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McBee Community Presents at the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting

McBee Institute faculty, doctoral students, alumni, and former postdoctoral associates recently presented at the 2026 American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Annual Meeting, held April 8–12 in Los Angeles, California.   The McBee Institute’s participation at AERA 2026 included paper sessions, roundtables, poster sessions, and an Ed-Talk, totaling 25 sessions across the conference. One highlight was the active…

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Dr. Timothy Cain Co-Authors Report on Academic Freedom and Collective Bargaining

Professor Timothy R. Cain co-authored Academic Freedom & Collective Bargaining, a joint report recently published by the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions and the American Association of University Professors’ (AAUP) Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom (CDAF). The report is designed to demonstrate the range of ways that academic freedom is being addressed in collectively…

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Faculty-Student Research Showcase Highlights Collaborative Scholarship at the McBee Institute

At the end of February, the Louise McBee Institute for Higher Education hosted a Faculty–Student Research Showcase for prospective PhD students, highlighting the collaborative research that defines the McBee Institute’s scholarly community. The event featured four research teams, each presenting ongoing projects and offering insights into their conceptual framing, research design, and emerging findings.  Beyond showcasing scholarship,…

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Dr. Johnathan Smith Delivers Educational Policy Seminar on College Voting Rates

On February 6, 2026, the McBee Institute welcomed Jonathan Smith, Associate Professor of Economics at Georgia State University, the W.J. Usery Chair of the American Workplace, and a faculty director with the Georgia Policy Labs to deliver an educational policy seminar to McBee students and faculty. Smith’s talk presented findings from his recent study that examines how colleges influence their students’ voting behavior—both during their…

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Hailu Awarded Spencer Foundation Small Grant to Explore Refugee Cultural Heritage Use

Dr. Meseret Hailu, assistant professor of higher education at the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education, has been awarded a $50,000 Small Research Grant from the Spencer Foundation to support her project, Narratives of Persistence: A Postcolonial Exploration of Black African Refugee Postsecondary Students’ Cultural Heritage Use.Dr. Hailu will lead the two-year qualitative study as principal investigator, in close collaboration with co-…

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Dr. Attila Pausits Visits McBee Institute

The Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education is delighted to welcome Dr. Attila Pausits to Meigs Hall as a visiting scholar this summer. Dr. Pausits serves as a full professor of higher education research and development and as the head of the department for higher education research at the University for Continuing Education Krems in Austria. Reflecting on his visit, Dr. Pausits shared: “My visit offers an opportunity to deepen my…

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William T. Grant Foundation’s Kim DuMont Visits McBee Institute to Share Research Funding Opportunities

On Monday, May 12, the Louise McBee Institute of Higher Education welcomed Dr. Kim DuMont, Senior Vice President of Programs at the William T. Grant Foundation, for an engaging presentation on the Foundation’s mission and research funding opportunities. Speaking to faculty and students, Dr. DuMont offered valuable insights into how scholars whose work aligns with the Foundation’s goals can secure support for impactful research.  Dr. DuMont…

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Faculty and Student Showcase Collaborative Research

McBee Institute faculty and students presented several collaborative research projects as part of a research showcase for prospective PhD students on February 28. Three research teams shared ongoing projects, providing insights into the design, methodologies, and some preliminary research findings. It was a wonderful opportunity for our current students to demonstrate how they have developed their research acumen through participation in these…

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Blaney Awarded NSF CAREER and ECR Awards to Examine Transfer Trajectories in Computer Science  

Dr. Jennifer M. Blaney, a newly appointed Associate Professor of Higher Education, will serve as principal investigator on two new NSF Awards – the CAREER Award valued at more than $625,000 and the EDU Core Research (ECR) Award, valued at almost $1.5 million. The NSF CAREER Award is a competitive funding opportunity awarded to faculty members who can serve as solid academic role models in educational and research fields. The NSF ECR Award…

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Cain Publishes Article on Student Voting Restrictions

McBee Institute faculty member Tim Cain’s research on efforts to limit college student voting in the 1970s has been published as a “FirstView” article in the History of Education Quarterly; the print version will appear this fall. The article, “‘Isn’t It Terrible That All These Students Are Voting?’: Student Suffrage in College Towns,” demonstrates that college town officials and citizens actively worked to undermine the college student rights…
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