “Grade Inflation…,” 2018, Figs. 3.9 & 3.10).
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After years of advocacy and growing awareness of Columbus’s human rights abuses, some states and cities switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. Now, we are witnessing the backlash to that modicum of change. Full post on my substack now:
The racist edict that allowed Columbus to colonize and slaughter Indigenous people is still the law in the U.S. today.
What holiday we celebrate on the second Monday in October matters because it reflects the beliefs we hold about who we are and where we come from as a country.
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
After years of advocacy and growing awareness of Columbus’s human rights abuses, some states and cities switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. Now, we are witnessing the backlash to that modicum of change. Full post on my substack now:
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! 💖
If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.
If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.
October 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! 💖
If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.
If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.
Many of these are the aims for education outlined in Project 2025.
Be aware.
Be aware.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.
Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools
The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...
www.propublica.org
October 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Many of these are the aims for education outlined in Project 2025.
Be aware.
Be aware.
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A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Started the day right with Paul Tough’s THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST / THE INEQUALITY MACHINE.
#AcademicSky #BookSky
#AcademicSky #BookSky
October 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Started the day right with Paul Tough’s THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST / THE INEQUALITY MACHINE.
#AcademicSky #BookSky
#AcademicSky #BookSky