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Libby Morris
Morris Receives Faculty Blue Key Service Award

Dr. Libby V. Morris was honored for her extensive service at the University of Georgia's annual Tucker Dorsey Blue Key Awards Banquet on Friday, November 8th. Morris received the Faculty Blue Key Service Award in recognition for her ongoing career focused on public service, innovation in higher education, and scholarship. The Blue Key Service Award is presented to distinguished individuals who have made a major contribution to the University.

Amy Stich
Stich Leads Workshop on Supporting First-Gen Students

​As part of UGA's Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion (CDI) for university faculty and staff, Amy Stich will teach a course on first-generation college students on Wednesday, November 6.  Her course, The First-Generation College Student: Inclusion, Empowerment and Academic Success​, aligns with the celebrations surrounding National First-Generation Student Day. It will be an interactive…
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Hee Jung Gong
Hee Jung Gong Awarded AERA Dissertation Grant

IHE doctoral candidate Hee Jung Gong has been awarded a dissertation grant by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant of $25,000 will enable Hee Jung to complete research on her dissertation titled "The Iron Triangle of College Admission: The Impact of Early Admission Policies on Organizational Outcomes at Four-year Colleges and Universities in the U…
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2017 Graduates
Now Accepting Applications for Next Executive Ed.D. Cohort

IHE's Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Management is now accepting applications for its next cohort, set to begin in January of 2020. The Executive Ed.D. is an accelerated program offering advanced coursework for middle- and senior-level, post-secondary education administrators. The curriculum, taught by the expert faculty of IHE, is broad and rigorous, covering both U.S. and international systems of higher education. Dissertation research…
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EdD Cohort in China
EdD Cohort Returns from China

During the month of June members of Cohort 5 of the IHE’s executive EdD program in higher education management spent a week in China. Besides visiting universities in Beijing and Shanghai to hear presentations on a range of topics, the cohort toured famous sites such as the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, and the Forbidden City. Alumna Haixia Xu, deputy director of the Comparative Education Division of the Chinese Ministry of Education,…
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George Spencer
George Spencer Joins IHE Faculty

The Institute of Higher Education is pleased to announce the appointment of George C. Spencer Jr. as assistant professor of higher education beginning fall 2019. He joins IHE from the Steinhardt Graduate School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University where he has been a Dean’s Faculty Fellow since 2017. “I am delighted to join the faculty of the Institute of Higher Education at UGA,” says Spencer. “It is exciting to…
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Maurice Shirley
Shirley Examines Impact of Working through College

Maurice Shirley visited with faculty and students at the Institute on Tuesday, June 11. In addition to a roundtable discussion with students, Dr. Shirley presented a lecture outlining his professional background and research on the effects of employment on college student outcomes. While the percentage of high school students employed is lower and shows a downward trend, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates a dramatic shift occurs…
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Karen Webber
Karen Webber Delivers a Keynote at Austrian Conference

On Thursday, May 23, Karen Webber will deliver a keynote address at the Austrian Network for Higher Education Research meeting. Her talk, "Building Capacity in Institutional Research and Decision Support in Higher Education," addresses the conference's theme exploring potential tension in research between rigor and relevance. After the two-day conference, she will visit Danube University in Krems before returning to…

Heidi Leming
Leming Recognized by NASPA

Alumna Heidi Scheusner Leming (PhD ’13) has received the 2019 John Jones Award for Outstanding Performance as a Senior Student Affairs Officer from the leading student affairs organization, NASPA, Region III. The award recognizes student affairs officers, who are well-respected as collaborative, effective, and inspirational leaders by a range of campus constituencies, who show strategic and innovative leadership in providing programs and…
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Jeff Stein
Stein Promoted to VP for Strategic Initiatives

Alumnus Jeff Stein (EdD, 2017) has been named vice president for strategic initiatives at Elon University where he has been serving as an associate vice president and the chief of staff under two Elon presidents. In his new role, Stein will oversee creation and implementation of Elon’s next 10-year strategic plan and support special projects and partnerships between the university and local and regional governments and organizations. Jeff will…
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