David Brady

@davebrady72.bsky.social

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Public policy professor, Price School USC @priceschool.usc.edu, father, poverty/social policy/racial inequality/immigration/policymakers, posts do not speak for employer, https://bradydave.wordpress.com

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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · 2d

BTW this means no funding for GSS, ANES, or PSID. GSS 2026 is in the field now, but then it looks like that's it. Devastating for social science.

Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light.

My reporting:

‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences research

Agency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year

www.science.org

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the numbers of OPTs in recent years - caveat this is from Trump rule document so take with grain of salt.

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 2d

Trump would have veto power over any such law. There’s no way Congress has the votes to override his veto. And I’d even doubt even a Democratic majority Congress has the votes to pass such a law.

My sense is it is a done deal until maybe next presidency. Even then, I’m not optimistic.

Freddy Tran Nager @professorfreddy.bsky.social · 2d

Please correct me if I'm wrong: This would take effect in 90 days, giving the new (hopefully Democratic) Congress one day to block it.

I also think the presidents of some large, red state universities might have a few comments, given that they also rely heavily on international students.

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 2d

Very interesting new article linking historical racism and contemporary attitudes.

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 3d

Why do some communities maintain historical patterns of racial exclusion while others change? We show how Second Wave KKK presence in historical "sundown towns" shaped racial attitudes through two key mechanisms: adolescent attitudinal imprinting and residential sorting. @sfjournal.bsky.social

On legacy persistence: historical KKK organizations and racial exclusion in American sundown towns

Abstract. Why do some communities perpetuate historical patterns of racial exclusion while others abandon them? We examine American sundown towns, communit

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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Florencia Torche

David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 2d

Terrible news for higher education. This will effectively kill OPT, which is major incentive for international students. $70k fee university must pay. Seems like game over for OPT.

Will go into effect after 30 day public comment and 60 day implementation delay.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Trump admin's new rule adding prohibitively expensive new fees for "OPT"—temporary work authorization program for international students and new grads in the United States—is out.
Would require colleges to pay $70,000 for year one. $30,000 for years two and three combined for STEM fields.

public-inspection.federalregister.gov