Tags: 2010 IHE Report


From the Director – 2010

LIBBY V. MORRIS On behalf of the Institute of Higher Education’s faculty, staff, and students, I bring greetings to our alumni, colleagues, and friends across the nation and around the world. Fall 2010 marks the 46th anniversary of the Institute of Higher Education. Almost five decades from its inception, I believe the founders (including then President O.C. Aderhold) would be pleased with the research, service, and educational programs underway…


Director Takes on New Role

Director Libby Morris assumed a new role in early January 2010, when Provost Jere Morehead asked her to serve UGA as the vice provost for academic affairs. Currently, she is wearing the dual hats of director of the Institute of Higher Education and vice provost. Morris became the director of the Institute in December 2006, following the retirement of Thomas Dyer. Libby is quick to note that the success of the Institute, and its number six…


New and Ongoing Research Plays a Vital Role in the Collective Momentum of the Institute

Betz Kerley Research is at the center of Institute life. Instruction, graduate assistantships, professional development programs, and publications are all affected by the in depth research conducted by IHE faculty. Their research interests cover a wide range of areas including, but not limited to, state and federal public policy, international trends, finance and economic issues, organizational analysis and strategic management in higher…


Charter Schools Get Boost from Charles Knapp, Jennifer Buck

Elisabeth Hughes In 2008, the Georgia General Assembly passed HB 881, the Georgia Charter Schools Commission Act, which created a state-level commission with the power to authorize charter schools, public schools that are independently run, even if local districts deny the petitions to establish such schools. The aim of charter schools is to improve student achievement by expanding public school options. Commission members are appointed by the…


IHE Fellows 2010

Fellows from a wide variety of disciplines and institutions enrich the multi-disciplinary intellectual community at the Institute. 2010 Fellows include: Christopher Cornwell - Professor of Economics, UGA Jerry S. Davis - Education Research and Policy Analysis Consultant Delmer Dunn - Vice President for Instruction Emeritus and Regents Professor Emeritus Anne Proffitt Dupre - J. Alton Hosch Professor of Law, UGA Catherine L. Finnegan - Director…


Ed.D. Program's First Year Focuses on Entrepreneurship and Global Higher Education

Ed.D. students spent a week studying in the Dutch city of Haarlem this summer. Every six weeks, the locus of activity at the Institute moves 64 miles west from Athens, when our Atlanta-based Ed.D. students convene. The program, which enrolled 16 senior managers in higher education in January, pays particular attention to the entrepreneurial university and commercialization in higher education, as well as internationalization and the global…


Advise and Ascend: The Georgia College Advising Corps

Betz Kelly So many students, so little time. With a state student-to-guidance counselor ratio of 400:1, is it any wonder guidance counselors across the state are facing this dilemma daily? Nationwide high school guidance counselors are spread especially thin as their duties have expanded to include assisting students with social, behavioral, and personal problems, providing special services like drug and alcohol prevention and domestic violence…


Common Criticisms of the Economics of Higher Education

ROB TOUTKOUSHIAN Introduction One of the most interesting and unique features of the field of higher education to me is that it brings together academics with a wide diversity of interests, backgrounds, and talents. It is not unusual to find professors in departments of higher education who have been trained in fields outside of higher education, such as sociology, history, and political science. I believe that this diversity of perspectives is…


Lumina CEO Outlines Group’s Ambitious National Goals

Jamie P. Merisotis, president and CEO of Lumina Foundation for Education, presented the 2009 McBee lecture on November 12 in the UGA Chapel. Long a champion of the idea that higher education enhances both society and individuals, Merisotis has worked for decades to increase educational opportunity among low- income, minority and other historically underrepresented populations. Under his leadership, Lumina has embraced an ambitious and specific…


2010 McBee Lecture – November 2010

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher Nancy Zimpher became the 12th chancellor of the State University of New York on June 1, 2009. With more than 440,000 students, SUNY is the nation’s largest comprehensive public university system. She is the first woman to serve in this capacity in the system’s 60-year history. A dynamic and nationally recognized leader, Chancellor Zimpher is known as an effective agent of change in higher education. The chancellor…
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