Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW  The Review of Higher Education 49.3, Spring 2026 #S2O #OpenAccess at Project MUSE CONTRIBUTORS Corey Moss-Pech, Lauren Schudde, Wonsun Ryu, Brittany M. Williams, Audrey Devost, Vanessa Kay Herrera, Joy N. Emmanuel, Lara Perez-Felkner, Yang Li, Kristen Erichsen, Shouping Hu, Jinjushang Chen, Chantra Nhien, Ciera Fluker, Ratan Sarka, Madhurima Chakraborty HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS www.press.jhu.edu/journals/review-higher-education

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW 
The Review of Higher Education
49.3, Spring 2026

#S2O #OpenAccess at Project MUSE
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CONTRIBUTORS
Corey Moss-Pech, Lauren Schudde, Wonsun Ryu, Brittany M. Williams, Audrey Devost, Vanessa Kay Herrera, Joy N. Emmanuel, Lara Perez-Felkner, Yang Li, and more

Honored to be among this wonderful group of @aeraedresearch.bsky.social awardees!

Cc @fsuannescollege.bsky.social @fsuresearch.bsky.social

Two Anne’s College professors, Dr. Nicole Patton Terry and Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner (@perezfelkner.bsky.social), have been selected for national education research awards from AERA! ⭐ They will be recognized on April 9 at @aeraedresearch.bsky.social's annual meeting in Los Angeles.

Advice | Faculty Motivation in a Uniquely Demotivating Time It’s unreasonable to expect professors to hit hurdle after hurdle and still stay in the race. Institutions are going to have to clear some obstacles.

Great piece in @chronicle.com today by @drkevinrmcclure.com on faculty motivation in higher ed.

www.chronicle.com/article/facu...

Lara Perez-Felkner and Shouping Hu

📰Newly Published: @perezfelkner.bsky.social and Shouping Hu co-authored “Does Advanced High School Coursework Enhance Community College Women’s Pathways to Computing Degrees? Evidence from Florida,” published in The Review of Higher Education.

#AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEdSky

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow | @science.org | @aaas.org

Women-led papers ... appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone.
www.science.org/content/arti...

Public funding of #STEM Education fuels innovation & remains essential. Our @fabbs.org policy review explains effective investments in students and systems to train a skilled & future-ready #STEMWorkforce. #EdPolicy #STEMEducation #FutureofWork @fsuannescollege.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/2372...

Key point #6:
Policy recommendations include pairing financial aid with structural supports and aligning STEM education with workforce demands through cross-sector collaboration.

Key point #5:
National and state programs (e.g., CS for All, regional workforce initiatives) show that multi-level, coordinated investments can create inclusive, career-aligned STEM pathways.

Key point #4:
STEM capacity building must go beyond individual and institutional financial aid alone, to attend to and mitigate resource constraints for students, their programs, and their schools and colleges: supporting talent across geographies and institutional types.

Key point #3:
Evidence-based interventions—like culturally responsive teaching, mentorship, and need-based aid—improve STEM persistence and outcomes, especially for underrepresented groups.

#STEMEducation #EdPolicy

Key point #2:
Disparities in #STEMED persist, particularly among women, racially minoritized, low-income, and rural students—due to limited access, environments, and financial barriers.

Based on evidence found: pulling back on fed investments in ed innovation & existing appropriations=a real risk

What did we find? 🧵

Key Points #1:
Strategic public investment in #STEM education has enhanced national competitiveness and broadened student access, especially in the U.S.

Cc @aeraedresearch.bsky.social @fabbs.org @fsuannescollege.bsky.social @fsuresearch.bsky.social

Public funding of #STEM Education fuels innovation & remains essential. Our @fabbs.org policy review explains effective investments in students and systems to train a skilled & future-ready #STEMWorkforce. #EdPolicy #STEMEducation #FutureofWork @fsuannescollege.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1177/2372...

Looking forward to #ASEE2025 in Montreal next week with valued community. Presenting in two sessions, one of which caps our #AAHHE award winning book's debut year. Join our Wednesday session - we'll have book copies to sign and sell, and look forward to conversation. @rutgersupress.bsky.social

3. Fewer physics educators and programs.

4. Students wouldn’t have great science courses at uni.

5. Research community would not exist.

6. Would lose a generations of scientists.

Masterclass in connecting the personal to the political!!!

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Sending lots of support to the NSF and NIH program officers who have been serving the science community in so many ways. Thank you 🙏

Apr 7 = 53 Apr 8 = 33 Apr 9 = 44 Apr 10 = 14 Apr 11 = 34 Apr 14 = 24 Apr 15 = 28 Apr 16 = 0 Apr 17 = 0 Apr 18 = 0 Apri 21 = 0 Apr 22 = 0 Apr 23 = 20 Apr 24 = 61

UPDATE: After DOGE/NSF froze making any new NSF awards last week, it has now resumed.

Of course, this is amid the NSF director resigning yesterday, more terminations of active awards expected today, etc.

But an interesting tidbit nevertheless...

“As far as I can tell, no one (including and especially Congress so far) voted for the dismantling of the NSF.

If you think the present trajectory is wrong, contact your legislators and make your voices heard.” 🧪

How Will The $2.7 Billion Pell Grant Funding Gap Impact Students? The Pell Grant program is facing a funding gap. Cuts to the program would likely put college out of reach for many low-income students.

Pell is facing a funding shortfall of $2.7 billion unless congress acts to shore up the programs funding.

The last time this happened, post Great Recession, the cuts were devastating and some of them have never been rolled back.
#EduSky

www.forbes.com/sites/edward...

This is something I'd like to give more dedicated attention in my writing coming up. (This is from The Chronicle's recent survey of 4,000 higher ed workers.) I've touched on workload in several parts of my writing, but mainly as a problem. Next is to think about solutions.

So proud of our book being named one of #AAHHE's Books of the Year! Makes it even more special to share the category honor with José Del Real Viramontes and Marissa Vasquez, too, for their work on #comm_colleges!!

Come out to our San Antonio #CoNECD2025 Book Signing and Meet-N-Greet! Mon, 2/10, 10AM, The Westin Riverwalk. Would love to see you there and have your support for the book! #Texas #Latine #engineering #SanAntonio #students #highered #identity

@rutgersupress.bsky.social @perezfelkner.bsky.social

Here here!

Our Latin* Engineering Students book won its first award— Edited Book of the Year! Looking forward to AAHHE next month. Thanks to them and especially my co-editors @srod-vt.bsky.social & Ciera Fluker + our incredible collaborators & reviewers. Appreciate you all & @rutgersupress.bsky.social

Ditto on this thread as another Wes alum who gets all the emails and mailers.

Additional great news -- former doctoral student and rising educational leader Dr. Marcus Nicolas and I have a forthcoming publication coming soon in
@ JAAME journal. Looking forward to sharing more and seeing it officially published.

It SOLD!! Hearts to the final buyer and all the contributors and readers as well as Peggy Solic and the team at @rutgersupress.bsky.social

I am bringing my LAST copy of the #ASHE2024 to receptions tonight with my card reader and looking forward to officially selling out! Sarah Rodriguez has copies too, and we look forward to seeing you tonight.

3 days left to apply! We are looking for an Assistant/Associate Professor in #HigherEducation at Florida State.

@perezfelkner.bsky.social is chairing the search, and I’m also tagging our other Higher Ed faculty on Bluesky. ☺️ @cameroncarl.bsky.social @semcguinness.bsky.social

#faculty #EduSky