Tags: 2012 IHE Report


From the Director - 2012

Libby V. Morris When I read through the pages of this issue of the Institute’s Higher Education IHE report, all I can think is “proud.” Proud to be at the University of Georgia, proud of the Institute and its faculty and staff, and proud of our alumni and students! To set this feeling in context, the Institute of Higher Education, like all UGA units and other system institutions, continues to deal with budget cuts, limited resources, potential…


IHE Annouces New Faculty Member: Manuel González Canché

James Hearn This fall, the Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Manuel González Canché to its faculty ranks. Dr. González Canché, our new assistant professor of higher education, is a 2012 graduate of the University of Arizona’s Ph.D. program in higher education. Earlier in his educational career, he earned a bachelor’s degree in educational research and a master’s degree in higher education and quantitative methods from esteemed universities…


Faculty Research - 2012

In 2012, Sheila Slaughter, was honored by being named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The purpose of the Fellows Program is to honor education researchers with substantial research accomplishments, to convey the Association’s commitment to excellence in research, and to enable the next generation of emerging scholars to appreciate the value of sustained achievements in research and the breadth of scholarship…


IHE Boosts Croatian Commitment

The IHE continues its longstanding commitment to Croatian higher education with a trip in October to participate in two nationwide scholarship fairs. Sheila Slaughter will present the keynote address and several IHE faculty, including Rob Toutkoushian, will be giving a workshop on funding institutions of higher education and its students. Libby Morris and emeritus faculty member Ed Simpson will introduce the Higher Education Initiative for…


Fostering International Leadership

Elisabeth Hughes Executive Ed.D. students experienced higher education in a global context in June when the program’s second cohort undertook an intensive one-week seminar in Haarlem, the Netherlands, organized by the faculty of the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) at the University of Twente. The seminar focused on the reform of higher education in the 47 European countries that have signed up as members of the Bologna Process…


Outstanding Alumni – Yang Yang (PhD 2011)

Betz Kerley Statistically speaking, not everyone is a “numbers person.” You might call those who struggle with statistics, probabilities and causalities, mathematically challenged. That description certainly doesn’t apply to Institutional Research Analyst (IR), Dr. Yang Yang. Working in the Office of Institutional Research at the President’s Office of the University of California, Yang spends her days maintaining and updating the database,…


Outstanding Alumni – Tim Letzring (EdD 1994)

Betz Kerley While acquiring a degree in higher education, we all know it’s wise to map out a career plan. We hope to factor in our interests, where we will succeed and what will give us the most satisfaction. But, even the best-laid plans can change, and the next thing we know, we’re on a different path. Take Dr. Tim Letzring for example. While obtaining a law degree Letzring became very interested in education law. He was advised that a…


Access Breeds Success for Disadvantaged Students

Betz Kerley “Mr. Carty, I just want to go to college. My parents came to this country so I could go to college. It doesn’t matter where I go. I just want to go.” It was not the first time Georgia College Advising Corps adviser Ryan Carty had heard this plea from a student eager to attend college, but whose family could not afford tuition and who had not been exposed to the college admissions process. Thanks to his training Carty was able to…


Transatlantic Moves to the Market: The United States and the European Union

Sheila Slaughter and Brendan Cantwell Moving beyond its original goal to “make Europe the strongest knowledge-based economy in the world,” the European Commission (EC) has now pledged to create an ‘‘Innovation Union’’ that will ‘‘unleash Europe’s innovative capabilities, improving educational outcomes and the quality and outputs of education institutions, and exploiting the economic and societal benefits of a digital society’’ (European…


Outstanding Alumni – Matt Thompson (PhD 2008)

Betz Kerley Funds for institutional support are crucial to help maintain the growth of colleges and universities, regardless of their status. The Greek philanthropist, Cimon donated funds to The Academy of Socrates. Plato and Alexander the Great gave financial assistance to Aristotle’s Lyceum. Fundraising for higher education began at Harvard College in 1641. By the mid twentieth century, most colleges and universities had established a…
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