Melissa Whatley

This is a great question that we answer in the article’s theoretical framework section!

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Exploring the relationship between international student enrollment at US higher education institutions and mass shootings

@melwhat.bsky.social and Justin S. Kumbal

→ doi.org/10.1177/1028...

#Intled #MassShootings #IntStudents #HigherEd #UniversityChoice #Enrollment #GunViolence #StudentMobility

A landscape with green grass and a beautiful tree

Wow, DC is really terrible, y’all

🔍 A first #SneakPeak into our first issue

Join our amazing editorial team “‪‪‬‬ @selomer42.bsky.social, @cmathies.bsky.social, @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social, @melwhat.bsky.social ” in a conversation around building and sustaining a #GlobalCommunity!

journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...

#JGHE

Great to see this new open-access journal up and running - congratulations to MIE’s @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social and @selomer42.bsky.social and their co-editors.

Great to see the inaugural issue of the Journal of Global Higher Education out, ed. by @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social @selomer42.bsky.social @cmathies.bsky.social & @melwhat.bsky.social. A new model for rigorous, open-access publishing. @educationuom.bsky.social journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...

Thank you, Kathryn!

🌍🎉 The Journal of Global Higher Education has officially launched!

We’re excited to share our inaugural issue, now available: journal.libraries.wm.edu/global_highe...

Our submissions system will open by mid-September, we hope you’ll consider submitting your work!

#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd

Before the end of the month!

Curious about publishing with JGHE? Wonder what makes a great submission or know more about our global editorial team?

Drop your questions for the #JGHE editorial team in the comments or DM us!

We’ll answer them in an upcoming Q&A!

#JGHE #AskTheEditors #GlobalHigherEd #AcademicPublishing

We’re proud to introduce the editorial team of the Journal of Global Higher Education! Follow along, #MindsBehindTheMission ✨

📖 Meet the team ➡️ Charles Mathies (@cmathies.bsky.social‬‬)
#MeetTheEditors #EditorialTeamSpotlight #JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters

We’re proud to introduce the editorial team of the Journal of Global Higher Education! Follow along, #MindsBehindTheMission 🧠 🌍

📖 Meet the team ➡️ Sylvie Lomer
#MeetTheEditors #EditorialTeamSpotlight #JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite

We’re proud to introduce the editorial team of the Journal of Global Higher Education! Follow along, #MindsBehindTheMission ✨

📖 Meet the team ➡️ Jenna Mittelmeier (@jlmittelmeier.bsky.social‬)
#MeetTheEditors #EditorialTeamSpotlight #JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters

Creating this journal has certainly been a labor of love, and I’m grateful to have shared the experience with @selomer42.bsky.social @cmathies.bsky.social and @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social. Our first issue will be out next month!

Our #JGHE editorial team features scholars from all around the world. Stay tuned for our first issue dropping📍end of June⏳.
A global 🌍 conversation 💬 starts here! Let us know which country you will be reading #JGHE content in!
#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite

🌍🎓📚 Global Perspectives. For a Global Journal. 🧠🗣️💬

#JGHElaunch #GlobalHigherEd #NewJournalDrop #HigherEdMatters #NewWebsite

Exciting stuff coming soon!!!

The journal Research in Higher Education is seeking manuscripts using data from the National Center for Education Statistics for a special issue. Please read the full call for papers here and circulate to your networks! #RIHE link.springer.com/collections/...

Athens, GA making me proud!

They're not just going to stop collecting data; they want researchers to stop accessing the data that already exists. Despicable.

Screenshot with information about a conference session

Bright and early tomorrow morning! Come hear me present about a study I may not ever finish if the federal government stops collecting education data! #AEFP2025

Good news! Especially for those at #AEFP2025 / @aefpweb.bsky.social who might use IPEDS:

I came across this new R package that allows you to download literally all of IPEDS before it is gone!

nehgov.github.io/ripeds/

I tested it yesterday and it works like a charm. Definitely recommend!

Man giving a conference presentation

Woman giving a conference presentation

William and Mary’s own Ray Mitic (@drrmitic.bsky.social) and Bianca Wu did an excellent job presenting about civic outcomes of higher education this morning! #AEFP2025

Come check out our presentation this afternoon! #aefp2025

Introducing the Willy-Nilly System of Governance The Willy-Nilly System of Governance is a hybrid model that brings together both definitions of the term willy-nilly: “in a careless way without pl...

"We're doing just whatever we feel like with no foresight, illustrating one of the Willy-Nilly System’s central tenets: There are no wrong answers because we should not assess any of our decisions before implementing them."

Screenshot of an email from Mike Collins.

Wrote a message to my representative about Ukraine yesterday, and today I got this response. So I guess now every constituent who voices a concern about this new administration is using “a third party advocacy organization”?

Those salutes were EXACTLY what you think they were.

Yeah, I was not happy about it.

I went through this many rounds of revision with them one time, too, and then my piece never got published because the editor kept forgetting about it. I got tired of reminding him, so the piece just never moved forward.

A comic about meetings and faculty life

End-of-semester vibes right here