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Jason C. Lee, a graduate student and research assistant in the Institute of Higher Education, has been named the 2016 recipient of the Zell and Shirley Miller Fellowship, awarded annually to an IHE doctoral student of high promise.

Danny Sniff (EdD, 2011) will assume a new leadership role at UGA on Jan. 1, 2016 as the director of academic partnerships in the College of Environment and Design.

Research by IHE professor Rob Toutkoushian and two IHE students on what is meant by the term “first-generation student” was reported in a recent Inside Higher Ed article, following a presentation on their findings at the 2015 ASHE conference.

Sixteen IHE students are participating in a total of 27 presentations, poster sessions and roundtables at the 2015 conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Denver this week.

The work of IHE’s Georgia College Advising Corps in helping underserved students apply for college was noted in a recent entry on the Washington Post’s “Answer Sheet” blog. Local education activist Bertis Downs penned an opinion piece, posted on Oct.