Penny A. Pasque

Tiffany Trump Cruised on an Oil Mogul’s Yacht as Her Father-in-Law Talked Oil Deals

“Corruption corrodes good government like rust on iron — slowly eating away trust, weakening institutions, and leaving behind only the hollow frame of authority.”

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Looking or graduating this yr? Ck out this Assistant Professor for Qualitative Research at UGA for Fall ‘26. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/450...

Flower are Red YouTube video by Cort Dial's All-In Leadership Channel

Ohio State’s new policy against chalking and only school spirit decor limits thinking! Reminds me of Harry Chapin’s “Flowers are Red” … m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qrb...

New release & just in time for researchers looking to make a difference! Excited to be photographer of cover, too. www.routledge.com/Critical-Qua...

Journey to American Democracy | Ten Steps to Revolution - YouTube Journey to American Democracy examines how ordinary people worked to make the principles the founders articulated in the Declaration of Independence the law ...

#Civicseducation –
new ten-video series
from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
(1:41-2:04 each)
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#civiceducation #K12 #highereducation #Americanhistory #democracy #instructionaldesign #edtech

Detroit! 1 week from today I’ll be at the Fillmore theater! Tickets are almost sold out for the 1pm show. ticketmaster.com/josh-johnson-the-flowers-tour-detroit-michigan-06-08-2025/event/080062A12B08C443

Flyer for a webinar on Thursday, June 12th from 1-2pm eastern titled "Breaking into Education Consulting: Exploring Independent Career Paths." The overview says: curious about what it takes to build a career as an independent consultant? In this webinar, panelists will share practical advice for researchers considering this path. I'm moderating and there are 4 dope panelists. Co-hosted by AEP, NCME, APPAM, and SREE.

Been chatting with folks who've lost their jobs and several said it would be nice to learn about how to get into consulting work. So I said I could put something together on that! Webinar next Thursday at 1pm eastern. (Thanks AEFP, APPAM, NCME, & SREE!)

Register here: aefpweb.org/ev_calendar_...

Judas in a Suit: Santa Ono Took the Deal—And Still Got Denied There’s a photo of me on the internet with Santa Ono that I regret more than any other in my life. At the time, I stood beside him with pride. He was a fellow academic, a university president who c…

Great article - Thx Julian!
cloakinginequity.com/2025/06/03/j...

Fulbright Applicants Rejected Over “DEI” Research Proposals The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change.

Ridiculous! At least the Fed initiatives are not holding up in court: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/... @quallabosu.bsky.social

King Misrepresented in Anti-DEI Congressional Hearing Any policy or practice in higher education or elsewhere that insists on colorblindness is a misrepresentation of King’s stance.

@shaunharper.bsky.social educates on MLK & anti-DEI
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog... @quallabosu.bsky.social

Podcast about Dr. Miranda - glad my research on gender in higher ed was useful! She did so much over her career ehe.osu.edu/podcast/she-... @quallabosu.bsky.social

Congrats @quallabosu.bsky.social GRA Mianmian Fei on a successful diss proposal mtg today! Impt research for the current moment!

Email about ICQI staying virtual for 2026

It’s #ICQI2025 this week! Sad to see 2026 will be virtual too. They def tried!!! @quallabosu.bsky.social

President Trump's Conflicts Of Interest : Fresh Air New York Times reporter Eric Lipton says the Trump family businesses, including their crypto company, are capitalizing on the President's position, and creating unprecedented conflicts of interest.

Had a great conversation with Terry Gross/Fresh Air to walk through the whole landscape of Trump family conflicts of interest that have emerged. Real estate. Golf clubs. Crypto, Foreign government deals. Even a $500,000-a-head private club in DC. @nprfreshair.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...

May 7, 2025 Alarm appears to be rising about how the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) is consolidating data about Americans.

