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Greg Wolniak
Wolniak named 2020 SNAPP Research Fellow

Wolniak was named a 2020 Research Fellow for the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP). The fellowship includes access to a large alumni survey database containing postcollege information on undergraduate arts majors. Using the database, Greg Wolniak and research partner, Amy Whitaker, will examine issues of diversity and equity in the arts, and the extent to which (and for whom) undergraduate arts education serves as a…

Maurice Shirley
Shirley Selected into 2020 NCES Data Institute

IHE postdoctoral associate Maurice Shirley was named a fellow in the 2020 NCES Data Institute: Using Federal Datasets to Support Research on Postsecondary Education. The Institute provides an intensive introduction to NCES datasets and research methodologies using large-scale national data sources. Shirley said, "I am excited about the prospect of meeting likeminded scholars, who are also dedicated to enhancing education. It's a unique…
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IHE Team Deconstructs Intermediaries' Messaging

An article by a team of IHE faculty, students, and an alumnus appears in Educational Policy OnlineFirst. Lindsey Hammond, Philip Adams, Paul G. Rubin (PhD 2017), and Erik C. Ness use rhetorical analysis to examine how 11 influential intermediaries package their college completion policy messages. The article, entitled “A Rhetorical Analysis of Intermediary Organization Documents on College Completion Policy,” is an extension of a five-state…

George Spencer
Spencer Publishes Research on Articulation

A research paper by George C. Spencer, Jr. appears in The Review of Higher Education. In "Promoting the Attainment-to-Transfer Pathway: Effects of Transfer Associate Degree Policies Across States," Spencer examines associate degree transfer policies to better understand the policy effects on students earning associate degrees.  According to Spencer, many state governments established comprehensive articulation policies…

Greg Wolniak
Wolniak's Research Cited in Daily Iowan

Greg Wolniak joined colleagues at the University of Iowa and Montana State University to examine the various residual benefits of the college experience. The team's findings and paper, "The Post-Collegiate Influence of Undergraduate Experiences: Intellectual, Civic, and Psychological Outcomes," was featured in an article in the Daily Iowan on December 9. The study pulled data from a sample of over 20,000 college graduates to …

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IHE at ASHE 2019

The Institute was well represented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual conference in Portland, November 13-16. Faculty, students, former post-docs, and alumni presented and led discussion groups. Wednesday, November 13 9:30 am – Austin Lyke (MEd 2017) - Effects of California's Online Education Initiative (Paper presentation) 1:30 pm – Sean Baser & Erik Ness – Interest Groups in America Higher Education: Past, Present…

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Team with IHE Ties Research Trustee Influence

The Journal of Higher Education published a new paper by Sondra N. Barringer (former IHE postdoc), Barrett J. Taylor (PhD 2012) & Sheila Slaughter. Their research tracks the influence and status of trustees at higher education institutions since the 1970s. In "Trustees in Turbulent Times: External Affiliations and Stratification among U.S. Research Universities, 1975–2015," the team finds that…

George Spencer
Spencer Publishes Research on Benefits of Ethnic Studies Coursework

George Spencer and Janine de Novais study the impact of Ethnic Studies courses on two distinct types of racial attitudes: structural racism perceptions and cross-racial empathy. Their article, "Learning Race to Unlearn Racism: The Effects of Ethnic Studies Course-Taking" appears in the most recent issue of The Journal of Higher Education. Drawing on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen (NLSF), the…

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Toutkoushian Finds Key Determinants of College Aspirations

Rob Toutkoushian co-authored “Time May Change Me: Examining How Aspirations for College Evolve during High School.” The article appears in the fall 2019 issue of The Review of Higher Education. Using data from a statewide survey of high school students in Indiana, the researchers introduce a conceptual model to explain how student aspirations may change over time, utilize panel methods to examine the extent to which this happens during high…

Amy Stich
Stich Addresses Bourdieu Study Group Conference

Amy Stich delivered a keynote address at the British Sociological Association’s International Bourdieu Study Group Conference on Friday, September 27 at Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. Her talk, The Global Reach of Capital’s Long Shadow: Reproducing Inequality across Contexts, focused on the ways that higher education perpetuates social inequities. The annual conference explores the place of Pierre Bourdieu and his theories…
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