April 16, 2020
Following is a series of porch portraits — or “Porchtraits” — from our photographer, Sarah Maughan. Although we are far apart physically while practicing social distancing, we remain connected as a School of Education community. Together, we will not only get through this one-of-a-kind Spring Semester — but we will make it a success.
April 14, 2020
UW-Madison’s Ellie Bruecker was featured in a National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) report concerning a recent decline in FAFSA completion due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 10, 2020
UW-Madison’s Jared Colston, a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, is the lead author on a report for New America titled “Anticipating and managing precipitous college closures.”
April 6, 2020
UW-Madison’s Xueli Wang recently discussed her new book, which explores the experiences of STEM transfer students at community colleges, with Inside Higher Ed. Wang is a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. Her book, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways,” follows 1,670 community college students over four years as they transfer to four-year institutions.
April 6, 2020
Brett Nachman took a surprising path to UW–Madison, where he is a Ph.D. student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
April 3, 2020
In an article examining a Kentucky bill that would require all high school students to file the FAFSA, the Louisville Courier Journal utilizes the expertise of UW-Madison’s Ellie Bruecker. “There are so many steps beyond FAFSA filing that low-income students and students of color and undocumented students and first-generation students need support to complete,” Bruecker tells the newspaper. “Without those supports, just making students fill out the FAFSA isn’t going to do very much.”
April 2, 2020
UW-Madison alumna Frances Wills was chosen by the New York state legislature to represent the 9th Judicial District on the state Board of Regents. Wills earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1990, and has spent more than 50 years in the field of education.
March 30, 2020
A video and story were recently released featuring UW-Madison School of Education alumnus David O'Connor and his important work as the American Indian Studies Consultant at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
March 26, 2020
UW-Madison student Josh Bach-Hanson appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s (WPR) “The Morning Show” on March 4 to discuss rural higher education in Wisconsin. With rates of enrollment declining for traditional students across the UW System, many campuses must find ways to adapt to increasingly diverse and non-traditional campus populations.
March 19, 2020
The Wisconsin State Journal utilizes the expertise of UW–Madison's Nick Hillman and the work of two of his graduate students, Jared Colston and Josh Bach-Hanson, to examine issues related to access to higher education for students living in "education deserts."