Joseph H Wycoff
@joewweoj.bsky.social
U.S. Historian (PhD), Grant Strategist, Institutional Researcher, Independent Writer, Author
What destroys a country more quickly: the stammering insults of a sycophant or the incoherent lecturing to others about the historical precedents of colonialism?
January 21, 2026 at 7:42 AM
What destroys a country more quickly: the stammering insults of a sycophant or the incoherent lecturing to others about the historical precedents of colonialism?
Six years ago, I published _Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some_, a study of the U.S. system of #highereducation and its "elite function" in inequality in America. Part 1 of the epilogue is now available on Substack.
#BookSky #AcademicSky
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#BookSky #AcademicSky
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January 21, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Six years ago, I published _Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some_, a study of the U.S. system of #highereducation and its "elite function" in inequality in America. Part 1 of the epilogue is now available on Substack.
#BookSky #AcademicSky
josephhwycoff.substack.com/p/honors-of-...
#BookSky #AcademicSky
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Today is the sixth year anniversary for the ppk release of _Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some_, a study of the U.S. system of #highereducation and its elite function for the reproduction of the American ruling class. #BookSky #AcademicSky #studentloans
www.amazon.com/dp/0999678884
www.amazon.com/dp/0999678884
January 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Today is the sixth year anniversary for the ppk release of _Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some_, a study of the U.S. system of #highereducation and its elite function for the reproduction of the American ruling class. #BookSky #AcademicSky #studentloans
www.amazon.com/dp/0999678884
www.amazon.com/dp/0999678884
Today is the sixth year anniversary for the paperback publication of _Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some_. a study on the American system of #highereducation as beholden to its elite function for the reproduction of the U.S. ruling class. #UShistory
www.amazon.com/dp/0999678884
www.amazon.com/dp/0999678884
Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some
Amazon.com: Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some: 9780999678886: Wycoff, Joseph H: Books
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January 20, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Today is the sixth year anniversary for the paperback publication of _Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some_. a study on the American system of #highereducation as beholden to its elite function for the reproduction of the U.S. ruling class. #UShistory
www.amazon.com/dp/0999678884
www.amazon.com/dp/0999678884
Now on Substack, "The #HolidayBuyersGuide for the Methodological Individualist." Overcome #holidaystress this season. Grab yourself an #eggnog, a #hottoddy, & an #Irishcoffee -- then learn how to maximize the value of #gifts you receive during the #holidays!
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The Holiday Buyer's Guide for the Methodological Individualist
Part I
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November 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Now on Substack, "The #HolidayBuyersGuide for the Methodological Individualist." Overcome #holidaystress this season. Grab yourself an #eggnog, a #hottoddy, & an #Irishcoffee -- then learn how to maximize the value of #gifts you receive during the #holidays!
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Part of my retrospective on the direction of “institutional research” since the publication of _Outsourcing Student Success_ in 2017.
#highereducation #institutionalresearch #institutionaleffectiveness #booksky #studentsuccess
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#highereducation #institutionalresearch #institutionaleffectiveness #booksky #studentsuccess
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Outsourcing Student Success
A redux
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November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Part of my retrospective on the direction of “institutional research” since the publication of _Outsourcing Student Success_ in 2017.
#highereducation #institutionalresearch #institutionaleffectiveness #booksky #studentsuccess
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#highereducation #institutionalresearch #institutionaleffectiveness #booksky #studentsuccess
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During the COVID pandemic in 2020, I read my #historicalfiction / #fantasy _Arcane Cage_ to my mother via YouTube. In her 70s, she prefers audiobooks. I recorded each chapter as videos with 3-5 minute introductions. Here is the Preface.
#arcanecage #audiobook #freebook
youtu.be/0UrxJJc4gXE?...
#arcanecage #audiobook #freebook
youtu.be/0UrxJJc4gXE?...
Reading to Mom, Episode 1 (April 1, 2020)
YouTube video by Historia|Research
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November 9, 2025 at 4:39 AM
During the COVID pandemic in 2020, I read my #historicalfiction / #fantasy _Arcane Cage_ to my mother via YouTube. In her 70s, she prefers audiobooks. I recorded each chapter as videos with 3-5 minute introductions. Here is the Preface.
#arcanecage #audiobook #freebook
youtu.be/0UrxJJc4gXE?...
