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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 20d

I like a good fast action rod but I agree.

Fishing a fiberglass rod is definitely slows you down, in the right way

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 21d

Now you have to say which rod it was

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Sep 4

If you know of a student who is looking for a education post doc (now, odd timing I know), I may have an opportunity for them. They would be working Texas admin data so experience with that would be a big plus.

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Sep 4

First time being on the receiving end of this

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Sep 3

Nothing makes me feel more like a professor than checking out a dusty old library book for research. Economics rarely looks like this—but it’s exactly what I thought professors did when I was a kid

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Sep 2

I almost said in the original that it was not Josh Goodman level just to tamp down expectations

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Sep 2

One of the best feelings in research is coming up with a great title. I may have come up with my favorite yet, stay tuned

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Journal of Public Economics @jpube.bsky.social · Aug 18

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social:

"The graduation part II: Graduate program graduation rates"

By @jeffdenning.com & @lesleyturner.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#econsky #publiceconomics

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Jul 26

Done fishing for a while

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Jul 15

🎣

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Jun 22

Had to make sure to catch a bow on this trip too

Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Jun 21

Nice cutthroat today

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Michael Petrilli @michaelpetrilli.bsky.social · May 29

IES REBORN?

On today's Education Gadfly Show podcast, Fordham's Amber Northern (of "Amber's Research Minute" fame) announces that she's joining the Trump Administration for six months to help develop a plan for a new IES. Listen now (starts around 24:30): fordhaminstitute.org/national/res...

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · May 30

Happy surprise to see this discussion of our paper in Jessica Hoel's substack (which is good generally!)

liberalartsledger.substack.com/p/day-14-gra...

Day 14: Grades, graduation rates, and actual learning

A series following my new class: The Economics of Higher Education

liberalartsledger.substack.com

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · May 30

My intermediate micro students would be proud

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · May 29

We're thrilled to announce three outstanding researchers are joining the Upjohn Institute:
Chloe Gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social and Monique Davis @monique-e-davis.bsky.social in August
and Ethan Jenkins June 2.
Welcome!
#laboreconomics #econsky

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · May 22

I will also be involved with the University of Texas Austin Education Research Center so if you have questions about that data--send them my way!

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · May 22

Next year I'll be joining the LBJ School of Public Affairs and College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin.

It's a dream come true to be back at UT.

I want to thank @ndecon.bsky.social for the last two years--it has been a great place for me and my family.

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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · Apr 12

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · Apr 12

LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."

LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything

: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'

www.theregister.com

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Todd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · Mar 21

Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!

Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).

Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768

Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Mar 25

Haha, kids!

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Mar 25

At the district spell bowl, a night for the nerds. Let's get ready to rumble!

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Mar 24

Would be pretty interested in that. But I'm biased having been at two places with undergraduate business degrees

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · Mar 24

I'd be interested to see the list for schools that have an undergraduate business degree. In some of these places econ is de facto business

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · Mar 22

Thanks to @chloergibbs.bsky.social and @jeffdenning.com and others for a great visit to Notre Dame (and great feedback on our paper studying the past 15 years of declines in community college enrollment).

Among many highlights of the visit was the branded waffle I just made myself for breakfast.

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