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AERA 2024
McBee Community at AERA 2024

Thursday, April 11 9:00 - 10:30 A.M. (Roundtable Session) - Network Analysis to Inform Policy: Testing a Rapid-Response Approach  Paul G. Rubin (Ph.D.), et al. 9:00 - 10:30 A.M. (Roundtable Session) - Unpacking STEM Students’ First-Year Experiences at a Newly Designated Hispanic-Serving Institution  Jihye Lee. 12:40 - 2:10 P.M. (Paper Session)- Hidden Barriers: Graduate Students in STEM and Possible Obstructions to…

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McBee Scholars Comment on Faculty Involvement in Budget Decisions

Members of the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education community, Karley Riffe (McBee Ph.D.) and Sondra Barringer and Brendan Cantwell (former postdocs at McBee) provide perspectives on faculty involvement in university financial decisions in a recent article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, “The Rise of Faculty Budget Activists.” The article, by Megan Zahneis, explores increased faculty interest and participation in budgetary issues and…

Buehrer at Indiana
Buehrer Leads Effectiveness and Accreditation Initiatives at Indiana

In the fall, Danielle Buehrer (EdD 2021) started to a new role at Indiana University Bloomington as the associate vice president of enterprise effectiveness and accreditation under the Office of University Academic Policy, where she is also the Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) for the Higher Learning Commission (HLC). The HLC ALO role is specific to the Bloomington campus, as each campus within Indiana University is individually accredited by…

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Perdomo Documents Impact of MSIs on Income Mobility

Rebecca Perdomo (PhD 2019) co-authored a research report on student financial outcomes among Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) with Robert Nathenson, Marybeth Gasman, Marvin Johnson, Doug Franklin, and Pearl Lo. The report, “Generational Jumps? How HSIs Promote Upward Mobility” was produced by the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. Within the study, the team investigated intergenerational income mobility for students at HSIs…

Sarah Brackmann
Brackmann Leads Community-Based Learning at Georgia Tech

Sarah Brackmann (McBee PhD) recently returned to the Georgia Institute of Technology as the director of community-based learning in the Office of Experiential and Engaged Learning. Brackmann will scale, develop, implement, and support academic community engagement initiatives that align with Georgia Tech’s plan to advance undergraduate educational objectives. In this role, she will collaborate widely with community partners to provide hands-on…

Kelly Rosinger
Major Study Provides 50 State Survey of Higher Education Funding

By Mary Harrison Kelly Rosinger (McBee PhD), Robert Kelchen, Mitchell Lingo, Dominique J. Baker, Justin Ortagus, and Jiayao Wu collaborated on a ground-breaking research study entitled, “A Typology and Landscape of State Funding for Public Colleges and Universities from 2004 to 2021” published in the Review of Higher Education. This work fills a gap in the literature by creating a comprehensive longitudinal analysis and classification system of…

Kelley Lips
Lips Emphasizes Collaboration in Enrollment Management Strategies

by Mary Harrison Kelley Lips (EdD, 2021) released an article, published by UniversityBusiness.com, entitled "Create Better Enrollment Outcomes by Breaking Down Department Barriers." Lips emphasizes the importance of collaborative enrollment management, such as orientations and career counseling, across institutional departments to help student retention, financial stability, and sustainability. She states, “Institutions that embrace a holistic…

Claire Major
Major Receives Faculty Achievement Award

by Mary Harrison Claire Major (McBee PhD), professor of higher education and faculty director of The University of Alabama Teaching Academy, is UA’s recipient of the 2024 Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award. Jim Dalton, UA executive vice president and provost, said, “[Major’s] foundational leadership of UA’s Teaching Academy, innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and scholarly excellence underscore her exemplary career…

Rebecca Perdomo
Toolkit Calls for Changes in Faculty Hiring Processes

by Mary Harrison Marybeth Gasman and Rebecca Perdomo (PhD, 2019) authored a report, Achieving Equity: A Toolkit for Racially Inclusive Faculty Hiring, aimed at improving hiring processes within higher education institutions. In the report, published by the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, Gasman and Perdomo cite the persistent lack of proportional representation and…

Caring or Capitalizing
Perdomo and Guajardo Investigate the Use of Title V Funds Within HSIs

by Mary Harrison Rebecca Perdomo (PhD, 2019) and Rodrigo Guajardo (PhD student) released a report titled, "Caring or Capitalizing: How HSIs Leverage Title V Funds" through the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Perdomo and Guajardo explored Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) prioritization of funds and programs towards Latinx students by investigating two questions…
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