Michael K. McLendon

Consultant | Independent Researcher | Former Provost, Dean, Professor & Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Higher-Education Studies

[Simmons School of Education & Human Development @smusimmons]

The U.S. News & World Report 2022 rankings place the Simmons School in the top tier of graduate education schools. Simmons is ranked 15 in private graduate schools of education and in the top 3 of all public and private Texas schools! More information available on our blog. @SMU

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

Huge congrats @wdoyle42! I know RHE will continue to flourish under your leadership.

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

Thanks much @DoctorRaq Congrats to you in your career successes and to you and your team for the excellent article, which I read on its first day out. Keep on!

[Raquel M. Rall @DoctorRaq]

@DTandberg @SHEEOed @DMorganPhD @FeleciaElana Thanks @DTandberg . I've been a fan since I was @TierneyBill 's phd student @USCPullias and we put on that symposium on higher ed sysyems for @ASHEoffice years ago. I learned so much from you and @mkmclendon and more!

[Donald E. Heller 🟦 @Donald_E_Heller]

"The average annual price tag for attending a college is now around $50K."

No, no, no - & a prof @ NYU should know better. 35% of UGs are in CCs, and 45% in public 4-yrs (and mostly in-state), where costs are well below $50K, & this is before grant aid

https://t.co/KzRNEOyghS

[Chris Marsicano @ChrisMarsicano]

It was a lot of fun to work on this op-ed with @dhfeld1 for @USATODAY. We argue that there is a progressive case AGAINST free college, and suggest a series of alternatives that we believe better achieve the goals of equity, access, and success. https://t.co/QAm9GPDQbZ

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

As a campus leader I like many colleagues lamented the narrow focus on prestige & other inputs by many #college ranking systems, and therefore appreciated Washington Monthly’s focus on social mobility & public service, in add. to that of research. Nice work @rkelchen & @monthly

[Washington Monthly @monthly]

Our College Guide's Data Editor @rkelchen explains our approach to ranking schools based on how well they promote social mobility, high-quality research, and a spirit of service. Read his interview with @ConversationEDU: https://t.co/9MXPNB6tbc

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

With every day that passes a new well-powered study makes me more and more skeptical of nudging.

Perhaps big problems require big solutions?

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

Nice work @SPPQJournal. As well: research on state politics & policy (incl. SPPQ articles) stimulated resurgent interest in #highered politics and policy in the states & has a long tradition in the field of #education politics @DTandberg @ChrisMarsicano @AKHicklin @ASHEoffice

[SPPQ @SPPQJournal]

We wrote a thing in the @chronicle @ChronicleReview.

https://t.co/AASX7oCLwa

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

Insightful piece by @jillbarshay @hechingerreport on rise of the predictive-analytics industry as relates to #college success; on improvements to student retention at @GeorgiaStateU; & on importance of data use by departmts in aligning curriculum and improving teaching/ advising

[Jill Barshay @jillbarshay]

.@apmreports @sashaaslanian and I just produced a radio documentary about big data on campus. It’s about how colleges are tracking student data to boost graduation rates. https://t.co/0mBvTkEoYt

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

Thanks @DTandberg! Bc so few in “our” field cared for this work at time of my dissert. or when I invited Hearn to coauthor the 2003 @Division_L PEA Yearbook, I’m grateful for early encouragement by K. Meier, J. Kingdon, K. Wong, @Michael_Kirst, B. Malen, the Berry’s & M. Mumper

[David Tandberg @DTandberg]

@ChrisMarsicano @kevinrmcclure @mkmclendon @BowTiePolitics @etkeld @chronicle @AmyLiphd @bakerdphd @GandaraDenisa @wdoyle42 @DKramerII @rkelchen @LadermanSophia @CeciliaOrphan @sam_snideman @MatthewJCamp1 @jimhearn4 No one has done more than @jimhearn4 & @mkmclendon. Jim is the OG and lit the flame. Michael tossed gasoline on it. We're all just playing in their sandbox.

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

The absence of many specialty journals with “State Politics” in the title does not equate to a “dearth of social-science research on state politics and government.” In fact past decades have witnessed an intensified focus on state politics & policy. Utter nonsense @chronicle

[The Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle]

States play an outsized role in shaping our politics, but there is a dearth of social-science research on state politics and government. Why? https://t.co/PBzi1bgoyw

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

You’re the best @AKHicklin!

[Alisa Hicklin Fryar @AKHicklin]

@mkmclendon @GandaraDenisa @wdoyle42 @DTandberg @DKramerII Thanks, friend!

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

Agree @BowTiePolitics that, in @ChrisMarsicano the study of state policy and politics of #highered has a keen observer and commentator. Adding @AKHicklin and her important work to this list of notable scholars - @AmyLiphd @bakerdphd @GandaraDenisa @wdoyle42 @DTandberg @DKramerII

[Chris Marsicano @ChrisMarsicano]

@BowTiePolitics @etkeld @chronicle Some other great politics-focused researchers of state higher education policy to follow if you are interested in such things:

@AmyLiphd, @bakerdphd, @GandaraDenisa, @mkmclendon, @wdoyle42, @DTandberg, @DKramerII, Erik Ness, Jennifer Delaney, and Amanda Rutherford.

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[Chris Marsicano @ChrisMarsicano]

@BowTiePolitics @etkeld @chronicle Some other great politics-focused researchers of state higher education policy to follow if you are interested in such things:

@AmyLiphd, @bakerdphd, @GandaraDenisa, @mkmclendon, @wdoyle42, @DTandberg, @DKramerII, Erik Ness, Jennifer Delaney, and Amanda Rutherford.

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[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

ED School deans can spend - and misspend - their time in countless ways. In the wake of yet another school shooting, I’m impressed by the commitment of Dean Christopher Morphew @educationdean and his Hopkins faculty in making schools safer and healthier #JHUSafeSchools

[JHU School of Education @JHUeducation]

Announced today by @educationdean, #JHUSOE will be leading a new center, the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools. The Center aims to help schools across the country address complex challenges & promote the well-being of students and educators. #EWA19 #JHUSafeSchools

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

Big congrats @wdoyle42! You’re richly deserving. Hiring you was just about the best thing we did and I benefited enormously during those years from your intelligence, creativity, professionalism and good humor

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

I wish all this reporting on the college admissions scandal was paired with stories about how vital community colleges and state universities are to the strength and fairness of our country.

[David Tandberg @DTandberg]

One of our SHEEOs speaking truth before the US Senate

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

Indeed, higher ed would save many tens of millions of dollars annually and lay off thousands of staff who previously attended closely to rankings efforts

[Michael K. McLendon @mkmclendon]

President Powers also was remarkably gracious and, of course, a terrific teacher. He spent time, he didn’t have, meeting with classes from the graduate course on Higher Education Policy that I taught while at @smusimmons. @texasex #HookEm