Robert K. Toutkoushian, professor of higher education, has authored a new book published by Springer Nature titled Pay Equity for Faculty and Staff in Academia: How to Assess and Correct Inequities. Available in both print and eBook formats, the book provides a comprehensive examination of how colleges and universities can assess and address compensation disparities […]
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University of Georgia selected as a recipient of William T. Grant Foundation’s 2026 Institutional Challenge Grant
The University of Georgia has been selected by the William T. Grant Foundation as a 2026 Institutional Challenge Grant recipient, receiving $650,000 over three years to support a research-practice partnership with The Multi-Agency Alliance for Children (MAAC). This award is part of a $2.6M national investment by leading philanthropic foundations, including the Annie E. Casey […]
McBee Community Presents at the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting
McBee Institute faculty, doctoral students, alumni, and former postdoctoral associates recently presented at the 2026 American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Meeting, held April 8–12 in Los Angeles, California. The McBee Institute’s participation at AERA 2026 included paper sessions, roundtables, poster sessions, and an Ed-Talk, totaling 25 sessions across the conference. One highlight was the […]
Dr. Timothy Cain Co-Authors Report on Academic Freedom & Collective Bargaining
Professor Timothy R. Cain co-authored Academic Freedom & Collective Bargaining, a joint report recently published by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions and the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (CDAF). The report is designed to demonstrate the range […]
Faculty-Student Research Showcase Highlights Collaborative Scholarship at the McBee Institute
At the end of February, the Louise McBee Institute for Higher Education hosted a Faculty–Student Research Showcase for prospective PhD students, highlighting the collaborative research that defines the McBee Institute’s scholarly community. The event featured four research teams, each presenting ongoing projects and offering insights into their conceptual framing, research design, and emerging findings. Beyond […]
Dr. Johnathan Smith Delivers Educational Policy Seminar on College Voting Rates
On February 6, 2026, the McBee Institute welcomed Jonathan Smith, Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University, the W.J. Usery Chair of the American Workplace, and a faculty director with the Georgia Policy Labs to deliver an educational policy seminar to McBee students and faculty. Smith’s talk presented findings from his recent study that […]
Hailu Awarded Spencer Foundation Small Grant to Explore Refugee Cultural Heritage Use
Dr. Meseret Hailu, assistant professor of higher education at the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, has been awarded a $50,000 Small Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation to support her project, Narratives of Persistence: A Postcolonial Exploration of Black African Refugee Postsecondary Students’ Cultural Heritage Use. Dr. Hailu will lead the two-year qualitative study […]
Dr. Attila Pausits Visits McBee Institute
The Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education is delighted to welcome Dr. Attila Pausits to Meigs Hall as a visiting scholar this summer. Dr. Pausits serves as a full professor of higher education research and development and as the head of the department for higher education research at the University for Continuing Education Krems in […]
William T. Grant Foundation’s Kim DuMont Visits McBee Institute to Share Research Funding Opportunities
On Monday, May 12, the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education welcomed Dr. Kim DuMont, Senior Vice President of Programs at the William T. Grant Foundation, for an engaging presentation on the Foundation’s mission and research funding opportunities. Speaking to faculty and students, Dr. DuMont offered valuable insights into how scholars whose work aligns with […]
Faculty and Student Showcase Collaborative Research
McBee Institute faculty and students presented several collaborative research projects as part of a research showcase for prospective PhD students on February 28. Three research teams shared ongoing projects, providing insights into the design, methodologies, and some preliminary research findings. It was a wonderful opportunity for our current students to demonstrate how they have developed […]
Blaney Awarded NSF CAREER and ECR Awards to Examine Transfer Trajectories in Computer Science
Dr. Jennifer M. Blaney, a newly appointed Associate Professor of Higher Education, will serve as principal investigator on two new NSF Awards – the CAREER Award valued at more than $625,000 and the EDU Core Research (ECR) Award, valued at almost $1.5 million. The NSF CAREER Award is a competitive funding opportunity awarded to faculty […]
Cain Publishes Article on Student Voting Restrictions