#arcanecage #audiobook #freebook
youtu.be/0UrxJJc4gXE?...
A fantasy book in the genre of historical narrative (citations, etc.) - part social history of the origin of magic and part epic adventure.
#booksky #historicalfiction #fantasy #arcanecage
Learn more on the website www.historiaresearch.com/category/pub... or on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/0999678833.
#booksky #historicalfiction #fantasy #arcanecage
Learn more on the website www.historiaresearch.com/category/pub... or on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/0999678833.
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
A fantasy book in the genre of historical narrative (citations, etc.) - part social history of the origin of magic and part epic adventure.
#booksky #historicalfiction #fantasy #arcanecage
Learn more on the website www.historiaresearch.com/category/pub... or on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/0999678833.
#booksky #historicalfiction #fantasy #arcanecage
Learn more on the website www.historiaresearch.com/category/pub... or on Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/0999678833.
I recently learned that I am "ghost" due to little-to-no social media presence...All this time, I thought I was IRL but had become ethereal. So, I updated my profile to reflect my real name and the things that I do to make ends meet. And I learned how to "follow back" -- all in one day!
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November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I recently learned that I am "ghost" due to little-to-no social media presence...All this time, I thought I was IRL but had become ethereal. So, I updated my profile to reflect my real name and the things that I do to make ends meet. And I learned how to "follow back" -- all in one day!
The BRIC are the nations most effectively in opposition to Trump's taxes (tariffs) on American citizens... have any of the 4 caved whatsoever?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
Opinion | Lula: Brazilian Democracy and Sovereignty Are Non-Negotiable
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September 15, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The BRIC are the nations most effectively in opposition to Trump's taxes (tariffs) on American citizens... have any of the 4 caved whatsoever?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...
@cnbc At least four of these five points about Trump's destructive
policies are verifiable with simple Google searches. Perhaps a featured
report is in order? Does he need to change his affiliation to Democratic
Party before you deem him a threat to free market capitalism?
policies are verifiable with simple Google searches. Perhaps a featured
report is in order? Does he need to change his affiliation to Democratic
Party before you deem him a threat to free market capitalism?
September 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
@cnbc At least four of these five points about Trump's destructive
policies are verifiable with simple Google searches. Perhaps a featured
report is in order? Does he need to change his affiliation to Democratic
Party before you deem him a threat to free market capitalism?
policies are verifiable with simple Google searches. Perhaps a featured
report is in order? Does he need to change his affiliation to Democratic
Party before you deem him a threat to free market capitalism?
Liking the pairing of Mike Santoli and Melissa Lee midday on @cnbc. No needlessly contentious arguments or hosts with personal agendas to "make a point".
September 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Liking the pairing of Mike Santoli and Melissa Lee midday on @cnbc. No needlessly contentious arguments or hosts with personal agendas to "make a point".
Reposted by Joseph H Wycoff
"More to the point, ideas have more than an academic interest, more so when the subject of that idea is academic life itself or the nature of higher education."
#AcademicSky #Inequality #HonorsOfInequality #CollegeLoans #StudentDebt #HigherEd #AntiIntellectualism #Conservatism
#AcademicSky #Inequality #HonorsOfInequality #CollegeLoans #StudentDebt #HigherEd #AntiIntellectualism #Conservatism
"The underlying premise of this text is that ideas matter. The socio-historical origin of an idea matters; the underlying intent of an idea matters; and, the course of development for an idea matters."
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Honors of Inequality - Historia Research LLC
Product page for Honors of Inequality: How Colleges Work for Some (2020), from Historia|Research Press.
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August 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"More to the point, ideas have more than an academic interest, more so when the subject of that idea is academic life itself or the nature of higher education."
#AcademicSky #Inequality #HonorsOfInequality #CollegeLoans #StudentDebt #HigherEd #AntiIntellectualism #Conservatism
#AcademicSky #Inequality #HonorsOfInequality #CollegeLoans #StudentDebt #HigherEd #AntiIntellectualism #Conservatism
Disclaimer: I am related to the author...
Nonetheless, I love the turn of phrase "slum house plutocracy" in this poem. He wrote this line before Trump's first term on the back of a bar receipt while he was in college. So prescient. #booksky #academicsky #poetry
Nonetheless, I love the turn of phrase "slum house plutocracy" in this poem. He wrote this line before Trump's first term on the back of a bar receipt while he was in college. So prescient. #booksky #academicsky #poetry
The slum house
plutocracy casts out
our body and mind without
a second thought for
our safety
concerned only for its own.
