December 1, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education utilized the expertise of UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman for an article that is headlined, “Ohio State U. Unveils a Plan for All Students to Graduate Debt-Free.” Hillman is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and the director of the Student Success through Applied Research (SSTAR) lab.
November 26, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus David O’Connor has received a prestigious national honor for his work to change the landscape for Native American students in Wisconsin and across the Midwest. On Oct. 15, O’Connor accepted the National Indian Education Association’s Educator of the Year award at the organization’s 52nd Annual Convention and Trade Show in Omaha, Nebraska.
November 19, 2021
UW–Madison alumnus Dominic Ledesma is the recipient of the Joseph C. Beckham Award for dissertation of the year from the Education Law Association. He earned his PhD from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2021.
November 18, 2021
UW–Madison alumna Mary Pfeiffer was named Wisconsin Superintendent of the Year by the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators (WASDA) on Monday, Nov. 8. Pfeiffer currently is the superintendent of the Neenah Joint School District. She earned two degrees from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis — a master’s in 1999 and a PhD in 2006.
November 3, 2021
UW–Madison’s Julie Mead is now serving as president of the Education Law Association (ELA), a role she started during the organization’s annual conference Oct. 20-23 in San Antonio, Texas. Mead is a professor emerita with the School of Education's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
October 22, 2021
The new program is flexible and fully online to accommodate students with busy lives. “At UW–Madison, we’re uniquely positioned to draw from the university’s world-class academic and athletic resources to prepare dynamic sports leaders,” says Professor Peter Miller, the program's faculty director and chair of UW's Athletic Board.
October 14, 2021
“The CALL-ECL project will tackle one of the most important education issues today: Can we prepare leaders to create more equitable schools for students and communities?” says UW–Madison’s Richard Halverson, who is a lead researcher on the six-year, $8 million grant that will allow the team to study the work of the districts and develop tools to help support the principal pipeline efforts.
October 14, 2021
“What sets us apart is how (equity, diversity, and inclusion) work is a through line — it’s infused in everything we do. That makes us distinctly different,” says Brian Burt, an associate professor and co-coordinator of ELPA's Higher Education program.
October 13, 2021
Erica Turner's "Suddenly Diverse" and Anjalé Welton's "Anti-racist Educational Leadership and Policy" (co-authored with Sarah Diem) have been recognized by the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) as Critics' Choice Book Award winners.
October 7, 2021
Former UW System President Kevin Reilly is the author of an article published in the September/October 2021 issue of Trusteeship magazine — titled “A Wake-Up Call” — in which he argues the national conversation about the purpose of higher education has gone "dangerously off track."