McBee Institute faculty member Tim Cain’s research on efforts to limit college student voting in the 1970s has been published as a “FirstView” article in the History of Education Quarterly; the print version will appear this fall. The article, “‘Isn’t It Terrible That All These Students Are Voting?’: Student Suffrage in College Towns,” demonstrates that […]
Institute Fellow C. Edward Watson Co-Authors New Book on AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more mainstream, so too do challenges with thinking, teaching, and learning with AI. For example, in a recent essay published in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“AI detection is a business. But should it be a faculty business?”), José Antonio Bowen and McBee Institute fellow, C. Edward Watson, discuss the […]
Researchers Find Football Programs Have Limited Effects on Enrollment
From press release: Over the past two decades, numerous colleges have added football teams in a quest to add students, particularly male students, and to use the popularity of athletics to build their brands. However, new research from UGA’s Carmical Sports Media Institute and the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education finds that adding a […]
Burns’ Analysis of College Solvency Featured in Major News Outlet
Insights from Rachel Burns (McBee PhD), a senior policy analyst at the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, are featured heavily in a CNN.com article on financial solvency at US private colleges. Burns provides an overview of strains and opportunities for schools with smaller endowments and context for the recent acceleration of college closings. Burns […]
McBee Faculty Mentors Support CURO Scholars
Two research teams with McBee faculty mentors presented at the Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (CURO) symposium on Monday, April 8. The annual CURO symposium celebrates the work of teams across campus, including projects led by Dr. Erik Ness and Dr. Krystal L. Williams. As a highlight and culmination of months of work, undergraduate students […]
McBee Students Investigate Perceptions of Test-Optional Policies
As doctoral candidates at the McBee Institute, Collin Case and Alex Monday co-authored a multiple case study investigation into the perceptions of test-optional policies among admissions officers at two less-selective public institutions in the same state. “Balancing Access and Success: Admissions Officers’ Sensemaking of Test-Optional Policies at Less-Selective Public Institutions” appears in The Journal of […]
Perdomo Documents Impact of MSIs on Income Mobility
Rebecca Perdomo (PhD 2019) co-authored a research report on student financial outcomes among Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) with Robert Nathenson, Marybeth Gasman, Marvin Johnson, Doug Franklin, and Pearl Lo. The report, “Generational Jumps? How HSIs Promote Upward Mobility” was produced by the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. Within the study, the team investigated intergenerational income […]
Collaborative Research Highlighted in Showcase
McBee faculty and students participated in a research showcase for prospective PhD students on Friday, March 1. Four research teams shared ongoing projects, delving into the design, methodology, and even some preliminary research findings. Tracking in Colleges and Universities Amy Stich, Sean Baser, Hunter Jones, and Ananya Malik discussed their ongoing work into tracking along […]
Major Study Provides 50 State Survey of Higher Education Funding
By Mary Harrison Kelly Rosinger (McBee PhD), Robert Kelchen, Mitchell Lingo, Dominique J. Baker, Justin Ortagus, and Jiayao Wu collaborated on a ground-breaking research study entitled, “A Typology and Landscape of State Funding for Public Colleges and Universities from 2004 to 2021” published in the Review of Higher Education. This work fills a gap in […]
Toolkit Calls for Changes in Faculty Hiring Processes
by Mary Harrison Marybeth Gasman and Rebecca Perdomo (PhD, 2019) authored a report, Achieving Equity: A Toolkit for Racially Inclusive Faculty Hiring, aimed at improving hiring processes within higher education institutions. In the report, published by the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, Gasman and […]
Perdomo and Guajardo Investigate the Use of Title V Funds Within HSIs
by Mary Harrison Rebecca Perdomo (PhD, 2019) and Rodrigo Guajardo (PhD student) released a report titled, “Caring or Capitalizing: How HSIs Leverage Title V Funds” through the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Perdomo and Guajardo explored Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) prioritization of funds and […]
Gong & Toutkoushian Research Degree Expectations among High School Students
by Jewel Caruso An article by Hee Jung Gong (PhD 2021) and Robert Toutkoushian, McBee associate director, appears in the Educational Policy January 2024 issue. Their article, titled “High School Students’ Expectations and College Aspirations: Causes and Consequences,” explores the factors that influence high school students’ educational aspirations and expectations and the impact on student […]
