Martin Van Der Werf

Director of Editorial and Education Policy @GeorgetownCEW. Researcher. Writer. Journalist. Occasional baseball fan. #HigherEd policy and politics

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@sarahfenske I miss that about STL. It is a great tradition!

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@snhuprez Amazing. Succinct, terse, personal, powerful, damning, convincing.

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Higher earnings, career advancement, and a curiosity for learning all drive interest in graduate education, but high costs and student debt undermine the perceived value of graduate degrees. Our new report examines the ROI of graduate education: https://t.co/IRY2VS3lJ8

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Equity gaps in educational access stem from a long history of racial injustice in the United States. Take a moment to read our resources on equity and continue the dialogue about race in America. #HispanicHeritageMonth: https://t.co/9hI5eR9I9I

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@RondaRousey Very brave. Thank you.

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“You might say, rightfully so, that scratching for tuition dollars to keep the mission and vision alive for just one more year is a hell of a way to run a business that is supposed to deal in impermanence. But that is the reality for many colleges…” https://t.co/iGkidjZO1x

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I just published Black Swan: Small Colleges Face Closing because of Ed Department Incompetence https://t.co/fC1oLi6yCN it is sad that the botched FAFSA rollout will be the factor that kills many colleges after all they have been through

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Always the best morning summary of what is happening in #highered policy at the state and national levels!

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@ChiSoxFanMike Living in the DC area, I have to say the Orioles are a cut above other MLB teams in the generosity of their promotions and the quality of their giveaways. They have gone from worst to first in baseball in the last decade, but the generosity toward fans hasn't wavered.

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@M_Dannenberg1 You can do this BU

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He’s not wrong

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So true. The optics are a disaster. Nothing else matters.

[Charlie Sykes @SykesCharlie]

Folks, this is not good. At all.

[Martin Van Der Werf @M_Vanderwerf]

Happened to me just yesterday. The Lyft driver had to open it from the inside so I could get in. 🙄

[Alyssa Farah Griffin @Alyssafarah]

In the Year of Our Lord 2024 I still have no idea how to open a Tesla door from the inside the correct way.

[Martin Van Der Werf @M_Vanderwerf]

@James_S_Murphy @JonBoeckenstedt Interesting. My son applied to @EmersonCollege in 2021 but got almost no financial aid, while other colleges offered 3x or 4x more. He wanted go there, but we went with a better financial deal. I imagine this has been happening to a lot of potential students.

[Martin Van Der Werf @M_Vanderwerf]

This is a fantastic description. This is EXACTLY the point.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

To your credit, you have it partly right. The critique of Trump is that, yes, he *is* bad. Yes, he *is* evil.

That doesn’t mean, however, that everyone who supports him is all bad, or that everyone who opposes him is purely good.

That’s because Trump embodies the worst in *all* of us. For we are all human.

Trump revels in and glorifies our worst human traits: self-absorption, greed, mendacity, vindictiveness, ignorance, and so much else. He embodies all that we should aspire, and teach our children, not to be.

Worse yet, he gives permission for others to be their worst selves. And that is the ultimate danger he poses.

He’s a threat to truth, honor, reason, and decency. And that’s mostly without regard to policy—remember, Trump’s party is the party without a policy platform—although it does have implications for policy. But those are secondary.

First and foremost, Trump and Trumpism pose a moral test, not a political test.

I hope and pray and believe that our nation will pass and survive it.

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"The Great Misalignment: Addressing the Mismatch between the Supply of Certificates and Associate’s Degrees and the Future Demand for Workers in 565 US Labor Markets" examines how well middle-skills credentials align with local workforce needs: https://t.co/WCxBTAoCMr

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This Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave military service members who lost their lives while selflessly serving our country! Today and every day, we say thank you.

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Despite numeric increases in enrollment, the shares of American Indian/Alaska Native, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latino students who attend a selective institution are still disproportionately small. https://t.co/qmMUDxTm2l