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MIHE @ AERA 2022
MIHE Community at AERA 2022

A large number of MIHE students, faculty, alumni, and former postdoctoral associates are participating in the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century. The meeting was held April 21-26, 2002 with participants able to attend virtually and in-person in San Diego, CA. AERA 2022 Thursday, April 21 2:30-4:00 Meredith Billings (former postdoc), Denisa Gandara…

Wolniak Review of Research in Education
Wolniak Reappraises the Value of Artistic Opportunity in Society

by Larissa Lozano In their article for Review of Research in Education, Amy Whitaker (NYU) and Greg Wolniak argue that “dealing with social and racial/ethnic exclusion is a systemic problem that requires consideration of the many intertwined contributory factors.” Based on a SNAAP DataBrief about socioeconomic & racial/ethnic exclusion in the arts written by them earlier this year, Wolniak and Whitaker analyze inequities in the arts, such…

Amy Stich
Stich Tagged to Join Institutional Challenge Grant Team for Research Expertise

Amy Stich is a fellow on a new research-practice partnership grant team to explore financial burdens of college and how to improve. The 2022 Institutional Challenge Grant was awarded to Georgia State University’s Georgia Policy Labs (GPL) and Achieve Atlanta. The three-year project is led by co-PIs Sally Wallace, dean of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State, and Tina Fernandez, founder and executive director of Achieve…

Stich and Case
Stich and Case Review Broke

In their book Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities, Laura T. Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen analyze the impacts of defunding public institutions on racially marginalized students and “new universities” —competitive research universities primarily serving low-income and minority students.  Associate professor of higher education Amy Stich and PhD student Collin Case further explore this issue by providing diverse…

Nicola Ingram
Persistent Bias Compounds Labor Market Stress

Nicola Ingram, Professor of Sociology of Education at the Manchester Metropolitan University, shared qualitative research that delves into the lived experiences of college graduates from non-middle class backgrounds in the British labor market. Her survey data adds voice and context to the statistical data showing that graduates from underrepresented backgrounds have a more difficult time transitioning into appropriate employment and realizing…

Karen Webber and Rachel Burns
Is Grad School Worth It? Webber and Burns Examine the Debt Crisis

As enrollment in graduate programs is increasing, so is educational debt. Many students wonder if they can afford to stay in school and how they can reduce the debt burden of attending college. Using national data on student finance and institutional expenditures, Karen Webber, professor emerita of higher education at the McBee Institute of Higher Education, and Rachel Burns (MIHE Ph.D. 2018) a senior policy analyst at SHEEO, relate trends in…

How to Interview with Amy Stich
Stich Conducts Interview of Interviewing Expert

by Larissa Lozano Dr. Amy Stich interviews Dr. Kathy Roulston on the skills needed to effectively conduct qualitative interviews and current developments in the field. The podcast, released on February 10, is episode 30 of “Tricks, Tips, and Stories in Qualitative Interviewing” in the Qualitative Conversations series from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Stich sets the stage for this in-depth discussion by acknowledging that…

Andy Brantley Burnout in Higher Education
Brantley Seeks Causes of Professional Burnout among Chief Academic Officers

by Larissa Lozano Brantley conducted interviews with chief academic officers and uncovered eleven key insights into what exactly makes chief academic officers stay or leave their positions. Brantley cites recent research indicating that 47% of CAOs have been in their positions three years or less and the median term is around six years.  Brantley has personal experience with challenges of higher education administration. He served as…


Cain and Hevel Highlight Legacy of Committee on Gay Education

Tim Cain and co-author Michael Hevel highlight an important and precedent-setting piece of the broader history of LGBTQ+ student rights on college campuses. The article, published in Review of Higher Education, follows the committed a struggle of the Committee on Gay Education (CGE) at the University of Georgia. Relying on archival documents, contemporary media coverage and subsequent scholarly literature, Cain and Hevel set the events…

Whatley and Stich
Whatley and Stich Test Network Analysis in Meta-Study

Melissa Whatley (PhD 2019) and Amy Stich collaborated on a recent article published in Journal of Mixed Methods Research, "Pushing the Integration Envelope: A Network Analysis of Study Abroad Website Content." Using previous research on study abroad programs, Whatley & Stich employed network analysis "as a strategy for integrating data through analysis and as a way of validating earlier findings." They identify specific…
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