Dr. Blanca E. Vega
@blancavnyc.bsky.social
Associate Professor of #HIED #ScholarMami. Former #DissertatingLatina. #NewYorker. Daughter of #Ecuadorian immigrants. Reader/writer of #race #education #Ecuador #Love. Reality tv connoisseur. May revive my blog called #RaceWorkRaceLove.
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I’m hiring a predoctoral fellow for the 2026-2027 AY with possibility of a second year. This is a great position for someone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or who wants more hands-on experience doing research. Please apply/share! Happy to answer questions!
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
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CSAP Predoc: Polarization and Inequality in the U.S. Criminal Legal System
tobin.yale.edu
December 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m hiring a predoctoral fellow for the 2026-2027 AY with possibility of a second year. This is a great position for someone interested in pursuing a Ph.D. or who wants more hands-on experience doing research. Please apply/share! Happy to answer questions!
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...
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it tells you a lot about *the corrupt political system in GOP-led* Ohio today
While his veto is good, it tells you a lot about Ohio today that such a bill was passed in both chambers of the Ohio legislature.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill that would have let 14, 15 year olds work till 9 p.m. year-round
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/ohio-...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill that would have let 14, 15 year olds work till 9 p.m. year-round
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/ohio-...
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoes bill that would have let 14, 15 year olds work till 9 p.m. year-round • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a bill that would have allowed Ohio teenagers 14 and 15 years old to work till 9 p.m. throughout the year.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
it tells you a lot about *the corrupt political system in GOP-led* Ohio today
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Why Texas State Technical College Is Getting an Endowment
Texas voters approved an $850 million endowment for the technical college system. College leaders say it’ll offer a much-needed boost in filling the state’s workforce needs. https://bit.ly/4opOHPP
Texas voters approved an $850 million endowment for the technical college system. College leaders say it’ll offer a much-needed boost in filling the state’s workforce needs. https://bit.ly/4opOHPP
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Why Texas State Technical College Is Getting an Endowment
Texas voters approved an $850 million endowment for the technical college system. College leaders say it’ll offer a much-needed boost in filling the state’s workforce needs. https://bit.ly/4opOHPP
Texas voters approved an $850 million endowment for the technical college system. College leaders say it’ll offer a much-needed boost in filling the state’s workforce needs. https://bit.ly/4opOHPP
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The presidential memo authorizing the Caribbean and East Pacific strikes shows an understanding that the strikes are illegal and contains a clause blocking prosecutions of the offenders. bsky.app/profile/greg...
On the horrific news that Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of boat bombing survivors, remember: The Trump Murder Memo "authorizing" the strikes preemptively clears those carrying them out. That's unusual. And we still haven't heard from the commander who resigned:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The presidential memo authorizing the Caribbean and East Pacific strikes shows an understanding that the strikes are illegal and contains a clause blocking prosecutions of the offenders. bsky.app/profile/greg...
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The tricky part with college football coach contracts is that teams can on average only win half of their conference games and only one team can win it all. That means that most coaches will be considered failures by their boards and boosters, getting payouts to go away.
Sources: LSU expected to hire Kiffin on Sunday
Sources told ESPN late Saturday that the expectation is LSU, a day after its regular season ended, will hire Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, 50, on Sunday as its new coach and that the deal will cover sev...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The tricky part with college football coach contracts is that teams can on average only win half of their conference games and only one team can win it all. That means that most coaches will be considered failures by their boards and boosters, getting payouts to go away.
“The center issued a report after studying 6,669 public social media posts about Mamdani in a 17-day window during the campaign and found that just under 2,000 of the, “frame Islam itself, not any policy detail, as a public threat.” Thank you @errollouis.bsky.social for writing this piece.
Mamdani Won, But Our Battle Against Islamophobia Isn’t Over
The impact of the hate speech in this year’s mayoral campaign will linger.
nymag.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“The center issued a report after studying 6,669 public social media posts about Mamdani in a 17-day window during the campaign and found that just under 2,000 of the, “frame Islam itself, not any policy detail, as a public threat.” Thank you @errollouis.bsky.social for writing this piece.
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Social justice campaigner Bishop William Barber says ICE raids tearing families apart and the shredding of healthcare and food support are all part of the same "policy violence."
