Tags: 2011 IHE Report

Libby V. Morris The Institute of Higher Education experienced another successful year of research and instruction during 2010 and into 2011. IHE moved from 6 to 5 in U.S. News and World Report’s 2011 rankings of higher education programs. The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents approved our request to launch a master’s program in the upcoming academic year (pg. 3). Our faculty conversations were lively as we considered how to…

Elisabeth Hughes “I learned …a new appreciation for and understanding of global education.” Lisa Fowler The Executive Ed.D. program continued its focus on global higher education this summer with study abroad at leading universities in China and Australia. These experiences offered the Ed.D. students exposure to new systems of education to build on last year’s European seminars in the Netherlands, on the Bologna Process and the reform of…

Erik Ness The need to connect research and public policy remains one of the most commonly identified challenges for the field of higher education. For instance, the theme of last year’s Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) annual conference posed a question about the “optimal alignment” of higher education scholarship and public policy. Examination of the research-policy divide has also served as a perennial topic of interest for…

Fellows from a wide variety of disciplines and institutions enrich the multi-disciplinary intellectual community at the Institute. 2011 Fellows include: Christopher Cornwell - Professor of Economics Jerry S. Davis - Education Research and Policy Analysis Consultant Elizabeth Debray-Pelot - Associate Professor, Program of Educational Administration and Policy Delmer Dunn - Vice President for Instruction Emeritus and Regents Professor Emeritus…

Elisabeth Hughes In 2011, the IHE continued to expand its global connections by hosting international scholars from Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, Korea, China, and the United Kingdom Early in January, Professor Peter Maassen from the University of Oslo, who directs HEDDA (Higher Education Development Association), returned to the Institute to give a presentation titled “The Transformation of Higher Education: Beyond the Global Script…

Betz Kerley “May you live in interesting times.” This is not a wish for peace and tranquility but, instead, a curse referencing upheaval and trouble. With more and more businesses failing and many business models floundering, the curse seems to have been effective. (Given that it is said to be an ancient Chinese curse, perhaps that is not surprising.) The people running the show have never been in a more precarious position. Why? Some analysts…

Betz Kerley In 2009, the Institute of Higher Education, in partnership with the Watson-Brown Foundation and the National College Advising Corps, began an innovative program to recruit and train recent UGA graduates to work full-time as college advisers in selected high schools across Georgia. The Georgia Advising Corps (GCAC) was launched and quickly became a valuable asset to students needing help in understanding and planning next steps after…

A nationally recognized leader in education, Chancellor Nancy Zimpher is known as an effective agent of change. President Michael Adams affirmed this statement in his introduction when he said she was “one of America’s truly great academic leaders . . . and she is at the forefront of many issues we are facing today [in higher education].” Transporting her leadership style from the University of Cincinnati to SUNY, she has introduced a new set…

Betz Kerley Not everyone is lucky enough to find their dream job upon completion of their degree, but Allison McWilliams is one of the fortunate ones. In June of 2010, she landed the job as director of career education and counseling at Wake Forest University. Her initial charge was to develop a culture of mentoring and to provide training, support, and resources for formal and informal mentoring across campus. However, it wasn’t long before her…

Betz Kerley How does one go from being a history major with dreams of becoming a National Geographic reporter and end by becoming the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Institutional Effectiveness for the Virginia Community College System? Catherine Finnegan can tell you all about that journey. “I had no interest in numbers or planning as a UGA undergraduate,” says Finnegan. I failed my first statistics and computer technologies course!” But a chance…