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McBee IHE Launches 7th Executive Ed.D. Cohort

The McBee Institute welcomed its 7th Executive Ed.D. cohort. The sixteen members of the of incoming class are all actively engaged in higher education administration at a variety of institutions across the eastern United States. The two-year program kicked off with a special orientation, social events, and tour of UGA in early January. Dr. Cain and Sr. Stich began coursework with sessions designed to take dives into professional literature…

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Happy New Year from The Georgia College Advising Corps!

by Brionna Johnson The University of Georgia’s College Advising Corps is proud to announce our program’s expansion into the Newton County school system in Covington, GA. With support from the Newton County School District, we are placing three new college advisers at Alcovy High School, Eastside High School, and Newton High School to begin their service in mid-January 2022. GCAC now has 24 advisers serving 20 high schools across the state of…

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Report Provides Evidence of Effect of Funding on Graduation Rates

Rob Toutkoushian co-authored a report, funded by the Joyce Foundation and published by the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, that demonstrates an association between higher education funding patters on graduation rates. The researchers analyzed data over 12 years at public four-year institutions in the United States. They found increases to institutional appropriations tracked with increases to six-year graduation rates. While all…

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Ness Leads Exchange with Colleagues from Cote d'Ivoire

Erik Ness hosted a great exchange yesterday in Meigs Hall. A delegation from International University of Grand-Bassam met with UGA administrators and faculty to talk strategic planning. The meeting was part of a US State Department university grant project, initiated by The Andrew Young Foundation, with our partners at UGA Office of Global Engagement, Mary Frances Early College of Education, and the International University of Grand-Bassam (…

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Cain Analyzes History and Historiography of Unions and Bargaining in Higher Education

Tim Cain's work is featured as the first chapter in a new book, Collective Bargaining in Higher Education: Best Practices for Promoting Collaboration, Equity, and Measurable Outcomes, edited by Daniel J. Julius and published by Routledge. Cain's chapter, "The History and Study of Faculty Unions and Collective Bargaining in the United States," provides historical context and past practices. He explores the development of faculty unions…

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Cain and Leach Uncover Patterns of Detrimental Practices

Research by Timothy Reese Cain and Erin Leach appears in AERA Open, "Removing Faculty: Patterns and Processes of Retrenchment and Restructuring." The authors scoured 30 years of investigatory and special reports by the AAUP’s Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure to understand how practices "have been enacted on ways detrimental to both individual and the corporate faculty." Specifically, they detail how faculty were excluded from…

Tim Cain
Cain Named a RHE Associate Editor

Timothy Reese Cain started a new role as an associate editor of The Review of Higher Education in fall 2021. He also currently serves on the editorial boards of Review of Educational Research, Journal of Higher Education, History of Education Quarterly, Perspectives on the History of Higher Education, and the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.

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Students Recognized with Institute Awards

On October 7, the McBee IHE faculty gathered to recognize the achievements of five students, as well as the lives and legacies that our scholarships honor. We were please to host award recipients and their families in person and virtually through Zoom.  The 2021-2022 Zell and Shirley Miller Fellowship recipient is Matt Gregory, a fourth-year Ph.D. student. During his time at the McBee Institute, Gregory has led key tasks associated with…

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Mandala's Research on Feeling Rules Cited in BBC Article

A recent BBC Workplace article heavily references research by McBee Institute doctoral student, Chad Mandala, and Dr. Stephanie Ortiz (University of Massachusetts, Lowell).  The article, "The People Penalised for Expressing Feelings at Work," by Zulekha Nathoo dives into the ways that workplace norms around expressions of emotions vary depending on the gender identities, race, and ethnicity of the expresser. She writes, "[N]ot…

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Caughran Uses GTF Lessons to Engage Students

Tashia Caughran was honored to be part of the Summer 2021 Governor's Teaching Fellows Program (GTF). Caughran is a senior lecturer of Chemistry at the University of North Georgia, Oconee Campus and was interviewed for a recent UNG blog post by the Center for Teaching, Learning and Leadership about her GTF experience. She said, "My experience was wonderfully positive. I gained not only more teaching tools, but I also gained some personal focus…
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