Becca S. Bassett
@bbassett2.bsky.social
Scholar - Practitioner currently based in the South.
Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Arkansas.
Director of The Freedom Project Alumni College Success Program.
www.beccabassett.com
Assistant Professor of Higher Education at the University of Arkansas.
Director of The Freedom Project Alumni College Success Program.
www.beccabassett.com
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ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
ED is requesting public comments on the direction that they should take the Institute of Education Sciences. Feedback is due October 15.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18608.pdf
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"New York, New Jersey, California, and Illinois stand out as states that not only achieve high rates of access but also high proximity. This indicates that these states not only have a high proportion of Pell students enrolled in EEs, but their EEs are also within reach of communities"
Where There Is No Equity Engine: Unequal Geographies of College Success for Low-Income Students journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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August 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"New York, New Jersey, California, and Illinois stand out as states that not only achieve high rates of access but also high proximity. This indicates that these states not only have a high proportion of Pell students enrolled in EEs, but their EEs are also within reach of communities"
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Important new study on “spatial injustice” finds that low-income and minority students living in the South are more likely to live in “education deserts” without access to college.
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August 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Important new study on “spatial injustice” finds that low-income and minority students living in the South are more likely to live in “education deserts” without access to college.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
My newest research project applies a spatial lens to college graduation gaps, exploring the uneven distribution of institutions that are consistently accessible to and effective at serving low-income students, or what I call "Equity Engines."
Video summary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyy...
Video summary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyy...
August 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My newest research project applies a spatial lens to college graduation gaps, exploring the uneven distribution of institutions that are consistently accessible to and effective at serving low-income students, or what I call "Equity Engines."
Video summary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyy...
Video summary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyy...
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Today in @aeraedresearch.bsky.social comms, coverage of a new study by an amazing scholar (& good friend) @bbassett2.bsky.social about spatial injustice & universities that support low-income students!
Open access article: www.doi.org/10.1177/2332...
Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyy...
Open access article: www.doi.org/10.1177/2332...
Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyy...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Today in @aeraedresearch.bsky.social comms, coverage of a new study by an amazing scholar (& good friend) @bbassett2.bsky.social about spatial injustice & universities that support low-income students!
Open access article: www.doi.org/10.1177/2332...
Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyy...
Open access article: www.doi.org/10.1177/2332...
Video summary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyy...
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Every cut that the government makes to social services is effectively a tax on women. Because they're the ones who will be expected to fill in the gaps.
BREAKING: 1 in 4 nursing homes say they will be forced to close if Republicans pass Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.
No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
No grandma should be kicked out of her nursing home so that Mark Zuckerberg can buy another Hawaiian island.
June 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Every cut that the government makes to social services is effectively a tax on women. Because they're the ones who will be expected to fill in the gaps.
I was at HGSE when Jim Ryan was Dean and admired his leadership and pride in being a first-gen student. This transparent and pathetic attempt to oust him for not kowtowing to Trump’s nonsensical demands is a huge threat to institutional autonomy. Glad he’s a lawyer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I was at HGSE when Jim Ryan was Dean and admired his leadership and pride in being a first-gen student. This transparent and pathetic attempt to oust him for not kowtowing to Trump’s nonsensical demands is a huge threat to institutional autonomy. Glad he’s a lawyer.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
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You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
June 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
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We're at the point where higher education cannot count on any international students being present in the fall. One of America's biggest export industries is quickly being demolished.
May 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
We're at the point where higher education cannot count on any international students being present in the fall. One of America's biggest export industries is quickly being demolished.
If you’re going to #AERA2025 make sure to check out our Div J symposium Friday morning!!
It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit college campuses and we’ve too easily forgotten some of the most important lessons we learned in that era…
@tichavakunda.bsky.social @katscho.bsky.social
It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit college campuses and we’ve too easily forgotten some of the most important lessons we learned in that era…
@tichavakunda.bsky.social @katscho.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If you’re going to #AERA2025 make sure to check out our Div J symposium Friday morning!!
It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit college campuses and we’ve too easily forgotten some of the most important lessons we learned in that era…
@tichavakunda.bsky.social @katscho.bsky.social
It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic hit college campuses and we’ve too easily forgotten some of the most important lessons we learned in that era…
@tichavakunda.bsky.social @katscho.bsky.social
My friend @sarahbruhn.bsky.social wrote a terrific op-ed about why sanctuary cities are an imperfect but necessary solution to promote community wellbeing, justice, and human rights amidst mass deportations and the revival of cruel family-separation policies. Read it: progressive.org/op-eds/sanct...
March 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
My friend @sarahbruhn.bsky.social wrote a terrific op-ed about why sanctuary cities are an imperfect but necessary solution to promote community wellbeing, justice, and human rights amidst mass deportations and the revival of cruel family-separation policies. Read it: progressive.org/op-eds/sanct...
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The Caring University is now available for pre-order!
It's about structural and cultural change to improve the higher ed workplace.
See the ToC ⬇️
I'd be grateful if you would consider reposting to your networks to spread the word.
tinyurl.com/6kk9fryt
It's about structural and cultural change to improve the higher ed workplace.
See the ToC ⬇️
I'd be grateful if you would consider reposting to your networks to spread the word.
tinyurl.com/6kk9fryt
February 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Caring University is now available for pre-order!
