Jeff Webster
@jeffgoowls.bsky.social
Higher Ed researcher who spends too much time worrying about Kentucky basketball.
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New paper from the Consumer Finance Institute estimates a 1pp rise in unemployment during the Great Recession caused a 7% rise in outstanding debt and 6% rise in defaults, and the recession accounted for 19-32% of the increase in undergrad student debt
www.philadelphiafed.org/-/media/FRBP...
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April 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New paper from the Consumer Finance Institute estimates a 1pp rise in unemployment during the Great Recession caused a 7% rise in outstanding debt and 6% rise in defaults, and the recession accounted for 19-32% of the increase in undergrad student debt
www.philadelphiafed.org/-/media/FRBP...
www.philadelphiafed.org/-/media/FRBP...
I share @bakerdphd.bsky.social 's sentiment. Without good data, good programs will die.
I should've mentioned, every org I volunteer with and donate my time, energy, and efforts to signed onto this. I don't have time for academic associations who don't recognize our current threats.
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 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I share @bakerdphd.bsky.social 's sentiment. Without good data, good programs will die.
Reposted by Jeff Webster
Safe and secure storage practices help prevent firearms from being stolen, diverted into illegal markets and used in gun crime. Gun owners have a responsibility to store their firearms safely to prevent these thefts. Learn more: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
Safe and Secure Gun Storage | Center for Gun Violence Solutions
When not in use, firearms should be stored locked and unloaded, ammunition should be stored separately (preferably locked up), and the key or lock combinations should be inaccessible to children, adol...
publichealth.jhu.edu
February 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Safe and secure storage practices help prevent firearms from being stolen, diverted into illegal markets and used in gun crime. Gun owners have a responsibility to store their firearms safely to prevent these thefts. Learn more: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...
Reposted by Jeff Webster
New edworkingpaper that I knew I had to share when it first came across my virtual desk.
tl;dr: "[state] abortion bans caused a 2.7 percentage point decrease in the proportion of high-achieving women who applied to a school in one of the 13 states with a total ban."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1126
tl;dr: "[state] abortion bans caused a 2.7 percentage point decrease in the proportion of high-achieving women who applied to a school in one of the 13 states with a total ban."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1126
January 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
New edworkingpaper that I knew I had to share when it first came across my virtual desk.
tl;dr: "[state] abortion bans caused a 2.7 percentage point decrease in the proportion of high-achieving women who applied to a school in one of the 13 states with a total ban."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1126
tl;dr: "[state] abortion bans caused a 2.7 percentage point decrease in the proportion of high-achieving women who applied to a school in one of the 13 states with a total ban."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1126