#poetry #milleniallife #millenYELL #selfdiscovery #existentialism #bookrecommendation
Available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BCW9RYNW
plutocracy casts out
our body and mind without
a second thought for
our safety
concerned only for its own.
#poetry #milleniallife #millenYELL #selfdiscovery #existentialism #bookrecommendation
Available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0BCW9RYNW
millennYELL: diatribes of self-discovery
Amazon.com: millennYELL: diatribes of self-discovery eBook : Wright, Bryan: Kindle Store
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August 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Disclaimer: I am related to the author...
Nonetheless, I love the turn of phrase "slum house plutocracy" in this poem. He wrote this line before Trump's first term on the back of a bar receipt while he was in college. So prescient. #booksky #academicsky #poetry
Nonetheless, I love the turn of phrase "slum house plutocracy" in this poem. He wrote this line before Trump's first term on the back of a bar receipt while he was in college. So prescient. #booksky #academicsky #poetry
The BRIC have not negotiated any trade deals, correct? Trump has made everything imported from our strongest allies more expensive. I am tired of winning. #tariffs
August 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The BRIC have not negotiated any trade deals, correct? Trump has made everything imported from our strongest allies more expensive. I am tired of winning. #tariffs
Reposted by Joseph H Wycoff
Poetry verses exploring nihilism, longing, & the search for purpose in the echoes of a new millennium...Bryan D. Wright's #millennYELL dives into the 'tenuous grounds on which human meaning and action rest.' #poetry #millenniallife www.historiaresearch.com/press/millen...
millennYELL - Historia Research LLC
millennYELL: diatribes of self-discovery (2022) Available on Amazon (Click Image) Historia|Reseach Press announces the release of “millennYELL: diatribes of self-discovery,” a collection of poems inte...
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July 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Poetry verses exploring nihilism, longing, & the search for purpose in the echoes of a new millennium...Bryan D. Wright's #millennYELL dives into the 'tenuous grounds on which human meaning and action rest.' #poetry #millenniallife www.historiaresearch.com/press/millen...
Reposted by Joseph H Wycoff
Federal grants are one key resource for entrepreneurs in all sectors, profit and nonprofit. Recent notices (NOFOs) on grants.gov have violated federal regulations.
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#GrantFunding #Nonprofit #Entrepreneurs #FundingOpportunities #Academia
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#GrantFunding #Nonprofit #Entrepreneurs #FundingOpportunities #Academia
Legal - Grant Professionals Association
On July 15, 2025, numerous notifications of funding opportunities for grants from multiple federal agencies were announced, with application due dates of July 29, 2025, which is a notification period of 14 days. This has been markedly or disproportionately true of grant programs funding much-needed services to support our most vulnerable populations and communities - youth, families, people with chronic health conditions, etc. The Code of Federal Regulations clearly states that agencies “should make all funding opportunities available for application for at least 60 calendar days.” It continues, “However, no funding opportunity should be available for less than 30 calendar days unless the Federal agency determines that exigent circumstances justify this.” (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-2/subtitle-A/chapter-II/part-200/subpart-C/section-200.204)
grantprofessionals.org
July 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Federal grants are one key resource for entrepreneurs in all sectors, profit and nonprofit. Recent notices (NOFOs) on grants.gov have violated federal regulations.
grantprofessionals.org/page/news
#GrantFunding #Nonprofit #Entrepreneurs #FundingOpportunities #Academia
grantprofessionals.org/page/news
#GrantFunding #Nonprofit #Entrepreneurs #FundingOpportunities #Academia
@cnbc Trump proclaimed a national emergency in order to take control of the US economy as his plaything. He is introducing 5 year soviet-style economic plans (tax cuts and trade deals that expire after his term). Get back to your roots, don't be fooled by your ideologues (Kernen, Cramer, Sullivan).
You all @cnbc look foolish when concerned about the Biden administration's principled regulations and unconcerned about the Trump administration's arbitrary regulations.
@cnbc.com Trump is the most governmentally regulatory President in US history. He is creating a managed economy. Tariffs (taxes: nuf said). Trade "deals" that specify the number of car imports from other countries (UK). Selling off AI technology to royal families. Hounding Apple about mfg plans...
