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Melissa Whatley
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Assistant Professor of Higher Education at William & Mary. I study marginalized and underserved student populations in US international higher education, especially in the community college context.
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jsinted.bsky.social
Exploring the relationship between international student enrollment at US higher education institutions and mass shootings

@melwhat.bsky.social and Justin S. Kumbal

→ doi.org/10.1177/1028...

#Intled #MassShootings #IntStudents #HigherEd #UniversityChoice #Enrollment #GunViolence #StudentMobility
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September 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
melwhat.bsky.social
Wow, DC is really terrible, y’all
A landscape with green grass and a beautiful tree
August 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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globalhigheredj.bsky.social
🔍 A first #SneakPeak into our first issue

Join our amazing editorial team “‪‪‬‬ @selomer42.bsky.social, @cmathies.bsky.social, @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social, @melwhat.bsky.social ” in a conversation around building and sustaining a #GlobalCommunity!

journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...

#JGHE
August 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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educationuom.bsky.social
Great to see this new open-access journal up and running - congratulations to MIE’s @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social and @selomer42.bsky.social and their co-editors.
July 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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kathryn-telling.bsky.social
Great to see the inaugural issue of the Journal of Global Higher Education out, ed. by @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social @selomer42.bsky.social @cmathies.bsky.social & @melwhat.bsky.social. A new model for rigorous, open-access publishing. @educationuom.bsky.social journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): Inaugural Issue | Journal of Global Higher Education
journal.libraries.wm.edu
July 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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globalhigheredj.bsky.social
🌍🎉 The Journal of Global Higher Education has officially launched!

We’re excited to share our inaugural issue, now available: journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...

Our submissions system will open by mid-September, we hope you’ll consider submitting your work!

#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd
July 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
melwhat.bsky.social
Before the end of the month!
globalhigheredj.bsky.social Journal of Global Higher Education @globalhigheredj.bsky.social · Jul 24
⏳📅🕒🚀🔥📢🎉 Countdown Energy!!! ⏳📅🕒🚀🔥📢🎉

#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite
July 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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globalhigheredj.bsky.social
Curious about publishing with JGHE? Wonder what makes a great submission or know more about our global editorial team?

Drop your questions for the #JGHE editorial team in the comments or DM us!

We’ll answer them in an upcoming Q&A!

#JGHE #AskTheEditors #GlobalHigherEd #AcademicPublishing
June 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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globalhigheredj.bsky.social
We’re proud to introduce the editorial team of the Journal of Global Higher Education! Follow along, #MindsBehindTheMission ✨

📖 Meet the team ➡️ Charles Mathies (@cmathies.bsky.social‬‬)
#MeetTheEditors #EditorialTeamSpotlight #JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters
June 26, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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We’re proud to introduce the editorial team of the Journal of Global Higher Education! Follow along, #MindsBehindTheMission 🧠 🌍

📖 Meet the team ➡️ Sylvie Lomer
#MeetTheEditors #EditorialTeamSpotlight #JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite
June 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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globalhigheredj.bsky.social
We’re proud to introduce the editorial team of the Journal of Global Higher Education! Follow along, #MindsBehindTheMission ✨

📖 Meet the team ➡️ Jenna Mittelmeier (@jlmittelmeier.bsky.social‬)
#MeetTheEditors #EditorialTeamSpotlight #JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters
June 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
melwhat.bsky.social
Creating this journal has certainly been a labor of love, and I’m grateful to have shared the experience with @selomer42.bsky.social @cmathies.bsky.social and @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social. Our first issue will be out next month!
globalhigheredj.bsky.social Journal of Global Higher Education @globalhigheredj.bsky.social · Jun 23
We’re proud to introduce the editorial team of the Journal of Global Higher Education! Follow along, #MindsBehindTheMission ✨

📖 Meet the team ➡️ Melissa Whatley (@melwhat.bsky.social)
#MeetTheEditors #EditorialTeamSpotlight #JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite
June 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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globalhigheredj.bsky.social
Our #JGHE editorial team features scholars from all around the world. Stay tuned for our first issue dropping📍end of June⏳.
A global 🌍 conversation 💬 starts here! Let us know which country you will be reading #JGHE content in!
#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite
June 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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globalhigheredj.bsky.social
🌍🎓📚 Global Perspectives. For a Global Journal. 🧠🗣️💬

#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite
June 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Exciting stuff coming soon!!!
globalhigheredj.bsky.social Journal of Global Higher Education @globalhigheredj.bsky.social · Jun 12
Follow along as we count down ⏳📅🕒 to the launch 🚀 of the Journal of Global Higher Education. 🎉

In the comments, tell us what global higher education means to you! 🌍🎓📚✈️🧠🗣️💬

#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite
June 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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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 ...
link.springer.com
May 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
melwhat.bsky.social
Athens, GA making me proud!
indivisiblega10.bsky.social Indivisible Georgia District 10 @indivisiblega10.bsky.social · Apr 5
#AthensGA over a 1000 protesters gathered at City Hall to shout #HandsOff everything from the economy to health care. #April5 #Indivisible
April 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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lizgross144.bsky.social
They're not just going to stop collecting data; they want researchers to stop accessing the data that already exists. Despicable.
aeraedresearch.bsky.social AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · Mar 14
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 7:21 PM
melwhat.bsky.social
Bright and early tomorrow morning! Come hear me present about a study I may not ever finish if the federal government stops collecting education data! #AEFP2025
Screenshot with information about a conference session
March 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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chrismarsicano.com
Good news! Especially for those at #AEFP2025 / @aefpweb.bsky.social who might use IPEDS:

I came across this new R package that allows you to download literally all of IPEDS before it is gone!

nehgov.github.io/ripeds/

I tested it yesterday and it works like a charm. Definitely recommend!
March 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
melwhat.bsky.social
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
Man giving a conference presentation Woman giving a conference presentation
March 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
melwhat.bsky.social
Come check out our presentation this afternoon! #aefp2025
chrismarsicano.com Chris Marsicano @chrismarsicano.com · Mar 13
Then, at 1:45, in Room 11 - Georgia, @c2initiative.bsky.social research affiliate and W&M scholar @melwhat.bsky.social and I will be presenting our work with Shinji Katsumoto (So. Miss.) on the impact (or lack thereof) of campus shootings on international student enrollment in the US.

5/7
March 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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mcsweeneys.net
"We're doing just whatever we feel like with no foresight, illustrating one of the Willy-Nilly System’s central tenets: There are no wrong answers because we should not assess any of our decisions before implementing them."
Introducing the Willy-Nilly System of Governance
The Willy-Nilly System of Governance is a hybrid model that brings together both definitions of the term willy-nilly: “in a careless way without pl...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
melwhat.bsky.social
Wrote a message to my representative about Ukraine yesterday, and today I got this response. So I guess now every constituent who voices a concern about this new administration is using “a third party advocacy organization”?
Screenshot of an email from Mike Collins.
March 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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bittersouth.bsky.social
Those salutes were EXACTLY what you think they were.
January 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM