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Kelly Slaton
Slaton Attends NCES/NSF Data Institute

IHE doctoral student Kelly Slaton was selected as a fellow for the 2016 NCES/NSF Summer Data Institute. The institute, to be held June 20-22 in Washington, D.C., is an intensive short-term study with NCES datasets and research methodologies using large-scale national data sources. Competitive application to be selected is announced on the website of the American Institutes for Research each fall. Slaton is the most recent in a long line of…


EPS Brown Bag

Sheila Slaughter presenting "Private AAU University Networks as Enclaves for University-Industry Innovation and Co-evolution" Monday, May 23 11:30-12:30 Institute of Higher Education  Meigs Hall, Room 101

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Marvin Titus Presents EPS: 12:00 in Room 101

The title of his presentation is "Degree Production and Cost Efficiency: An Application of Stochastic Frontier and Spatial Analysis." Dr. Marvin Titus will present the first Education Policy Seminar for the 2015-16 academic year. He is associate professor of higher education at the University of Maryland. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and history from York College of the City University of New York, masters in economics at the…
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Rippner Book Based on Her Dissertation Research Published by Routledge

Jennifer Rippner (Ph.D. 2013), who recently served as an IHE postdoctoral research and teaching associate, has a new book out based on her dissertation research. The American Education Policy Landscape (Routledge 2016) provides a comprehensive overview of early childhood, K-12, and higher education policy issues – examining governance structures at the local, state, and national levels; the process of policymaking; issues of educational…

Jason Lee
Lee Receives 2016 Miller Fellowship

Jason C. Lee, a graduate student and research assistant in the Institute of Higher Education, has been named the 2016 recipient of the Zell and Shirley Miller Fellowship, awarded annually to an IHE doctoral student of high promise. “The Miller Fellowship was established to support doctoral study of significant issues in the field of higher education,” said IHE Director Libby Morris. “The Miller Fellow is chosen by the Institute’s faculty, taking…


Inside Higher Ed Reports on Research by Toutkoushian and Two IHE Students

Research by IHE professor Rob Toutkoushian and two IHE students on what is meant by the term “first-generation student” was reported in a recent Inside Higher Ed article, following a presentation on their findings at the 2015 ASHE conference. Despite the widespread use of the term by educators and policy makers, “no one has defined what they mean by ‘first generation,’” says Toutkoushian, who used data from a nationally representative sample of…


IHE Students Present at ASHE 2015

Sixteen IHE students are participating in a total of 27 presentations, poster sessions and roundtables at the 2015 conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Denver this week. Their topics – ranging from investigating student loan debt to outcomes-based funding policies – relate to the theme of the 40th annual conference: Inequality & Higher Education. Denisa Gándara, Paul Rubin, Lori Hagood, Kristen Linthicum…


Hearn Is One of 13 Authors of Papers on Outcomes-based Funding Released by the Lumina Foundation

IHE professor and associate director James Hearn is among 13 higher education researchers and thought leaders nationally who have authored a series of papers to be released over the coming months by the Lumina Foundation. The papers offer insights into how states and their public institutions have implemented outcomes-based funding models to improve upon decades-old performance- and enrollment-based funding approaches. “Done right, outcomes-…


IHE Fellow Inducted into Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship

IHE Fellow Lorilee R. Sandmann is a 2015 inductee for membership in the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES). She was one of nine inducted during a Sept. 30 ceremony at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium Conference held at Penn State University.  A professor emerita in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at UGA, Sandmann serves as editor of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement…

Denisa Gandara
Doctoral Candidate Receives Two Honors

Athens, GA – Denisa Gándara, a doctoral candidate in the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia, has recently received two prestigious honors. She is one of 33 students nationally awarded a 2015 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, and she is also one of nine students receiving support from a minority dissertation fellowship program of the American Educational Research Association. The Ford Foundation fellowship provides…
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