May 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
@cnbc Trump proclaimed a national emergency in order to take control of the US economy as his plaything. He is introducing 5 year soviet-style economic plans (tax cuts and trade deals that expire after his term). Get back to your roots, don't be fooled by your ideologues (Kernen, Cramer, Sullivan).
You all @cnbc look foolish when concerned about the Biden administration's principled regulations and unconcerned about the Trump administration's arbitrary regulations.
@cnbc.com Trump is the most governmentally regulatory President in US history. He is creating a managed economy. Tariffs (taxes: nuf said). Trade "deals" that specify the number of car imports from other countries (UK). Selling off AI technology to royal families. Hounding Apple about mfg plans...
May 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
You all @cnbc look foolish when concerned about the Biden administration's principled regulations and unconcerned about the Trump administration's arbitrary regulations.
@cnbc.com Trump is the most governmentally regulatory President in US history. He is creating a managed economy. Tariffs (taxes: nuf said). Trade "deals" that specify the number of car imports from other countries (UK). Selling off AI technology to royal families. Hounding Apple about mfg plans...
May 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
@cnbc.com Trump is the most governmentally regulatory President in US history. He is creating a managed economy. Tariffs (taxes: nuf said). Trade "deals" that specify the number of car imports from other countries (UK). Selling off AI technology to royal families. Hounding Apple about mfg plans...
Yet another reason not to fund Democratic candidates. Are there no guardrails on the use and abuse of #ActBlue and other donors?
Meet the 23-Year-Old Student Who Raised $25 Million in Democratic Losses www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
Meet the 23-Year-Old Student Who Raised $25 Million in Democratic Losses www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
Meet the 23-Year-Old Student Who Raised $25 Million in Democratic Losses
A law student in Florida has a lucrative side gig: fund-raising consultant. His firm earns a 25 percent cut of “profit” from donations, and critics have begun to pile up after two special elections.
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April 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yet another reason not to fund Democratic candidates. Are there no guardrails on the use and abuse of #ActBlue and other donors?
Meet the 23-Year-Old Student Who Raised $25 Million in Democratic Losses www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
Meet the 23-Year-Old Student Who Raised $25 Million in Democratic Losses www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
Trump is using tariffs to solidify his administration as a Court to which all American industries must make supplication for special dispensations & exemptions. Hopefully, American business leaders will have the common sense to refuse Trump and assert their common interest in U.S. tariff policy.
NAWM regarded protective tariffs as an instrument of mutualism for all U.S. manufacturers: "All [industries] are directly interested in each other's success and prosperity -- each is the customer of all the rest." And, "All the industries are sisters: if we have one, we shall have all the others."
In the late 19th century, protective tariff policies were led by the industrial associations like the Nat'l Assoc of Wool Manufacturers. Every meaningful manufacturing association had input on the schedules. Tariff policy was never the prerogative of one President or one untested formula.
April 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Trump is using tariffs to solidify his administration as a Court to which all American industries must make supplication for special dispensations & exemptions. Hopefully, American business leaders will have the common sense to refuse Trump and assert their common interest in U.S. tariff policy.
NAWM regarded protective tariffs as an instrument of mutualism for all U.S. manufacturers: "All [industries] are directly interested in each other's success and prosperity -- each is the customer of all the rest." And, "All the industries are sisters: if we have one, we shall have all the others."
In the late 19th century, protective tariff policies were led by the industrial associations like the Nat'l Assoc of Wool Manufacturers. Every meaningful manufacturing association had input on the schedules. Tariff policy was never the prerogative of one President or one untested formula.
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
NAWM regarded protective tariffs as an instrument of mutualism for all U.S. manufacturers: "All [industries] are directly interested in each other's success and prosperity -- each is the customer of all the rest." And, "All the industries are sisters: if we have one, we shall have all the others."
In the late 19th century, protective tariff policies were led by the industrial associations like the Nat'l Assoc of Wool Manufacturers. Every meaningful manufacturing association had input on the schedules. Tariff policy was never the prerogative of one President or one untested formula.
April 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In the late 19th century, protective tariff policies were led by the industrial associations like the Nat'l Assoc of Wool Manufacturers. Every meaningful manufacturing association had input on the schedules. Tariff policy was never the prerogative of one President or one untested formula.