Hearn Receives ASHE Distinguished Career Award
James C. Hearn, professor of higher education and interim director of the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, received the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education. The Bowen Award is given in recognition of a professional life “devoted to the study of higher education and a […]
Hearn Tribute Establishes New Lectureship Series
Former students returned for the announcement of the endowment to support the James C. Hearn Lectureship during the Institute’s annual awards and recognition luncheon. The foundational gift was made in honor of the interim director’s commitment to excellence in research by his partner, Dean of the College of Public Health Marsha Davis. In response to […]
Cain Advises Caution in Changes to Tenure and Faculty Governance
by Jewel Caruso McBee professor Timothy Cain was recently mentioned in The Chronicle article “A Messy Divorce: The Dissolution of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Poses a Novel Risk to Tenure” (Sept. 12, 2023) by Lee Gardner. In the article, Cain expresses his caution about changes to university tenure and the voice of faculty in these […]
Tidwell Finds Varying Levels of Applicant Support in Graduate Admissions Pipeline
by Jewel Caruso Research by Michael Tidwell, first-year PhD student, and Ellis S. Logan recently appeared in their article, “Differences in support within the social science graduate admissions pipeline,” published in Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. The authors sought to better understand the impediments experienced by prospective graduate students in the social sciences as […]
Cain explores role of academic unions in book chapter
Professor Timothy R. Cain considers the role of labor unions in higher education in a book chapter published in the Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education (Edward Elgar, 2023). Grounded in the concept of union voice, Cain argues that academic unions can both promote positive change in higher education organizations and can challenge […]
Williams receives NSF award to study Black women in computing
Krystal L. Williams, assistant professor at the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award of over $600,000 to examine undergraduate academic and career-related outcomes among Black women pursuing computing degrees. With two degrees in mathematics, Williams has spent her academic career enrolled […]
Cain and Wolniak Earn Promotion
by Suzanne R. Graham Timothy R. Cain and Gregory C. Wolniak achieved rank of full professor, effective August 1, 2023. Professor Cain started at the University of Georgia in 2013. His research interests are in campus activism, unionization, and academic freedom. He leads courses in the history of U.S. higher education and the American professoriate. […]
Wolniak and Chen-Bendle Find Students’ Leadership Aspirations Begin before College and Persist into Careers
by Jewel Caruso Gregory Wolniak, associate professor, and Emily Chen-Bendle, doctoral student, published a new article investigating gender differences in leadership aspirations among college students with Jennifer Tackett from Northwestern University. Titled “Exploring Gender Differences in Leadership Aspirations: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study of College Students from Adverse Backgrounds”, their research appears in AERA Open, 9. […]
Stich + Crain New Publication on Social Class and Students’ College-Going + Future Aspirations
by Jewel Caruso Associate professor, Amy Stich, and McBee Institute graduate Andrew Crain joined forces to publish new research on social class and students’ college-going and future aspirations. The article, “Structuring middle-class aspirations: the role of place-based habitus and higher education,” appears in the British Journal of Sociology of Education. Their qualitative case study seeks […]
McBee Institute at AIR Forum 2023
AIR Forum, May 29-June 2, 2023 View conference program Several current students and graduates joined Professor Karen Webber, AIR President, at the recent AIR Forum in Cleveland, Ohio. Members of the McBee Institute community presented or presided over more than 15 sessions during the four-day conference. Tuesday, May 30 12:00-12:45 First Time at Forum (Networking […]
McBee Researchers Collaborate for Chapter in New Book
by Jewel Caruso The American Educational Research Association (AERA) recently released the book, Volatility in State Spending for Higher Education edited by Jennifer A. Delaney. Two McBee faculty members, James C. Hearn and Erik Ness, collaborated with two alumni, Denisa Gándara and Paul Rubin, to write a chapter in this new book, titled “Political Volatility […]
Scholars with McBee Ties Study COVID-19’s Impact on State Funding of Higher Education
by Jewel Caruso Research by three McBee Institute PhD graduates and a former postdoctoral associate is published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. The article, titled “‘One of the Weakest Budget Players in the State’: State Funding of Higher Education at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic” is a qualitative study of higher education appropriation […]
Williams Co-authors Research on STEM Success among Black Students
by Jewel Caruso Krystal L. Williams, assistant professor at the McBee Institute, co-published an article in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering with Leonard D. Taylor, associate professor at Auburn University. Their article, “The Black Cultural Student Stem Success Model: A Framework for Black Students’ Stem Success Informed by HBCU Environments […]
Ahmad Receives AIPS Short-Term Research Grant
by Jewel Caruso Ijaz Ahmad, current doctoral student, has a received short-term research grant from the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) for $3,000. This grant will help fund Ahmad’s research related to Pakistan’s higher education, titled “Seeing Beyond Control: Assessing the Impact of the 18th Amendment on Pakistan’s Higher Education.” Ahmad strives to explores […]
Cain Receives Article of the Year Award from AERA SIG
The American Educational Research Association’s Queer Studies Special Interest Group recognized the scholarship of Professor Timothy R. Cain and coauthor Michael S. Hevel (associate dean for research, strategy, and outreach at the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions) with the SIS’s 2023 article of the year award. The winning article, “The queer […]
McBee Professors Collaborate to Show Inequities in Transfer Practices
by Jewel Caruso Amy Stich, associate professor, and George Spencer, assistant professor, recently published an article in Research in Higher Education titled “College Choice Revisited: Socioeconomic Differences in College Transfer Destinations Among Four-Year College Entrants.” Stich and Spencer sought to gain more insight into the strategies and effects behind lateral transfer decisions among students across […]
Whatley and Stich Research Cited in The Chronicle of Higher Education
by Jewel Caruso A research paper co-authored by Amy Stich and Melissa Whatley in 2020 recently appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The new article, titled “Latitudes: To Improve Study-Abroad Rates, College Focus on the Missing Students” by Karin Fischer, discusses the obstacles underrepresented students experience with study abroad opportunities. When the topic of […]
Cecil and Jeffery Research International Student Engagement
by Jewel Caruso Ben Cecil (PhD 2022) and Justin Jeffery (PhD 2021) co-authored an article recently published in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies. The paper, “International Student Engagement: Closing Gaps and Internationalizing Student Affairs,” was released in the December 2022 issue. International students experience many challenges at US Institutions; such as, […]
Collier, Barringer, and Riffe Research on University Presidents Appears in The International Journal of Higher Education Research
by Jewel Caruso Kate Collier (doctoral student), Sondra Barringer (former post doc), and Karley Riffe (alumnus) appear in The International Journal of Higher Education Research. The paper, “University presidents as agents of connection: an exploratory study of elite presidential ties in the United States, 2005-2020,” explores how university presidents form relations between their institutions and […]
McBee Research Published in NACE
by Jewel Caruso In the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Journal, emeritus professor, Karen Webber, and associate professor, Amy Stich, published their article, “The importance of career competencies in work related experiential activities for engineering and computer science majors.” McBee doctoral students Matthew Grandstaff and Collin Case contributed to the research and writing […]
Williams Honored with ASHE Award
Krystal L. Williams, assistant professor at the McBee Institute, was presented with the Excellence in Public Policy in Higher Education Award this past week at the ASHE Conference. This award recognizes an individual who shows excellence in their research in academic scholarship and policy practice that helps advance the public policy discourse in higher education. […]
Friday & Saturday at ASHE
Mid-conference and McBee Institute folks are still going strong in Las Vegas! Check out these Friday programs. 9:15-10:00 Pearson Brown: First Year Momentum and Retention Outcomes for the University System of Georgia Jihye Lee: The Effects of Tuition Discounting on Student Composition at Public Higher Education Institutions 10:15-11:30 Renni Turpin: Reflections on Faculty, Staff, and Administrator Use of […]
Thursday at ASHE
So many programs offered by members of the McBee Institute community today at ASHE! 10-11:15- Paul Rubin (PhD 2017): Understanding State Higher Education Policy Culture: Examining Distinct Characteristics Underlying Postsecondary Sector Changes in Utah Erin Leach and Sean Baser: A Study of Shirking: A Principal-Agent Analysis of the Adoption of Georgia BOR Policy 4.1.6 Sondra Barringer (Postdoc, […]
Wednesday Preconference Events at ASHE
ASHE 2022 is kicking off, and the McBee Institute community is presenting on many important topics. Check your programs! 8:00-9:15 Erik Ness, Sean Baser & Matt Dean: State Authorization of Postsecondary Education: An Inventory of Centralization and Stringency Alex Cassell (MEd 2019), Sean Baser, Erin Leach: State of Tenure: Examining State-Level Policy Changes to Faculty Tenure in […]
Morn Talks Data Visualization and Sharing at the Assessment Institute
by Jewel Caruso Jillian Morn, a doctoral candidate, recently gave two presentations for the Assessment Institute. Her first presentation was co-presented with Jackie Belanger of UW covering how to build a compelling case with data, “Data Storytelling in Assessment: A Practical Guide to Narrative Centered Research Design, Visualizations, and Reporting.” Morn also participated in an […]
Ness, Baser, and Dean Produce Foundational Work on Authorization
Professor Erik Ness, PhD candidate Sean Baser, and PhD student Matt Dean compiled a landmark survey of higher education authorization practices across the United States. The authors describe the purpose of the report, sponsored by the State Higher Education Officers Association and Arnold Ventures, as “offer[ing] a deeper understanding of the state authorization landscape and […]
Wolniak and Burman Find Ties Between Campus Closures and Student’s Academic Self-Efficacy
by Jewel Caruso Greg Wolniak, associate professor, and Sarah Burman, doctoral candidate, report the impacts of COVID-19-related campus closures on students’ sense of belonging and academic self in their article, “COVID-19 Disruptions: Evaluating the Early Impacts of Campus.” Published in the Journal of College Student Development, the article capitalizes on a pre-existing longitudinal survey that […]
Researchers with McBee Ties: Explore State-Level Influences on Educational Funding Decisions
by Jewel Caruso Three McBee Institute graduates and a postdoctoral associate combined forces to research funding trends during the pandemic, Paul Rubin (PhD 2017), Meredith Billings (Postdoc Research and Teaching Associate 2017-2019), Lindsey Hammond (PhD 2020), and Denisa Gándara (PhD 2016). An article based on this work was recently published in American Behavioral Scientist titled […]
Cain and Hevel Publish Article on Pioneering LGBTQIA+ Advocate
by Jewel Caruso Professor Tim Cain co-authored an article with University of Arkansas faculty member Michael Hevel that appears in the Journal of Women Gender in Higher Education. The article, “The queer student affairs career of Stephen Lenton, 1970-1980” explores Lenton’s efforts on behalf of LGBTQIA+ students. They extensively examined and drew from Lenton’s papers […]
Wolniak Tracks Impact of Social Exclusion in the Arts
by Jewel Caruso Gregory Wolniak, associate professor at the McBee Institute, explores social exclusion in the arts with Amy Whitaker, assistant professor of visual art representation at NYU Steinhardt. In their article, “Social exclusion in the Arts: The dynamics of social and economic mobility across three decades of undergraduate arts alumni in the United States,” […]
Leming Authors Chapter in Recently Published Book
by Jewel Caruso Heidi Leming (PhD 2013) authored a chapter in the recently released book Delivering on the Promise of high-Impact Practices: Research and Models for Achieving equity, Fidelity, Impact and Scale. The book specifically explores the Tennessee’s Board of Regents (TBR) System’s work with high impact practices (HIPs). Leming’s chapter, titled “Supporting Tennessee’s Completion […]
Wolniak Co-authored Article Published in Research in Higher Education
by Jewel Caruso Associate professor Greg Wolniak co-authored an article that appears online in Research in Higher Education. The article, “The Long-Term Role of Undergraduate Experiences: Predicting Intellectual and Civic Outcomes,” was written in collaboration with Nicholas Bowman, Tricia Seifert, Kathleen Wise, and Charles Blaich. Along with Wolniak, they explored the connection between college experiences […]
Whatley Explores Pandemic Repercussions in Latest Publication
by Jewel Caruso Melissa Whatley (PhD 2019) announced her latest publication in the Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education which was co-written with Heidi Fischer of Old Dominion University. The article, “Pandemic Repercussions: The Future of International Education at US Community Colleges”, explores the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic that can help community colleges […]
Hearn and Warshaw TIAA Report Recognized by Inside Higher Ed
by Jewel Caruso James Hearn and Jarrett Warshaw’s (PhD 2016) latest TIAA (The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association) Institute report, “The pandemic and access-oriented private nonprofit colleges” was highlighted in an article on Inside Higher Ed. Access-oriented colleges have less selective acceptance rates and a wide range of test scores. This study seeks to answer […]
Whatley’s Research Studies Inequities in Access to International Education
