Tags: 2016 IHE Report

LIBBY MORRIS With a new academic year underway, it is always interesting to look back at the achievements of the previous year. That’s exactly what we do with the annual IHE Report. The 2016 edition, which primarily covers events and activities from 2015-16, captures the many successes enjoyed by IHE students, faculty and alumni over the past year. We are proud to share news of their awards and honors, new jobs and promotions, and wide-ranging…

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT TEN YEARS IN THE TOP 10 FOR THE 10TH YEAR IN A ROW, the University of Georgia has claimed a Top 10 ranking from U.S. News & World Report for higher education administration graduate programs offered by the Institute of Higher Education. › In the magazine’s 2017 rankings of Best Grad Schools, IHE programs were ranked 6th by education school deans in the specialty category—the only southern school other than…

Faculty Positions in Texas and Florida for New IHE Ph.D.S DENISA GÁNDARA AND JARRETT WARSHAW, who recently earned degrees from the Ph.D. program in the Institute of Higher Education, have moved on to faculty positions at Southern Methodist University and Florida Atlantic University, respectively. Gándara was one of 33 students nationally awarded a 2015 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, and she also was one of nine students receiving…

LUMINA FOUNDATION SPOTLIGHTS HEARN RESEARCH IHE PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR JAMES HEARN was among 13 higher education researchers and thought leaders nationally who authored a series of papers released by the Lumina Foundation in 2015-16. The papers offer insights into how states and their public institutions have implemented outcomes-based funding models to improve upon decades-old performance- and enrollment-based funding approaches “Done…

The signing of an MoU with the University of Rijeka takes IHE-Croatia collaborations to a new level. IT HAS BEEN JUST OVER 15 YEARS since Ed Simpson had his first almost-chance meeting with a delegation from Croatia visiting the U.S. on an embassy-funded tour. He recalls getting a phone call from Jennifer Frum, a colleague in UGA’s Division of Public Service and Outreach, who knew of his interest in continuing professional education with an…

LUCIA BRAJKOVIC had earned a degree from the University of Zagreb and was working as a public relations officer there when she met Ed Simpson and learned about the long-standing cooperation between Croatia and IHE. That led to her applying for and receiving a Fulbright Fellowship to come to UGA to further her education. As a doctoral student at IHE, she was named a Zell and Shirley Miller Fellow, an award given to students with outstanding…

MANUEL S. GONZÁLEZ CANCHÉ HIGHER EDUCATION is a complex field of study encompassing areas of research as diverse as student affairs, student financial aid, policy and network analysis politics, state and federal financing, sector effects, can strengthen comparative studies, and student migration, as well as student college choice, access, persistence, and success. The common denominator that must guide all research on higher education issues is…

As the 4th Executive Ed.D. cohort began studies in January, a new associate director came on board with them. WHEN THE MEMBERS of the 4th cohort of IHE’s Executive Ed.D. program came together for the first time last January, they were not the only ones new to the program. Leslie Gordon was barely a month into her job as associate director, succeeding Elisabeth Hughes, who had retired in November after several years in the position. But Gordon…

The Georgia College Advising Corps helps high school students further their education GCAC 2016-2017 Partner High Schools Benjamin Mays High School, BEST Academy High School, Cedar Shoals High School, Clarke Central High School, Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy High School, Drew Charter School, Grady High School, Maynard Jackson High School, Meadowcreek High School, North Atlanta High School, Rockdale County High School, Salem…

YARBRAH PEEPLES (Ph.D. 2012) began working with the Georgia College Advising Corps while still a graduate student at IHE and became director of the program after earning her doctoral degree. Her interest in higher education access and success issues related to first generation, low-income and minority students dovetail well with her GCAC responsibilities. “We are fortunate to have Yarbrah Peeples lead the GCAC program,” says IHE Director Libby…