Jane Van Galen
@janevg.bsky.social
Recovering academic now writing about social class and first-gen students, growing carrots, and fighting for democracy.
Writing at https://ghost.edandclass.com/
Writing at https://ghost.edandclass.com/
Reposted by Jane Van Galen
A shocking number of people seem not to understand this joke. I’d encourage them to 86 themselves from my replies!
May 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A shocking number of people seem not to understand this joke. I’d encourage them to 86 themselves from my replies!
Reposted by Jane Van Galen
"In a preliminary budget released last week, the White House proposed billions of dollars in cuts to education funding, including eliminating all federal support for TRIO programs." www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
How Trump’s Proposed TRIO Cuts Could Hamper College Access
The Trump administration wants to eliminate the federally funded student support program. That could be devastating for low-income students and the institutions that serve them.
www.insidehighered.com
May 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"In a preliminary budget released last week, the White House proposed billions of dollars in cuts to education funding, including eliminating all federal support for TRIO programs." www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Massive cuts to the ERIC data base staff already, and possibly even more this week. I contacted my congressional delegation urging them to demand congressional appropriations for ERIC be spent. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
A treasure trove of education reports and studies is under threat
Funding for the Education Department’s online library, ERIC, is slated to end this week
hechingerreport.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Massive cuts to the ERIC data base staff already, and possibly even more this week. I contacted my congressional delegation urging them to demand congressional appropriations for ERIC be spent. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Reposted by Jane Van Galen
As of this morning, we've tracked over 600 student visa revocations at more than 100 colleges.
That's double yesterday morning's count. Send updates to me or @amowreader.com and follow @insidehighered.com interactive visa map here: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
That's double yesterday morning's count. Send updates to me or @amowreader.com and follow @insidehighered.com interactive visa map here: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked
The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.
www.insidehighered.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As of this morning, we've tracked over 600 student visa revocations at more than 100 colleges.
That's double yesterday morning's count. Send updates to me or @amowreader.com and follow @insidehighered.com interactive visa map here: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
That's double yesterday morning's count. Send updates to me or @amowreader.com and follow @insidehighered.com interactive visa map here: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
I read this week that one thing we can do now is to talk to our own public squares. So I wrote a thing about 16,000,000 kids in the US still being without reliable home internet, and the FCC now dismantling regs to fix this because we can no longer do equity.
ghost.edandclass.com/structural-e...
ghost.edandclass.com/structural-e...
Structural Economic Barriers: Internet Access
When I taught elementary school in southern Appalachia early in my career, none of the very low-income children in my classes had telephones at home. In the time of landlines, telecom companies had no...
ghost.edandclass.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I read this week that one thing we can do now is to talk to our own public squares. So I wrote a thing about 16,000,000 kids in the US still being without reliable home internet, and the FCC now dismantling regs to fix this because we can no longer do equity.
ghost.edandclass.com/structural-e...
ghost.edandclass.com/structural-e...