Bishop William Barber: ICE Raids & Shredding of Safety Net Are Linked
Protests have erupted in North Carolina after federal agents arrested 370 people in immigration raids. On Monday, Bishop William Barber and other religious leaders gathered in Charlotte to demand an e...
www.democracynow.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Social justice campaigner Bishop William Barber says ICE raids tearing families apart and the shredding of healthcare and food support are all part of the same "policy violence."
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“Media Matters…flagged op-eds and coverage from Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post from August to October this year as wrongfully ‘blaming high electricity bills in New Jersey’ on “green-energy mandates.”
Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog - Inside Climate News
The op-eds and TV segments coincided with the gubernatorial campaign in the Garden State.
insideclimatenews.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Media Matters…flagged op-eds and coverage from Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post from August to October this year as wrongfully ‘blaming high electricity bills in New Jersey’ on “green-energy mandates.”
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I have done work using machine learning. It has required a lot of explanation to journalists about how this particular use case is different that what people think of as AI.
This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I have done work using machine learning. It has required a lot of explanation to journalists about how this particular use case is different that what people think of as AI.
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The Secretary of Education just appointed five new members to the powerful National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI)--the organization that approves accreditors. Expect NACIQI to play a major role over the next several years.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Secretary of Education just appointed five new members to the powerful National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI)--the organization that approves accreditors. Expect NACIQI to play a major role over the next several years.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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DOGE failed. And DOGE is dead. So I guess government can be responsive after all.
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
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It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
DOGE failed. And DOGE is dead. So I guess government can be responsive after all.
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As federal immigration enforcement agents descend on North Carolina, campus leaders are rushing to advise fearful staff and students about how to respond.
Nearby ICE Raids Stoke Fear on North Carolina Campuses
As federal immigration enforcement agents descend on North Carolina, campus leaders are rushing to advise fearful staff and students about how to respond.
www.insidehighered.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As federal immigration enforcement agents descend on North Carolina, campus leaders are rushing to advise fearful staff and students about how to respond.
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Montclair State University is planning to eliminate departments...and department chairs. Who is going to do things like handle promotion applications and approve mundane paperwork?
A Planned Shake-Up at Montclair State U. Raises a Question: What Is a Department for?
The administration says its plan to reorganize 15 departments into four schools will foster interdisciplinarity and make academic fields more relevant. Faculty members aren’t so sure.
www.chronicle.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Montclair State University is planning to eliminate departments...and department chairs. Who is going to do things like handle promotion applications and approve mundane paperwork?
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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Today was supposed to be the deadline for colleges to join Trump's higher ed compact, but only three have expressed real interest and public universities are stonewalling open records requests.
Pro tip: don't announce a compact until you already have a robust list of signers.
Pro tip: don't announce a compact until you already have a robust list of signers.
Public Universities Don’t Want to Discuss the Compact
Institutions have been slow to respond to records requests related to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” and UT Austin is fighting to withhold records.
www.insidehighered.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Today was supposed to be the deadline for colleges to join Trump's higher ed compact, but only three have expressed real interest and public universities are stonewalling open records requests.
Pro tip: don't announce a compact until you already have a robust list of signers.
Pro tip: don't announce a compact until you already have a robust list of signers.
This is critical for campuses to pay attention to and figure out how to keep their members safe.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Nearby ICE Raids Stoke Fear on North Carolina Campuses
As federal immigration enforcement agents descend on North Carolina, campus leaders are rushing to advise fearful staff and students about how to respond.
www.insidehighered.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This is critical for campuses to pay attention to and figure out how to keep their members safe.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Opinion | It’s Time to Pull the Fire Alarm
Higher ed must take decisive action to counter the Trump administration’s harmful immigration policies. https://bit.ly/4oW2D4Q
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Higher ed must take decisive action to counter the Trump administration’s harmful immigration policies. https://bit.ly/4oW2D4Q
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Opinion | It’s Time to Pull the Fire Alarm
Higher ed must take decisive action to counter the Trump administration’s harmful immigration policies. https://bit.ly/4oW2D4Q
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
Higher ed must take decisive action to counter the Trump administration’s harmful immigration policies. https://bit.ly/4oW2D4Q
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
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Vanderbilt University has received final regulatory approval to establish its first satellite campus in New York City. bit.ly/4oyWT1g
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Vanderbilt University has received final regulatory approval to establish its first satellite campus in New York City. bit.ly/4oyWT1g
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Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected.
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“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
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MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally: