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Chuck Ambrose
Nietzel and Ambrose Advise Leaders to Focus on the Bottom Line

by Mary Harrison Michael T. Nietzel and Charles M. Ambrose (MIHE EdD, 1989) provided an overview of their new book entitled Colleges on the Brink: The Case for Financial Exigency, in Inside Higher Ed. Nietzel and Ambrose write that the higher education sector is navigating terrain made more difficult by "a prolonged stretch of sinking enrollments, a global pandemic, uncertainties in state funding, a public increasingly skeptical of their value…

Kate Maine
Maine Named VP at Dalton State and Georgia Highlands

Kate Maine (Ed.D. 2019) was named as the inaugural vice president for marketing, communications and workforce development in a position shared between Dalton State University and Georgia Highlands College. Dalton State President John Fuchko III said, "Dr. Maine is an experienced higher education professional who understands the importance of Dalton State to our region, and I am very excited to have her join the college." Maine had previously…

Webber
Webber Co-Edits Al Themed Volume

by Jewel Caruso Karen Webber, McBee professor emeritus and past president of Association for Institutional Research, served as special guest editor for The AIR: Professional File Fall 2023 volume along with Henry Zheng.  The volume includes four articles on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics. Webber and Zheng write in their preface that they "briefly present some of the key factors that helped drive…

McBee members
MIHE Community Tapped to Comment on Academic Job Market in Red States

by Jewel Caruso Paul Rubin (PhD 2017), Barrett Taylor (PhD 2012), and Brendan Cantwell (former McBee postdoc) contributed to a recent article in Inside Higher Ed by Ryan Quinn, "Are Professors Really Fleeing Universities in Red States?" In the article, Quinn addresses news articles that have "raised alarms" that waves of faculty members are fleeing red states. Some observers had speculated that right-wing pressure has led to "Southern…

Job Ad Prof
McBee Accepting Applications for Assistant Professor

The Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position to begin August 1, 2024. The successful candidate will be expected to teach core graduate-level courses, advises and mentor doctoral students in their studies and research, develop an. emerging national reputations in their research field, pursue an active program of funded research, and participate…

Gong and Toutkoushian Research
Gong and Toutkoushian Research Degree Expectations among High School Students

by Jewel Caruso An article by Hee Jung Gong (PhD 2021) and Robert Toutkoushian, McBee associate director, appears in the Educational Policy January 2024 issue. Their article, titled "High School Students' Expectations and College Aspirations: Causes and Consequences," explores the factors that influence high school students' educational aspirations and expectations and the impact on student enrollment in postsecondary institutions.…

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McBee Accepting Applications for IT Systems Support Associate

This position is responsible for managing IT core infrastructure and functional processes and maintaining additional security measures and proactively engages in project management/coordination for the McBee Institute of Higher Education faculty, staff, advisers, and students.  Visit here to see full posting 

Hearn with Rall
Hearn Receives ASHE Distinguished Career Award

James C. Hearn, professor of higher education and interim director of the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, received the Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education. The Bowen Award is given in recognition of a professional life “devoted to the study of higher education and a career that advanced the field through scholarship, leadership, and service,” according to the association’s…

Brown SHEEO
Brown Investigates Lottery Funding in Higher Ed

Pearson Brown, McBee doctoral student and state policy intern at SHEEO, recently wrote an issue brief in SHEEO’s State Higher Education Finance project. The brief, titled “Analyzing Lottery Proceeds as an Aspect of State Support for Higher Education,” details how lottery funding is utilized by states to support higher education through state financial aid and institutional appropriations. Since the birth of modern state lotteries in 1964, 45…

Dialogues in Diversity
Toutkoushian Helps Campus Community Think Strategically About First-Gen Students

Dr. Robert K. Toutkoushian led a Dialogues in Diversity Lunchtime session on first-generation college students (FGCS) on October 24. The series, coordinated by the UGA Office of Institutional Diversity, invites scholars to introduce a topic and encourage several dozen people from across campus to discuss particular issues in diversity that relate to higher education. Toutkoushian, professor and associate director at the McBee Institute, has a…
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