MIT-trained economist & Harvard prof | 1st-gen college grad | Education, inequality | Shitposts in a Boston accent | 1st career: union organizer NYT Columns https://www.nytimes.com/by/susan-dynarski https://linktr.ee/susan.dynarski www.susandynarski.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3muxslt53q22eanyone else notice that Google’s Labor Day Doodle has no people in it08 Sep 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxslt53q22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3muxslt53q22eanyone else notice that Google’s Labor Day Doodle has no people in it08 Sep 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxslt53q22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3muszxx7sac2sMostly they were extremely skeptical about the additional one second and then [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 03:20 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3muszxx7sac2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3musz3fwhcc2sIntroducing two English young people to college football with tonight's Western Michigan vs University of Michigan game Um well that was exciting06 Sep 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3musz3fwhcc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3muhyfpmsis23When I log onto the registrar's site to manage my courses it greets me as if I were still a student01 Sep 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhyfpmsis23https://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3muhwx7r4bs23I told my trainer I wanted to try my first plank I held it for 60 seconds Everyone please clap for the strong old lady01 Sep 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhwx7r4bs23https://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mucnkfd4h22rHAMES doesn't have the same ring to it30 Aug 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucnkfd4h22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mu6xrb2kjs22[silently adds to list of ways Somerville has changed since I was a kid] [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6xrb2kjs22https://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mu5supmmrs2tWTAF An anti-union "argument" I haven't heard before https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/08/27/why-postdoc-unionization-bad-idea-opinion28 Aug 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5supmmrs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mu34553ack22Test-optional policies reduce college admissions of high-achieving, disadvantaged students Under test-optional policies, too few of these applicants submit test scores; they more than double their admission probability (from 2.9% to 7.2 %) by reporting scores. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10mW5IJg5jMX-BgKsVFnKf9LgKMFU9rna/view?usp=drivesdk27 Aug 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu34553ack22https://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mu33ikyamc2hUniverse righting the scales after taking Dolly and Tim Curry [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu33ikyamc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mtzpkqo2es22Having lovely conversations in Brooklyn at bars & restaurants Mostly young women So many of them are genuinely surprised that a woman OF MY AGE is out enjoying herself27 Aug 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzpkqo2es22https://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mtzm2aooik2mAt a cool Brooklyn cocktail bar To my right an awkward first date To my left a guy with two phones (always a bad sign, imo)27 Aug 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzm2aooik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mtz54mgs522nNow Tim Curry?! Have mercy, gods [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz54mgs522nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dynarski.bsky.social/post/3mtyuqdrxjc2pNow with alt text! 23% drop in student visas to US in 2025 57% drop from India alone catastrophic for research and learning, here and abroad https://www.insidehighered.com/news/global/international-students-us/2026/08/26/new-student-visas-dropped-23-2025 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:mm7clqfryj2fmen76w2oix4d/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyuqdrxjc2p