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Webber Recognized for IR Work in South Africa

Dr. Webber will participate in a book launch of Utilization of South African Research on Higher Education with South African colleagues on November 3. Join the event here: https://bit.ly/2XnwJqQ The book, edited by Jan Botha and Gabriele Vilyte, provides an overview of the state of research on higher education in the country. The program is organized by the South African Association for Institutional Research (SAAIR), the…

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GCAC Invites Research and Mentoring Partnerships

Brook Thompson and Brionna Johnson led an information session about the Georgia College Advising Corps to members of the McBee Institute community. GCAC began at the Institute in 2009 and works in underserved high schools throughout Georgia to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students who attend and complete higher education. The program currently serves seventeen high schools in Georgia and will…

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McBee IHE Community at ASHE 2021

Wednesday, 11/3, 7:00 P.M. Welcome reception sponsored by McBee IHE __ Thursday, 11/4 1:00-2:15 Calibrating Costs: Do Tuition Reset Policies Affect Student Enrollment at Four-Year Nonprofit Colleges? (Denisa Gandara & Meredith Billings) Disparate Impacts of Performance Funding Research Incentives on Research Expenditures and State Appropriation (Kelly Rosinger) 2:30-3:45 Higher Education Policy Narratives during COVID-19; How Are Budget…

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Peer Audiences Support Presenters at McBee IHE

Research Roundtable, a student-led group focused on deepening engagement with professional literature, recently hosted a presentation screening. Students presented their upcoming papers in front of their peers and received constructive suggestions and practice fielding questions. Thanks to Collin Case and Court Cullen for coordinating and to everyone who participated and made this supportive peer community event a success!

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Wolniak Introduces New Research Models at SNAAP Symposium

Greg Wolniak and research collaborator Amy Whitaker presented at the 2021 SNAAP Research Symposium on October 20, 2021. Their paper, The Dynamics of Social Exclusion and Economic Mobility Across Three Decades of Undergraduate Arts Alumni, describes an attrition effect of students leaving the arts and privilege effect of arts alumni whose individual earnings are supported by larger household income. They introduced an intersectionality matrix of…

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Webber and Grandstaff Present at SAIR

Karen Webber and Matt Grandstaff spoke at annual meeting of the Southern Association for Institutional Research on Monday, October 11. The presentation, Survey Research During COVID-19: The Challenges Grew Even Larger, drew from lessons learned during their experiences conducting a large multi-institution survey in the middle of an ongoing pandemic. They identified challenges faced over the past year and offered…

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UGA Institute of Higher Education Named for Louise McBee

We are now the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education! Following a transformational gift from the estate of M. Louise McBee, the University of Georgia paid tribute to the former administrator and state legislator with the naming of the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education. “Dr. McBee’s extraordinary legacy of leadership and service to UGA and the state of Georgia is one that will be remembered for generations to come,” said UGA…

Krystal Williams
Williams to Join Faculty in 2022

The Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Krystal L. Williams as assistant professor of higher education, effective January 1, 2022. “Dr. Williams’ expertise will complement and extend the Institute’s goals to deepen research into student access and success across postsecondary institutions. We look forward to her joining our faculty’s efforts to contribute to critical national…

Ben Cecil
Ben Cecil Publishes Chapter on Leadership and Joins ACE

The summer has been extremely productive for Ben Cecil. His new book chapter in Shifting the Mindset hit shelves, and he moved to Washington, D.C. and started a new position at the American Council on Education (ACE). The chapter, co-written with Pei Hu, is titled: "Redefining Engagement: Including International Students in Socially Just Leadership Education."  In August 2021, Ben Cecil began a new role as a graduate research…

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Webber Further Explores Nuances of Work Satisfaction

Research by Dr. Karen Webber appears in the September issue of Journal of Faculty Development. For the article, "Culture Matters: Faculty Satisfaction in Four-Year Postsecondary Institutions," Webber interviewed full-time faculty members at six different four-year higher education institutions for a more nuanced understanding of perceptions of work satisfaction. She built off a much larger study that found significant differences by…
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