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Whatley Researches Study Abroad at Community Colleges

Ph.D. student Melissa Whatley is published in the graduate student research-in-progress section of the winter 2019 issue of the Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education. Her brief, "Who Studies Abroad at US Community Colleges?" attempts to identify key characteristics that make some students more like to participate in these programs. Her past research found that factors such as access to financial aid, involvement in…


IHE Students Honored at Awards Lunch

Four doctoral students in the Institute of Higher Education received awards at a luncheon hosted by IHE on September 24th. Lindsey Hammond Lindsey Hammond and Emmanuel Little were the recipients of awards honoring the memories of IHE faculty members Thomas G. Dyer and J. Douglas Toma, and Charles Sanchez was the inaugural recipient of the Libby V. Morris Leadership award. The Zell and Shirley Miller Fellowship, established to honor the late…

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Wolniak Awarded PRI Grant

Gregory Wolniak receives a $350,000 grant through the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI). Associate Professor Gregory Wolniak has received a $350,000 grant through the Prisoner Reentry Institute (PRI) at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice to conduct a process and outcomes evaluation of its College Initiative (CI) program. CI promotes access to higher education opportunities for people who have been incarcerated and provides guidance and…

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Webber Receives Top AIR Award

The Association for Institutional Research is pleased to announce Dr. Karen Webber as the recipient of the 2018 Sidney Suslow Scholar Award. The Suslow Award is the highest honor AIR bestows on an individual. In addition, this is an honor for the Institute of Higher Education since this is the fourth Suslow Award presented to faculty from the University of Georgia. Webber joins previous UGA faculty members Drs. Cameron Fincher and…

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IHE Welcomes Two New Faculty

The Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia will welcome two new faculty members in the fall. Amy Stich comes to IHE as assistant professor of higher education from the Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations at Northern Illinois University, where she was an assistant professor. Gregory Wolniak comes to IHE as associate professor of higher education after serving as founding director of the…

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Webber Publishes New Book on Institutional Research and Decision Support

Karen Webber, associate professor in the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, has edited a new book from Springer Press titled Building Capacity in Institutional Research and Decision Support in Higher Education. Available as an eBook and in a hardcover print edition, the book examines the relevant roles, skills and knowledge needed to build the institutional research capacity across the higher education sector…

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IHE Doctoral Student Is Part of Team Researching Undergraduate Encounters with Religion

Joshua Patterson, a doctoral candidate in the Institute of Higher Education, along with two University of Georgia colleagues, is a recipient of a national research award supporting innovative, interdisciplinary scholarship based on IDEALS data. IDEALS is a national, longitudinal research project that seeks to understand undergraduate encounters with religious and worldview diversity. Designed in partnership with Interfaith Youth Core and…

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IHE Ph.D. Student Writes Successful Grant Proposal for Georgia Southern

Dominique Quarles, a Ph.D. student in the Institute of Higher Education, wrote Georgia Southern University’s successful grant proposal for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, a U.S. Department of Education Federal TRIO Program. With a perfect score of 110/110, he secured $1.1 million in funding over the next five years for first-generation and low-income undergraduate students at Georgia Southern University who wish to…

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IHE Students Receive Special Awards

Three doctoral students in the Institute of Higher Education were honored at a special awards luncheon hosted by IHE on October 6, 2017. Melissa Whatley and Karley Riffe were the recipients of awards honoring the memories of IHE faculty members Thomas G. Dyer and J. Douglas Toma. Lori Hagood was named the 12th recipient of the Zell and Shirley Miller Fellowship, established in 2005 to honor the former Georgia governor and his wife. Dyer,…


Ph.D. Student and Faculty Member Co-PIs for Project Funded by New UGA Seed Grant Program

David Tanner and Karen Webber have been selected to receive an award through the President’s Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program. David Tanner, associate director and assistant public service faculty in UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government and a Ph.D. student in the Institute of Higher Education, is the principal investigator on a research project that has been selected to receive an award through the President’s Interdisciplinary Seed…
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