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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…

Stich, Grandstaff, Ndika & Cumbass
Researchers Explore Team Dynamics in ICQI Presentation

Amy Stich, Elizabeth Ndika, Kanler Cumbass, and Collin Case recently presented their paper, Negotiating Ourselves: Navigating Paradigmatic Conflict and Diverse Identities in Collaborative Qualitative Research at the 2021 ICQI Conference. Within higher education, large-scale, externally funded qualitative research often requires multiple researchers engaged in the collection, management, and analysis of data. Numerous scholars have examined…

Justin Jeffery
GAISA Will Release Briefs on International Education in Post-Covid World

With the onset of the pandemic, higher education was forced to adapt to online and hybrid education, and international students were significantly affected by these changes. The Global Alliance for International Student Advancement (GAISA) recently partnered with Hanover Research to investigate and release a series of research briefs focused on international students. The theme of this partnership is Reimagining International…
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George Spencer and AERA Journal
Helping All Students Preserve Transfer Credits

The number of credit hours that transfer students can carry with them to their new institution can be an important factor in student momentum and degree completion.  In a paper in American Educational Research Journal, George Spencer takes a look at the paths less studied, but increasingly taken, and reviews credit hour loss among lateral and reverse transfers. Since most of the state-wide policies were written for a…

Webber and Zheng at Summit
Summit on Big Data in Higher Education Highlights Data-Informed Decision Making

Big data is getting big attention. Karen Webber and Henry Zheng (The Ohio State University) presented at the EdgeEvents virtual summit, Big Data on Campus: Becoming a Data Informed Institution. Webber and Zheng offered an overview of data analytics in higher education with terms, applications, trends, common barriers, and major issues, such as privacy and ethics. They drew on research and examples collected for…
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