by Jewel Caruso On June 20th, Dr. Melissa Whatley (PhD 2019) tweeted an announcement of her latest publication in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. “Who enrolls in internationalized courses? An exploration of at-home access at one community college” is available on APA PsychNet’s website. Whatley says her publication “adopts an equity-focused lens to […]
Stich Conducts Interview of Interviewing Expert
by Larissa Lozano Dr. Amy Stich interviews Dr. Kathy Roulston on the skills needed to effectively conduct qualitative interviews and current developments in the field. The podcast, released on February 10, is episode 30 of “Tricks, Tips, and Stories in Qualitative Interviewing” in the Qualitative Conversations series from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Stich […]
New Quantitative Analysis Book Written by Whatley
Melissa Whatley’s quip on Twitter is representative of the humor and approachability that she brings to quantitative analysis. She writes, “when I was in the first grade all I wanted to do was be an author. I’m not sure a quant methods textbook is what 5-year-old me had in mind, but maybe this will do.” […]
Punish or Educate? Cullen’s Research Focuses on Academic Integrity Policies
by Larissa Lozano Courtney Cullen, a PhD Student at the Institute of Higher Education, examines the impacts of academic integrity policies on student behavior and why education-based policies are more effective in preventing academic dishonesty in comparison to punishment-based policies. Her findings appear in the Journal of College and Character. With research based on cognitive […]
Riffe Explores Challenges for Professors of Working-Class Backgrounds
by Larissa Lozano Although there is substantial writing by academics from working-class backgrounds, there is little research on the relationship between social class and positions in academia. To address this gap in research, Karly Riffe (MIHE PhD 2018), Meghan Pifer, Jacob Hartz, and Maria Ibarra gathered narratives from over 200 working-class academics (WCA) to understand […]
Gándara Examines the Rhetoric around Performance-based Funding
by Larissa Lozano Denisa Gándara (PhD 2016) and Stijn Daenekindt, (Ghent University), take a unique approach to researching performance-based funding (PBF). While previous research focused narrowly on states that have implemented, their study also includes states that have not implemented this policy through data modeling and analysis of PBF-related rhetoric in newspapers. In its basic […]
MIHE Community at AERA 2022
A large number of MIHE students, faculty, alumni, and former postdoctoral associates are participating in the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century. The meeting was held April 21-26, 2002 with participants able to attend virtually and in-person in San Diego, CA. AERA 2022 Thursday, April 21 […]
Wolniak Reappraises the Value of Artistic Opportunity in Society
by Larissa Lozano In their article for Review of Research in Education, Amy Whitaker (NYU) and Greg Wolniak argue that “dealing with social and racial/ethnic exclusion is a systemic problem that requires consideration of the many intertwined contributory factors.” Based on a SNAAP DataBrief about socioeconomic & racial/ethnic exclusion in the arts written by them […]
Stich Tagged to Join Institutional Challenge Grant Team for Research Expertise
Amy Stich is a fellow on a new research-practice partnership grant team to explore financial burdens of college and how to improve. The 2022 Institutional Challenge Grant was awarded to Georgia State University’s Georgia Policy Labs (GPL) and Achieve Atlanta. The three-year project is led by co-PIs Sally Wallace, dean of the Andrew Young School […]
Stich and Case Review Broke
In their book Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities, Laura T. Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen analyze the impacts of defunding public institutions on racially marginalized students and “new universities” —competitive research universities primarily serving low-income and minority students. Associate professor of higher education Amy Stich and PhD student Collin Case further explore this […]
Persistent Bias Compounds Labor Market Stress
Nicola Ingram, Professor of Sociology of Education at the Manchester Metropolitan University, shared qualitative research that delves into the lived experiences of college graduates from non-middle class backgrounds in the British labor market. Her survey data adds voice and context to the statistical data showing that graduates from underrepresented backgrounds have a more difficult time […]
Is Grad School Worth It? Webber and Burns Examine the Debt Crisis
As enrollment in graduate programs is increasing, so is educational debt. Many students wonder if they can afford to stay in school and how they can reduce the debt burden of attending college. Using national data on student finance and institutional expenditures, Karen Webber, professor emerita of higher education at the McBee Institute of Higher […]
Brantley Seeks Causes of Professional Burnout among Chief Academic Officers
