Educating international students is a massive export of services. They pay us money earned in a foreign nation for a product the US has, until now, had an absolute advantage in. We cannot effectively sell these services if these students can be deported, detained, and even kidnapped at random.

🎉 Big congrats to @willprince.bsky.social (SPA/PhD '25) on joining the Department of Public and Nonprofit Studies at Georgia Southern University as an Assistant Professor. We’re so proud to see SPA scholars shaping the future of public affairs! 👏📚 #SPAProud #AcademicSuccess #PhDToProfessor

Congratulations to our three newest alumni on graduating from @au-spa.bsky.social last weekend! We appreciate you, Drs. @willprince.bsky.social @vhgibney.bsky.social & Kathryn Grossman! 🎉 #SPAProud

Happening tonight! The Department of Public Administration and Policy at SPA is proud to present the 15th Annual Charles H. Levine Lecture featuring Prof. @alasdairroberts.bsky.social , who will discuss his recent work titled “The Broken Republic”.
Learn more here: www.american.edu/spa/dpap/lev...

Thanks to @cullenmerritt.bsky.social for an inspiring and timely talk and discussion yesterday about the future of public administration doctoral education! So glad you could visit @au-spa.bsky.social

SPA proudly congratulates Prof. @twmorrissey.bsky.social & Jessica H. Rendon (PhD, SPA ’24) on publishing 2 chapters in the @aefpweb.bsky.social Live Handbook on education. #SPAProud

🏆 We're proud to be the nation’s top-ranked school and DC’s #1 school of Public Affairs, shaping the future of public service through bold research and teaching. #SPAProud #BestGradSchools

🚨SPA is on the rise! We jumped to #9 in the nation in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings for Public Affairs — our highest ranking ever and a leap from #13 last year! Read: www.usnews.com/best-graduat... #SPAProud #BestGradSchools

In economics, mentoring Ph.D. students and new doctorates from historically underrepresented minority groups appears to boost their probability of ultimately holding a tenure-track or tenured position.

www.nber.org/papers/w33689

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I'm going to try to do more writing about how universities and researchers are being affected by recent policy changes from the Trump Administration. If you are an academic or researcher willing to share your experience, you can do so here:
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The University of Pittsburgh confirmed Friday that there would be no new Ph.D. offers of admission while Pitt works to understand how reduced federal aid could impact the institution.

Looking back at #2024APPAM, our PhD students Ashley Scott, Ankita Singh, and Kathryn Johnson absolutely crushed that poster party! 🎉 #SPAProud @appam.bsky.social

Prof. Ken Meier organized the 3rd Summer Diversity Academy in June, a workshop for PhD students & junior faculty in public affairs on publication, career development, & preparing for the job market. About the Summer Diversity Academy: bit.ly/4abf7iT
#SPA90 #90AndJustGettingStarted

Our first post! Anna Amirkhanyan shared research produced with Miyeon Song, @dei-au-spa.bsky.social advisor Ken Meier, and member and PhD candidate Will Prince on @npr.org 's Academic Minute! They look at effects of state regulations on COVID-19 outcomes by sector in US nursing homes. Listen here 🎧