Ray Mitic
@drrmitic.bsky.social
Husband. Son of immigrants. Cat dad. Asst Prof of Higher Education. William & Mary SOE. First-Gen College Student. GradEd. Intl Ed. Home: Chicago. 🖖
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Over the past ten years, #RIHE has published >80 articles that used NCES data as a primary data source. In this special collection, we highlight key RIHE articles that used NCES data to provide important insights for research, practice, and policy. #highered link.springer.com/collections/...
Leveraging U.S. NCES Education Data: High-Impact Articles from the Past 10 Years of RIHE
Over the past ten years, Research in Higher Education has published over 80 articles from scholars that used National Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES) ...
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July 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Over the past ten years, #RIHE has published >80 articles that used NCES data as a primary data source. In this special collection, we highlight key RIHE articles that used NCES data to provide important insights for research, practice, and policy. #highered link.springer.com/collections/...
New article with Laura Link on how different stakeholder groups perceive the purposes and practices of grading in secondary schools! Open access! #grading #research #quant
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
Examining grading purpose and practices: A multivariate analysis of secondary stakeholder perceptions
This study provides evidence of fundamental differences in how students, parents/guardians, teachers, and administrators understand and approach the purposes and practices of grading. Using census ...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New article with Laura Link on how different stakeholder groups perceive the purposes and practices of grading in secondary schools! Open access! #grading #research #quant
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
doi.org/10.1080/0969...
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Ed researchers! @aeraedresearch.bsky.social asks that we take a 5 min survey on "how specific [IES] datasets, surveys, research, and evaluations are used and relied upon by members" by May 28th to respond to questions from the judge. I'm not including the link on purpose but please check your email!
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Ed researchers! @aeraedresearch.bsky.social asks that we take a 5 min survey on "how specific [IES] datasets, surveys, research, and evaluations are used and relied upon by members" by May 28th to respond to questions from the judge. I'm not including the link on purpose but please check your email!
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They're terminating OPT.
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
Skilled immigration on the chopping block? Effects of eliminating "Optional Practical Training" in the US
The White House has taken numerous steps to sharply reduce the number of immigrant workers, with or without legal status, in the US economy. These policies, so far, typically target immigrants with le...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
They're terminating OPT.
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
Today the nominee to head USCIS stated directly: he will end Optional Practical Training, the single largest channel for high-skill immigrants to work in the US.
6 weeks ago I warned about this & summarized the research on impacts of this drastic action—> @piie.com
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Japan: internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn
#highered #AcademicSky
#highered #AcademicSky
White students ‘over-represented’ on Japanese university websites
Internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn
www.timeshighereducation.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Japan: internationalisation strategies will be damaged by heavy prioritisation of students from Europe and US, report authors warn
#highered #AcademicSky
#highered #AcademicSky
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The journal Research in Higher Education is seeking manuscripts using data from the National Center for Education Statistics for a special issue. Please read the full call for papers here and circulate to your networks! #RIHE link.springer.com/collections/...
Call for Submissions using National Center for Education Statistics data
The journal Research in Higher Education plans to publish a collection of articles using data from the National Center for Education Statistics in the United ...
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May 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The journal Research in Higher Education is seeking manuscripts using data from the National Center for Education Statistics for a special issue. Please read the full call for papers here and circulate to your networks! #RIHE link.springer.com/collections/...
New article alert! We used AI to examine the websites of hundreds of Japanese universities to show whiteness strategies in campus internationalization. Open access!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Campus Internationalization or Campus Whitening?: AI Analysis of Image Data on Japanese University Websites - Innovative Higher Education
Scholars have raised concerns that White-centric norms have been widely prevalent in higher education globally, bolstering the existing power imbalances that have historically been favorable toward Wh...
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April 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
New article alert! We used AI to examine the websites of hundreds of Japanese universities to show whiteness strategies in campus internationalization. Open access!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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In a new letter, AERA and other education research leaders call on Congress to protect the nation’s education data, research infrastructure, and knowledge base, by safeguarding the IES and broader Education Department staff, leadership, and mission. www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...
March 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
In a new letter, AERA and other education research leaders call on Congress to protect the nation’s education data, research infrastructure, and knowledge base, by safeguarding the IES and broader Education Department staff, leadership, and mission. www.aera.net/Portals/38/E...
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AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
March 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
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William and Mary’s own Ray Mitic (@drrmitic.bsky.social) and Bianca Wu did an excellent job presenting about civic outcomes of higher education this morning! #AEFP2025
March 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
William and Mary’s own Ray Mitic (@drrmitic.bsky.social) and Bianca Wu did an excellent job presenting about civic outcomes of higher education this morning! #AEFP2025
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Timely contribution as I teach Higher Education Law this semester. Thank you @garceslm.bsky.social !
Opinion: Making funding contingent on an institution following a particular ideology strikes at the heart of academic freedom. chroni.cl/4b4p9mc
Hitting Pause on the ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter
The Department of Education is overstepping its bounds and infringing on constitutional rights.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Timely contribution as I teach Higher Education Law this semester. Thank you @garceslm.bsky.social !
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AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
AERA and COPAFS Statement on the New Administration’s Sudden Termination of National Center for Education Statistics Contracts
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February 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
AERA and COPAFS have issued a statement on the sudden termination of 169 contracts within IES, including those that NCES holds for the collection and reporting of education statistics. Read the full statement: www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
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Eliminating, or at least severely reducing, data access & collection undercuts both knowledge & accountability. Educational inequalities & trying to address them will become even more difficult.
February 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Eliminating, or at least severely reducing, data access & collection undercuts both knowledge & accountability. Educational inequalities & trying to address them will become even more difficult.
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Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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February 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
First publication from 2025 with Enyu Zhou and Hironao Okahana on the factors that predict whether PhD alumni affirm or regret their decisions on their PhD experience. Nature Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.
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#doctoraleducation #HSS #edresearch
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#doctoraleducation #HSS #edresearch
Factors predicting PhD affirmation and regret in PhD holders
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Factors predicting PhD affirmation and regret in PhD holders
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January 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
First publication from 2025 with Enyu Zhou and Hironao Okahana on the factors that predict whether PhD alumni affirm or regret their decisions on their PhD experience. Nature Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.
rdcu.be/d5pcG
#doctoraleducation #HSS #edresearch
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#doctoraleducation #HSS #edresearch
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November 24, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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Amanda Simpfenderfer, W&M faculty member, presenting her research paper “The impact of course taking patterns on STEM outcomes: A machine learning approach” at #ASHE2024
November 23, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Amanda Simpfenderfer, W&M faculty member, presenting her research paper “The impact of course taking patterns on STEM outcomes: A machine learning approach” at #ASHE2024
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W&M faculty Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social presenting research on impact of undergraduate research experiences in paper session on “Unveiling Co-Curricular Activities to Examine College Student Engagement” #ASHE2024
November 21, 2024 at 5:06 PM
W&M faculty Ray Mitic @drrmitic.bsky.social presenting research on impact of undergraduate research experiences in paper session on “Unveiling Co-Curricular Activities to Examine College Student Engagement” #ASHE2024