May 7, 2025

Researchers - take time to watch @carolecadwalla AND protect your participant data from scraping. Go beyond “do no harm” @quallabosu.bsky.social @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

Thx for inviting me to a great @aeraedresearch.bsky.social panel on research methods by Grad St Council. Pls go beyond “do no harm” & protect participant data from scraping! @quallabosu.bsky.social

A great @aeraedresearch.bsky.social - new Fellows Matt Mayhew & Kimberly Griffin

Hope as US universities find ‘backbone’ against Trump’s assault on education Anxious Americans find solace as university leaders start to mount more muscular defense of academic freedom

“The workers and the unions, faculty, students, staff are leading and developing the fight in how to respond to the Trump administration, and we’re sort of dragging the universities along with us, slowly,” said Todd Wolfson, the president of the AAUP.

Some DEI Programs Are Vulnerable, Not Illegal (opinion) The difference matters, Julie J. Park writes.

Important @insidehighered.com article by Julie J. Park www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Federal spending is *up* under Trump according to the Wall Street Journal. Chaos is not actually the same as cost savings.

Actual budgeting is a kind of actual policy-making and takes real work spread over real time. Running around breaking stuff isn't that.

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“The vigilant protection of constitutional freedoms is nowhere more vital than in the community of American schools” (& universities) ~ US Supreme Court decision, Healy v. James 408 US 180. #academicfreedom

@harvard.edu THX for staying true to DEI efforts!! www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A LETTER TO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS March 29, 2025 To our students: We are privileged to teach and learn the law with you. We write to you today—in our individual capacities-because we believe that American legal precepts and the institutions designed to uphold them are being severely tested, and many of you have expressed to us your concerns and fears about the present moment. Each of us brings different, sometimes irreconcilable, perspectives to what the law is and should be. Diverse viewpoints are a credit to our school. But we share, and take seriously, a commitment to the rule of law: for people to be equal before it, and for its administration to be impartial. That commitment is foundational to the whole legal profession, and to the special role that lawyers play in our society. As the Model Rules of Professional Conduct provide: "A lawyer is ... an officer of the legal system and a public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice." The rule of law is imperiled when government leaders: • single out lawyers and law firms for retribution based on their lawful and ethical representation of clients disfavored by the government, undermining the Sixth Amendment; • threaten law firms and legal clinics for their lawyers' pro bono work or prior government service; • relent on those arbitrary threats based on public acts of submission and outlays of funds for favored causes; and • punish people for lawfully speaking out on matters of public concern. While reasonable people can disagree about the characterization of particular incidents, we are all acutely concerned that severe challenges to the rule of law are taking place, and we strongly condemn any effort to undermine the basic norms we have described. On our own campus and at many other universities, international students have reported fear of imprisonment or deportation for lawful speech and political activism. Whatever we might each think about particular conduct under particular facts,…

From 91 professors at Harvard Law School: a letter to our students.

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White House Correspondents' dinner cancels comedian Amber Ruffin's appearance Amber Ruffin had been scheduled to perform at the prestigious gathering of political journalists on April 26 in Washington, D.C.

White House Correspondents' dinner cancels comedian Amber Ruffin's appearance. SO upset BUT means she’s threatening & they can’t handle her. GO @amberruffin.bsky.social!
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@drhillgroove.bsky.social BRILLIANT Black Gurl Reliable QualLab Lunch talk today!!! Thx! @quallabosu.bsky.social www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650757...

American Higher Education, Leadership, and Policy

I wrote about “parrhesia” in higher ed National policy convos with HE presidents, fac, legislators, grads, etc. in my first book. There were few, but if you went against the dominant paradigms, your voice was not included in national policy reports, etc link.springer.com/book/10.1057...

Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said the rationale given by Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is 'infuriating and absurd.'

This isn't how gov't is supposed to work: The acting commissioner of Social Security admitted “I was ticked at the governor of Maine for not being real cordial to the president,” so I ended a program in Maine. www.pressherald.com/2025/03/25/s...