Andrew Avitabile

It’s sooooo good

When the Elvis Christmas show comes to town YOU GO

This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history

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You sure about that?

Just putting eststo: in front of a command and hoping that saves 🤞

More to your point—both fusion and interdisciplinary work falter when they’re treated as ends in themselves instead of as a means for making the final product as strong as possible

Yeah I suppose I mean modern fusion. But I’m also generally skeptical of things like Tex-Mex or California Pizza

I do avoid “fusion” restaurants 🤔

Looking forward to reading it!

Yeah, fair. The combination of the two definitely leads to this bad result.

My comment was more towards a general vibe I get from both academics and practitioners that seems focused on test-based admissions as a solution.

I think the idea that this caused by test optional policies is oversimplifying the problem. Grade inflation is happening at universities too—the average undergrad GPA at UVA is a 3.6! Another symptom IMHO.

Reminds me of cheating under NCLB. There are strong incentives so the system is gamed.

Just sad and disturbing

U.S. Department of Education Announces Six New Agency Partnerships to Break Up Federal Bureaucracy ED announced six new interagency agreements to break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs, activities, and move closer to fulfilling the President Trump's...

If we’re gonna destroy ED can we at least get linked data from K-12 -> postsecondary -> employment nationwide?

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Amen 🙏

Agreed, but put them under oath and disbar the dishonest lawyers

Resolution calling for resignations of Rector & Vice Rector passes, 41 – 17 – 2.

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Spanberger should remove Sheridan ASAP. The bar to do so is legally is really low and she, as governor, is the sole judge. Call an investigation, put all these people under oath, and get them out of here.

This is awesome and super clever.

It reminds me of my best friend in 8th grade who slept with his shoes on to save time getting ready in the morning lol

Bad guy confirms he is bad

Just vibes, but I feel like this trend has already been a disaster in the car market. It’s become normalized for people to take out 6 or even 7(!) year auto loans

Again, as much as I want to hate Stata, it just rocks

Hi Trevor, I find this really interesting. Do you have any readings, yours or otherwise, that explain this idea further?

Thanks for sharing, Cara!

Excited to see more research on this as rollout continues

TP being on Paramount+ drove me to spend $70 on the box set (which is awesome)

I’m using data from a server that shuts down internet access to write my dissertation and have been enjoying programming SO MUCH more without access to ChatGPT

Check it out!

Lots of other cool analyses in the paper. For example, what are the intended majors of people most demographically and academically similar to those intending to teach?

Me rattling off new diff and diff estimators at the function

Some choice sections from the letter