Stacey Brockman

“The Help I Was Told I Never Would Receive”: Student Experiences with the Detroit Promise Path Program - Jasmina Camo-Biogradlija, Stacey L. Brockman, Alyssa Ratledge, Rebekah O’Donoghue, 2026 The Detroit Promise Path program combines a tuition guarantee with additional support services to help students stay in college. Using qualitative data, we expl...

Full article published open-access in Urban Education: doi.org/10.1177/0042...

Check out our latest on college access in Detroit: We examine how tuition support, coaching, and incentives shape student experiences. While helpful, Detroit students still face major nonacademic barriers—esp. transportation and living costs—that hinder college persistence.

Come learn about where to find and how to use Detroit education data—from early childhood to K-12 to higher ed!

Transportation and College Access in Detroit Detroit’s fragmented and inadequate public transportation system creates barriers for students trying to access community colleges. By analyzing education data and maps, we found that many students fa...

Very proud to ​share our new work on Detroit's fragmented public transportation system as a barrier to community college access. Our findings, published in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Ed, highlight the need for improved infrastructure & cross-system coordination to promote educational equity

Linda McMahon's Fake 'Mission': The States Already Control Education (Opinion) Dismantling the Ed. Dept. is not a matter of giving power back to the states but of making education less equal from state to state.

"And, now that they have gutted the Institute of Education Sciences, which funds education research, we can look forward to knowing even less about the state of learning in America.

Welcome to President Trump’s “golden age” of ignorance."

www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Education Department to reduce staff by nearly half McMahon said the reductions are a “significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system.” Critics say they are reckless and will lead to chaos and confusion.

"Ed Dept laid off “nearly 50 percent” of its more than 4,100 employees Tuesday evening...Higher education groups and advocates have warned for months that cutting staff and programs at the department would be catastrophic for institutions and students."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Here's one of the most comprehensive lists I've seen of things that have been cut: democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/imo/media/do...

DEI policies remain legal in schools, despite federal guidance, NY Attorney General affirms “Schools and educational institutions can rest assured that they are well within their legal rights to continue building inclusive learning environments for their students,” the attorney general says.

YES. MORE OF THIS.

“The administration cannot ban diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts with a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter,” James said in a statement.

www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

What does the US Department of Education do? Brookings scholars outline the U.S. Department of Education’s role in funding, oversight, civil rights, and student aid.

While the president does not have the authority to eliminate ED, which was created by an act of Congress, this administration’s plans—and commitment to restraining itself to its legitimate powers—remain unclear.
www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

FAQs: The US Department of Education and the Trump administration Brookings scholars explain the limits of presidential power in dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and the impact on key programs.

Uplifting some resources by Brookings colleagues:
Can the president eliminate the U.S. Dept of Ed by executive order or any other unilateral action?
No. ED was established by an act of Congress, and eliminating the agency would require another act of Congress.
www.brookings.edu/articles/faq...

Dismantling the US Department of Education would hurt students, teachers, and communities. That's probably why polls from February shows that most Americans oppose doing so! www.ipsos.com/en-us/few-su... (Infographic below from Protecting Public Education)

Why we have and need a US Department of Education This series considers what the U.S. Department of Education does to shape education policy and practice in the United States.

Why we have and need a US Department of Education

🚨 New from @brookings.edu scholars, an initiative to walk through the federal role in education, particularly the ongoing need for a Department of Education and all it does

www.brookings.edu/collection/w...

While I feel sad for the loss of many years of hard work by my former colleagues, I’m devastated by what this will mean for millions of students and their teachers and education leaders who will all be negatively impacted by this massive cut to education research.

Please take a moment to learn about this valuable education work that has just been terminated. I’m deeply saddened by the cancellation of the RELs + other important IES ed research. As a researcher at @mathematicanow.bsky.social it was an honor to play a small role in the work of REL MidAtlantic.

Trump Cuts Research Lab That Helped Nurture ‘Mississippi Miracle’ ‘It’s a real shame,’ said Maryland ed chief Carey Wright, who’d hoped to tap the federal labs to recreate their past literacy success.

Trump administration terminates $336 million Regional Educational Labs, cutting off key source of aid to states. @gtoppo.bsky.social reports https://buff.ly/41a1kVv

22 States Sue to Stop NIH Policy That Could Cost Universities Billions Slashing indirect-cost funding to 15 percent would mean that “work to cure and treat human disease will grind to a halt,” the attorneys general wrote.

NEW: The lawsuit against the NIH overhead-funding cap is here, and it comes from 22 states seeking an injunction. #AcademicSky #HigherEd

www.chronicle.com/article/22-s...

An essential 🧵 about NSF/NIH funding that needs to be read by non-scientists, too. These funding costs (which are supposed to take effect immediately) will bring down not simply science units at research universities, but likely whole institutions. #HigherEd #EdSky

▶️ Student Barriers Survey: An anonymous survey with no identification to learn more about the barriers and challenges students experience. You will be able to transparently share thoughts or observations that you are seeing in the student support space. buff.ly/3Cqx14U

Institutional Personnel Surveys
▶️ Institutional Resource Survey: Focused on resources provided on campus to students as well as partner programs for K-12 and CBOs that support students e.g. first-gen college tour. This brief survey should take no more than 3-5 minutes to complete. buff.ly/3EnjlrI

Help my Michigan @ticas-org.bsky.social collaborators learn from student-serving staff at MI colleges and universities. In these two short surveys (links in posts below) the TICAS team seeks to learn from institutional staff members' expertise helping students and families navigating #HigherEd.