Sean Tierney

“Here lies one who meant well, tried a little, failed much”

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

Yesterday, this bill to improve and protect students’ access to their college transcripts was signed into law. @HigherEdIN

https://t.co/0khuFdDTuP

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

‼️ Bipartisan and near-unanimous votes for this financial aid bill: “On Wednesday, the Indiana House voted 89-1 to give final approval to House Enrolled Act 1449. It last week passed the Senate, 48-0.”

[Indiana Commission for Higher Education @HigherEdIN]

🎉HB 1449 (21st Century Scholars auto-enrollment) is headed to the governor’s desk to be signed into law!

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

And we have fun, too! (We have fun, right @allisonkuehr ?)

[Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield @AEDukehighered]

Work with Sean Tierney! Get in on the innovative higher ed policy happenings in Indiana!

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

Come work with us!! We’re looking for an Assistant Director of Data & Analytics @HigherEdIN

https://t.co/7qlEBjcvmW

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

@nicknickbobic Different Jeb!

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

It’s election season in Indianapolis

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

@sam_snideman The whole executive team did!

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

Bit of good news for Indiana’s education system

[Chad Aldeman @ChadAldeman]

Which state has the *highest* scores for low-income students:

1. Florida (233 pts)
2. Wyoming (232)
3. Indiana (229)

Which state has the *lowest* scores for low-income students:

3. Delaware (210)
2. Maryland (210)
1. Puerto Rico (176)

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

@bt_prescott Congratulations!!

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

@sarah_pingel @DTandberg Yea, banded tuition!

[Indiana Capital Chronicle @INCapChronicle]

Latest college completion stats show work is needed.

https://t.co/oxYYO4iROH

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

Check out this new report on completion rates!

[Indiana Commission for Higher Education @HigherEdIN]

The full report contains completion trends by
🎓Campus type
🎓Part-time students
🎓Student population
🎓All public Indiana institutions
https://t.co/ZOvadzkt3d
🧵8/8

[Indiana Commission for Higher Education @HigherEdIN]

On-time completion rates have been steadily improving across all campus types. Over the past five years, on-time completion has increased by 11 percentage points.
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[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

@kathryngimborys sea you later

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

@kathryngimborys honestly not shore

[Michael J. Hicks @HicksCBER]

4/ Incomes are growing in rural Indiana, but are heavily connected to the share of adults with a Bachelor's Degree or higher level of educational attainment. There are a couple of outliers (big rural power plant), but otherwise, education is driving geographic wage differences.

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

Seems like a good time to strengthen capital gains and estate taxes

[Jeff Stein @jstein_star]

New CBO report: The poorest *half* of America -- ~150 million people -- hold only *2 percent* of the country's total wealth

Wealth of top 10 percent has grown markedly since 1989

That tiny little line at the bottom of this chart is half the country

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

@hoosieraaron Pre pandemic 0.97 🤯

[Sean Tierney @SFTierney]

Guess the R squared

Unemployment rate versus enrollment at 2-year colleges #HigherEd #CommunityCollege