It's about structural and cultural change to improve the higher ed workplace.
See the ToC ⬇️
I'd be grateful if you would consider reposting to your networks to spread the word.
tinyurl.com/6kk9fryt
It's about structural and cultural change to improve the higher ed workplace.
See the ToC ⬇️
I'd be grateful if you would consider reposting to your networks to spread the word.
tinyurl.com/6kk9fryt
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Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
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I can’t believe one of the most impactful sociologists of our time was taken away in an instant by some idiot driver racing through a pedestrian intersection. I hate 2025 so much. Rest in peace, Michael Burawoy. www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...
Oakland resident dead in hit-and-run crash at intersection
The collision happened around 7:10 p.m. Monday near the entrance to Children’s Fairyland.
www.mercurynews.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I can’t believe one of the most impactful sociologists of our time was taken away in an instant by some idiot driver racing through a pedestrian intersection. I hate 2025 so much. Rest in peace, Michael Burawoy. www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...
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"I'm gonna have to check back on whether we shut down 11% of the federal budget and health insurance for poor families" is next level incompetence
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
January 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"I'm gonna have to check back on whether we shut down 11% of the federal budget and health insurance for poor families" is next level incompetence
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/01/28/f...
Can’t wait to gather with the wonderful sociology of education community to think about how we can leverage our work and insights for productive change. Join us next month!
Sociologists as change agents! See the Sociology of Education Association (SEA) 2025 Conference (2/21-2/23) in Asilomar, CA
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Eventbrite link to register: www.eventbrite.com/e/sea-2025-c...
conference program: drive.google.com/file/d/1csZi...
Conference page: seassoc.wordpress.com/2025-confere...
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conference program: drive.google.com/file/d/1csZi...
2025 Conference
*Registration is open!* To register: Purchase a conference ticket on EventBrite here: EventBrite conference tickets Book lodging and meals at Asilomar here: Asilomar booking Conference Program: Cli…
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January 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Can’t wait to gather with the wonderful sociology of education community to think about how we can leverage our work and insights for productive change. Join us next month!
Currently building my syllabus for a new Research Methods in HE course- excited to read this and bring it into conversation with Small’s “How Many Cases” piece.
My new article with Caitlyn Collins and Shamus Khan on constructing cases, generating claims, and generalizing conceptually in qualitative research is out in the @AnnualReviews. A big thank you to the qualitative scholars who inspired and informed our work! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
“Which Cases Do I Need?” Constructing Cases and Observations in Qualitative Research | Annual Reviews
This methodological review starts one step before Small's classic account of how many cases a scholar needs. We ask, “Which cases do I need?” We argue that a core feature of most qualitative rese...
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November 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Currently building my syllabus for a new Research Methods in HE course- excited to read this and bring it into conversation with Small’s “How Many Cases” piece.
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This is the GOP long game at work. By hamstringing budgets, they've prevented Dems from keeping promises to help people and eroded the effectiveness of many existing public programs. This fuels resentment toward Democrats, since they're the ones claiming government is good. 1/
November 7, 2024 at 1:47 PM
This is the GOP long game at work. By hamstringing budgets, they've prevented Dems from keeping promises to help people and eroded the effectiveness of many existing public programs. This fuels resentment toward Democrats, since they're the ones claiming government is good. 1/
STOKED to share that my first book--Keeping the Promise: How a Remarkable Group of Universities are driving Equity in America is under contract with the University of Chicago Press!! This project has been years in the making and I can't wait to share it with you all.
April 23, 2024 at 3:23 PM
STOKED to share that my first book--Keeping the Promise: How a Remarkable Group of Universities are driving Equity in America is under contract with the University of Chicago Press!! This project has been years in the making and I can't wait to share it with you all.
We read an essay from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social’s Thick this week in my Diversity in HE class and I’ve been thinking about how if you change the word “beautiful” to “country” in that last sentence-the political aims of Cowboy Carter become clear. Check out her column! www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/o...
April 4, 2024 at 6:54 PM
We read an essay from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social’s Thick this week in my Diversity in HE class and I’ve been thinking about how if you change the word “beautiful” to “country” in that last sentence-the political aims of Cowboy Carter become clear. Check out her column! www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/o...
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In Defense of Imagination
In Defense of Imagination
West Virginia University's unprecedented cuts to its liberal arts programs sells the public a university tethered to market demands at the expense of imaginative expansion and intellectual curiosity.
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March 30, 2024 at 11:53 AM
In Defense of Imagination
Thrilled to have @tichavakunda.bsky.social join my Diversity in Higher Ed class this week to discuss his excellent book - Black Campus Life! Pick it up ASAP: sunypress.edu/Books/B/Blac...
Also: the light beams in this pic are hard evidence of his glowing aura.
Also: the light beams in this pic are hard evidence of his glowing aura.
March 28, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Thrilled to have @tichavakunda.bsky.social join my Diversity in Higher Ed class this week to discuss his excellent book - Black Campus Life! Pick it up ASAP: sunypress.edu/Books/B/Blac...
Also: the light beams in this pic are hard evidence of his glowing aura.
Also: the light beams in this pic are hard evidence of his glowing aura.