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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · 2d

Good coverage of issues and open questions here

Suicide claims more Gen Z lives than previous generation stateline.org/2025/10/02/s...

Suicide claims more Gen Z lives than previous generation • Stateline

For Gen Z adults, the oldest of whom are now reaching their late 20s, suicide is taking more lives than 10 years ago when millennials were the same age.

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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · 7d

🚨The PEER Center is hiring! We currently have two positions posted (details below). We're a #highered research center (led by @srcellini.bsky.social @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social) focused on generating actionable research for state, federal policy. Put your data skills to work for an important purpose!

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Shaun M. Dougherty @doughesm.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚨Interested in a PhD focusing on quant methods and education & social policy? I'm recruiting this year at @bclynchschool in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment program www.bc.edu/bc-web/schoo...

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment - Lynch School of Education and Human Development - Boston College

MESA has been training students to examine educational programs, design quantitative research studies, develop assessment instruments, and analyze educational data to help inform policy-making for ove...

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APPAM @appam.bsky.social · Aug 12

The application for mentees for the APPAM Mentoring Program is now open--apply today through September 5th. Learn more: www.appam.org/career-educa...

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Jordan Matsudaira @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social · Jul 2

House/Senate are set to eliminate Grad PLUS, and put in place loan limits that would dramatically restrict graduate borrowing. Media coverage emphasizes impact this may have on very expensive programs like Medicine and Dentistry, but @peerresearch.bsky.social finds impact will be much(!) broader 1/

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Jun 18

Alternative title:
Reviewer 2, too?!

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Jun 18

A group at special risk. This is harm in the service of political gain

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/w...

Trump Administration Will End L.G.B.T.Q. Suicide Prevention Service

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · Jun 17

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Jun 5

Harvard be like....

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · May 30

For those interested in education policy and the economics of education, I've put together 4 starter packs:

Faculty and researchers 1: go.bsky.app/GHJzy4L
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PhD students & postdocs: go.bsky.app/FUjWT5E
Journalists and writers: go.bsky.app/3XhYmo3

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · May 28

Thanks, Joe Biden.

Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · May 23

In the office, can you tell?

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · May 23

Econometric Analysis of Plane Data - Baltagi

Stamering 'Metrics -Angrist & Piscke

Dunge - The Final Edition

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vhgibney.bsky.social @vhgibney.bsky.social · May 17

Material hardship is associated with wide-ranging harms for children and their caregivers; ensuring children have their basic needs met is a shared value that should supersede partisan disagreements. To help families thrive, we should make refundable tax credits more inclusive, not less. 🧵 1/

Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · May 11

The House R Ways & Means tax plan would take the #ChildTaxCredit away from U.S. citizen children unless both parents have SSNs – even if both parents are in the U.S. lawfully.

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Postsecondary Education & Economics Research Center @peerresearch.bsky.social · May 14

OUT TODAY: @claremccann.bsky.social, @jdmatsudaira.bsky.social, and @tiacaldwell.bsky.social wrote about the House reconciliation package for #highered. Read the full piece here: www.american.edu/spa/peer/hou.... Follow @peerresearch.bsky.social for continued analysis of the bill! 1/

House Republicans’ Proposed Overhaul of Student Aid Would Reshape Federal Higher Education Policy

Earlier this month, House Republicans introduced a bill that, if enacted, would dramatically transform the federal government’s role in helping Americans pay for college. This piece provides an overvi...

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · May 10

Super proud of and hopeful for the future because of @vhgibney.bsky.social
Congrats to her and all @au-spa.bsky.social grads today!

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · May 9

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Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator

(Spring 2025) - We discuss Yair Mundlak's (1927–2015) contribution to econometrics through the lens of the fixed effects estimator. We set the stage by discussing Mundlak's life and his seminal 1961 a...

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · May 6

The new newsletter from the PEER Center has really become my one stop shop for higher ed policy news and I've appreciated how it removes some of my stress trying to keep up with everything (full disclosure: I'm on the advisory board but this is not sponcon)

www.american.edu/spa/peer/

Postsecondary Education & Economics Research (PEER) Project

Homepage for The Postsecondary Education & Economics Research (PEER) Center

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · May 5

Kristi Noem's Diary

gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · May 5

Ruin a movie with one Trump official

When Stephen Miller Met Sally

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congrats Brian!

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Apr 16

Sometimes, good things happen for good people. So happy for @rnajam.bsky.social on next steps and all the good work ahead

Rafiuddin (Rafi) Najam @rnajam.bsky.social · Apr 16

I will be joining the Department of Public Policy at the @PublicPolicyUNC @UNC this summer as an Assistant Professor of Public Policy (TT). Grateful to the many incredible people who made this possible—my advisors (@toddpugatch.bsky.social, Alison, Paul, Patrick)

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American University School of Public Affairs @au-spa.bsky.social · Apr 15

Continue the conversation: Major changes by Trump admin. Join SPA Profs. @milleridriss.bsky.social & Bryan Arva in conversation w/ @hannahallam.bsky.social for political violence protections in 🇺🇸 after the Jan. 6 pardons. 🗓️Tue, 4/29 🕑 6:30PM📍Kerwin 301
RSVP: american-spa.swoogo.com/miller-idris...

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Apr 15

I'll bet you could find one at Costco!

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Apr 10

Shit happens

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Dave Marcotte @davemarcotte.bsky.social · Apr 8

I prefer cluster.

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