September 8, 2019
Bascom Hill looks a little bit different than it did at the end of the spring semester. But there's a good reason for the fences and detours. Crews are busy replacing underground utilities, some of which date back to the 1890s. While UW-Madison is a campus with a great appreciation for history, that's a little too historic. "We're going to unzip Bascom Hill, replace all the utilities, and put it back together," says Jeffrey A. Pollei, director of utilities and energy management in UW–Madison Facilities Planning & Management.
August 29, 2019
With the release of the 2019 College Scorecard in May and the fall semester just days away, some again are asking, "Does higher education cost more than it’s worth?" And this time, graduate school debt is under scrutiny, as it offers a mixed bag of pros and cons tied to students’ race and family incomes. In a recent working paper and a forthcoming article in the journal Sociology of Education, sociologists Jaymes Pyne and Eric Grodsky argue that for the last 20 years a perfect storm has been brewing over those seeking graduate and professional degrees, especially African-American and low-income graduate students. Grodsky is a professor of sociology and education policy, and a researcher at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), at UW–Madison. Pyne is an affiliated WCER researcher and postdoctoral research associate at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education.
August 28, 2019
UW–Madison’s School of Education is beginning its process for finding the next director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). “This position is one of the most important in the School of Education and, more broadly, on our campus,” says School of Education Dean Diana Hess. A 13-member search-and-screen committee is strongly encouraging members of the UW–Madison community to nominate candidates or to apply directly.
August 28, 2019
UW-Madison’s School of Education celebrated the start of the 2019-20 academic year with its annual Welcome Back Bash event on Thursday, Aug. 29. And once again, the School welcomed a large cohort of new faculty members, with 13 talented scholars joining the School of Education’s roster since the start of 2019 — with many of those arriving just in time for the start of the new academic year.
June 28, 2019
The latest edition of Learning Connections, an alumni news magazine from the UW-Madison School of Education, is now available online. The Summer 2019 issue is filled with exciting news about School of Education faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The cover stories are focused on Connecting with Community, and the School's efforts to explore new possibilities, engage diverse voices, and improve lives.