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Marion Fedrick, president of Albany State University and member of the current IHE executive doctoral program cohort, chairs an important advisory committee to review and study the names of buildings and colleges on all University System of Georgia (USG) campuses. In a press release announcing the committee, Chancellor Steve Wrigley noted, "USG’s mission is knowledge, and this action today is a step toward addressing how communities understand…
Professor Rob Toutkoushian led two Zoomtable discussions for nearly fifty graduates and students to discuss the financial impact of Covid-19 on institutions of higher education. The participants joined the sessions from across the US at various agencies, governing boards, and public and private institutions. Professor Toutkoushian presented overviews of funding models and ways that the traditional revenue streams have been disrupted.…
Greg Wolniak formally joined the editorial team at the Journal of Higher Education (JHE) as an associate editor on May 1. Greg has served a member of JHE’s editorial review board since 2013. In response to the announcement he said, “I’m excited to join the editorial team at JHE and honored to have been presented with the opportunity.” Greg noted that he has benefited from the constructive support of editors at core journals,…
Tags: research
Twenty IHE graduates and faculty members from across the US met on Monday to talk through experiences and responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Dr. Knapp shared leadership insights and inspiration drawn from his career, including his tenure as UGA president in the 1990s. Graduates, currently serving in a variety of roles in public universities, private colleges, state systems offices, and professional associations, participated in the strong…
Tags: alumni
Marion Ross Fedrick presented the keynote address to a full audience at the 20th Annual Mary Frances Early Lecture on February 25 at 2 p.m. in the Hodgson Concert Hall. Fedrick is the 10th president of Albany State University and a student in IHE’s executive Ed.D. program in higher education management.  Ms. Fedrick served as interim executive vice president and interim president at the university before being appointed president on August…
Tags: Institute of Higher Education, Executive EdD, Mary Frances Early, presentations
On January 28, Hugh J. Watson, PhD, visited the Institute of Higher Education and gave an open lecture on effective use of analytics, entitled Data Analytics in Higher Education and Elsewhere. Drawing from decades of work in business settings, he outlined the various kinds of analytics, types of information that formed from them, and their applications. He also shared the technologies required for analytical research and processing,…
On Friday, January 17, Jens Jungblut of the University of Oslo presented an EPS entitled, To Join or Not to Join? The Case of the International Association of Universities. The talk focused on his recent research into membership characteristics of the International Association of Universities (IAU) among the word’s institutions of higher education. Jungblut started his inquiry wondering why the low rate of membership in this meta-…
Tags: EPS
Three international scholars presented comparative overviews of the relationship between the federal governments and individual provinces of Canada and Lander in Germany at the Institute on Friday, January 17. Their discussion focused on postsecondary governance in international contexts. Deanna Rexe, Martin Maltais, and Jens Jungblut presented an open guest lecture to Erik Ness’s State Systems of Higher Education course. Rexe and…
Tags: Interrnational
The Institute faculty and staff celebrated with our seventeen summer and winter graduates during Commencement on Friday, December 13. Our M.Ed. and Ph.D. graduates, along with their families and friends, were invited to a special brunch in their honor, and the Ed.D. cohort gathered for dinner after the ceremony. Adrian Klemme (PhD) Rebecca Perdomo (PhD) Ashley Burnside (EdD) Lady Cox (EdD) Lynn Durham (EdD) Rebecca Gunter (EdD) John Fuchko III (…
Tags: Executive EdD
IHE’s director, Libby V. Morris, delivered the fall graduate commencement address on Friday, December 13 at 2:30 in the Stegeman Coliseum.  "I hope your pathway forward is filled with a sense of gratitude, valued colleagues, meaningful opportunities and responsible action,” Morris said. “By following your passion, you will write your life’s best story.” Serving as vice provost for academic affairs from 2010 to 2013, Morris established the…

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