UW–Madison’s Clifton Conrad spoke with WalletHub recently about the role of college towns and their importance for students. Conrad is a professor emeritus of higher education and former Vilas Distinguished Professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The story explores how colleges influence the communities in which they reside, …
By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Driven by the goal of improving the country’s ability to solve complex problems, a partnership led by UW–Madison’s Wei LAB will help engineering societies apply a newly released international standard on diversity and inclusion. It aims to foster STEM disciplinary excellence by supporting fuller engagement of women and minoritized people in …
By Laurel White Federal and state budgets that use “equity-based” funding principles for higher education could be the key to addressing achievement gaps for low-income and minority students, according to a new report from UW–Madison researchers. The report released today by the Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Labbrings together decades of research about higher education funding and …
Madison365’s 2023 list of “Wisconsin’s 51 Most Influential Black Leaders” spotlights six individuals with ties to the UW–Madison School of Education. Those featured are “elected leaders, business leaders, and community leaders, doing difficult, important work, often in the face of discrimination and literally generations of oppression,” according to Madison365’s CEO and publisher, Henry Sanders. Of the …
By Käri Knutson, University Communications A search-and-screen committee has been appointed to help identify and select candidates for the next dean of the School of Education. Carolyn Kelley, professor of educational leadership and policy analysis in the School of Education, is chairing the search committee. Diana Hess, who has served as dean of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School …
A short film that honors the legacy of artist and UW–Madison professor Truman Lowe has been awarded a regional Emmy. The film, “Exploring the Artistic Process of Truman Lowe: A Journey Through Native American Art & Education,” spotlights Lowe’s artistic achievements and teaching legacy and was premiered by Discover Wisconsin on April 19. In November, …
UW–Madison graduate student Cynthia Baeza, a PhD candidate with the School of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, is a recipient of a 2024 Jhumki Basu Scholar Award from the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). NARST is a global organization of professionals committed to the improvement of science teaching and learning through research. The award, …
Four people with ties to UW–Madison are receiving recognition in the annual Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings that are designed to spotlight the top 200 education scholars across the nation “who move ideas from academic journals into the national conversation.” The Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings, released on Jan. 4, are compiled by Frederick Hess, an Education Week blogger …
On Dec. 17, hundreds of winter graduates earned degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Among them was Madisson Delebeck, an art and biochemistry double major who was spotlighted as a “notable grad” in a campus news story for her unusual pairing of academic interests. “I want to show people that they don’t have to settle for one …
UW–Madison’s Erica Turner, an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies, recently appeared on two podcasts and a radio program to talk about her award-winning book, “Suddenly Diverse: How School Districts Manage Race and Inequality.” The book presents an ethnographic account of two school districts in the Midwest responding to rapidly …