by Larissa Lozano Brantley conducted interviews with chief academic officers and uncovered eleven key insights into what exactly makes chief academic officers stay or leave their positions. Brantley cites recent research indicating that 47% of CAOs have been in their positions three years or less and the median term is around six years. Brantley has […]
Cain and Hevel Highlight Legacy of Committee on Gay Education
Tim Cain and co-author Michael Hevel highlight an important and precedent-setting piece of the broader history of LGBTQ+ student rights on college campuses. The article, published in Review of Higher Education, follows the committed a struggle of the Committee on Gay Education (CGE) at the University of Georgia. Relying on archival documents, contemporary media coverage […]
Whatley and Stich Test Network Analysis in Meta-Study
Melissa Whatley (PhD 2019) and Amy Stich collaborated on a recent article published in Journal of Mixed Methods Research, “Pushing the Integration Envelope: A Network Analysis of Study Abroad Website Content.” Using previous research on study abroad programs, Whatley & Stich employed network analysis “as a strategy for integrating data through analysis and as a […]
Researchers Explore Team Dynamics in ICQI Presentation
Amy Stich, Elizabeth Ndika, Kanler Cumbass, and Collin Case recently presented their paper, Negotiating Ourselves: Navigating Paradigmatic Conflict and Diverse Identities in Collaborative Qualitative Research at the 2021 ICQI Conference. Within higher education, large-scale, externally funded qualitative research often requires multiple researchers engaged in the collection, management, and analysis of data. Numerous scholars have examined […]
GAISA Will Release Briefs on International Education in Post-Covid World
With the onset of the pandemic, higher education was forced to adapt to online and hybrid education, and international students were significantly affected by these changes. The Global Alliance for International Student Advancement (GAISA) recently partnered with Hanover Research to investigate and release a series of research briefs focused on international students. The theme of […]
Helping All Students Preserve Transfer Credits
The number of credit hours that transfer students can carry with them to their new institution can be an important factor in student momentum and degree completion. In a paper in American Educational Research Journal, George Spencer takes a look at the paths less studied, but increasingly taken, and reviews credit hour loss among lateral […]
Summit on Big Data in Higher Education Highlights Data-Informed Decision Making
Big data is getting big attention. Karen Webber and Henry Zheng (The Ohio State University) presented at the EdgeEvents virtual summit, Big Data on Campus: Becoming a Data Informed Institution. Webber and Zheng offered an overview of data analytics in higher education with terms, applications, trends, common barriers, and major issues, such as privacy and […]
Gong Finds Peer-Learning Develops Both Student and Mentor
Hee Jung Gong, doctoral candidate at IHE, recently published her article “Peer learning in STEM: a qualitative study of a student-oriented active learning intervention program” to the Interactive Learning Environments (IF=2.530) journal. The other co-authors are Hyeri Park (UGA, Ph.D. candidate at the College of Education) and Dr. Thomas Chase Hagood (UGA, the Direct of […]
First-Gen Students May Find Positive Satisfaction by Undermatching
Greg Wolniak and Marjolein Muskens find that attending an undermatched institution “appears to have a positive influence, or no influence, but never a negative influence” on attributes, such as motivation, satisfaction, and self-efficacy. The researchers studied over 14,500 incoming post-secondary students in the Netherlands to see if undermatching is associated with development of an individual’s […]
Grant Extension Adds Fourth Year to College Experience Project
The Horatio Alger Association awarded Greg Wolniak a nearly $100,000 extension to capture changes in students over four years of higher education. The project focuses on the 2017 entering freshman class of Horatio Alger Scholars through the end of their spring semester of their fourth year of college (or four years after starting college) in […]
IHE Team Gleans Lessons for Higher Ed Policy Organizations
Not all higher education intermediary organizations experience the sustained growth and effectiveness of Complete College America (CCA). In “Becoming a “game changer”: Complete College America’s role in U.S. higher education policy fields,” Erik C. Ness, Paul G. Rubin and Lindsey Hammond unpack some noteworthy characteristics that have contributed to CCA’s decade of success and influence. […]
Hearn and Burns Find No Financial Benefit to Contingency Hiring
In a broad survey of master’s and doctoral institutions spanning the decade around the 2008 financial crisis, Jim Hearn and Rachel Burns (PhD 2018) found no evidence that the tenure structure leads to inefficiencies in budget. Current research studies on contingency effects lack a holistic view of organizational costs and financial goals, and they tend […]