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Kelly Rosinger
Rosinger Explores Significance of "Race Unknown"

Kelly Rosinger (PhD 2015) is part of a research team exploring the significance of the "race unknown" reporting category. "What do we know about 'race unknown' appears as a brief in Educational Researcher's June/July 2020 issue. Drawing specifically on studies using the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Kelly Ford, Qiong Zhu and Rosinger, found that researchers often remove these responses from their investigations. Over…
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IHE Team Examines Community College Funding Patterns

"The Relationships Between State Community College Governance Centralization and Local Appropriations" appears in the latest issue of Higher Education Politics & Economics. The research by Lindsey Hammond (PhD 2020), Sean Baser (PhD student) and Alexander Cassell (MEd 2019) explores relationship between community college independence and local appropriations outcomes. The team compared local funding trends among…

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Jelks and Crain Research Career Persistence in STEM Fields

IHE graduates Samantha (Rogers) Jelks (PhD 2019) and Andrew Crain (PhD 2020) collaborated on a Journal of Higher Education article about STEM career development and retention, "Sticking with STEM: Understanding STEM Career Persistence among STEM Bachelor’s Degree Holders." The authors sought to challenge the narrative that shortcomings in education pipelines account for unmet demand in STEM professional fields. They…

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Intercollegiate Esports Research Released

The rapid rise in popularity and monetization of Esports (virtual simulations of sports, competitive games, and military operations) in American culture is drawing the attention of higher education leaders. Welch Suggs (PhD), Jennifer May-Trifiletti (PhD student), Jim Hearn, and Julianne O'Connell (PhD student) prepared a research brief for the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) that highlights potential benefits and challenges of…
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Whatley Co-Authors Paper on International Higher Ed Research

Bryan McAllister-Grande and Melissa Whatley (PhD 2019) produced a white paper for NAFSA entitled "International Higher Education Research: State of the Field." McAlister-Grande and Whatley survey the "major research questions and traditions that have informed research," and "explore theoretical, empirical, and methodological questions and challenges that [currently] face the field [of international higher education]." They also include…
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JHE Publishes Study by Whatley and Stich

Melissa Whatley (PhD 2019) and Amy Stich study inequalities in access to study abroad opportunities. Their latest research findings are published in The Journal of Higher Education online. For this mixed-methods study, they reviewed how institutions communicated with students about these programs and how policies and practices mitigated or perpetuated disparities in participation among diverse student populations. Read more at: https://www.…
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Suggs Interviewed in Intercollegiate Athletics Podcast

Welch Suggs (PhD 2009) shares his extensive experience and research of intercollegiate sports with Inside Higher Ed podcast series, The Key. He notes that there are "still more question marks than periods" and reviews the many disparate forces factoring into athletic program decisions as some schools start athlete workouts while others shutter programs. Suggs acknowledges the…
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Trustee Research Published in Higher Education Policy

A team of scholars with ties to the Institute "explore[s] trustees’ involvement in a qualitative comparative case study of four elite US research universities."  The paper, "How University Leaders Shape Boundaries and Behaviors: An Empirical Examination of Trustee Involvement at Elite US Research Universities," by Sondra N. Barringer, Barrett J. Taylor, Karley A. Riffe, and Sheila Slaughter appears online in …
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Kathy Pharr
Pharr and Tschepikow Given Additional Roles in President's Office

IHE graduate Kathy R. Pharr (EdD 2011) assumes the dual responsibility of chief of staff and interim vice president for marketing and communications on July 1, 2020. She has served in a variety of roles throughout her 27 years at UGA, and most recently as chief of staff and associate vice president for institutional affairs. “I am honored and humbled to be asked by President Morehead to serve the University of Georgia in this expanded role. I am…
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Tracey Ford
Ford Selected to Lead Student Affairs at UNCSA

Dr. Tracey Ford (Ed.D. 2002) was named vice provost and dean of student affairs at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, effective July 1.  In the press release announcing the appointment, Chancellor Brian Cole commended Ford's record as a champion for lower-income and historically underrepresented students. He also noted her strong leadership during the Covid-19 response. "This spring, she has also been tireless in ensuring that…
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