By Karen Rivedal, WCER Communications Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) Director Courtney Bell has appointed WCER researcher and associate professor of higher education Brian Burt to lead WCER’s path-breaking Wei LAB one year after he became its assistant director and nearly 15 years since he first used the LAB’s programs to help him succeed as a Black PhD student at …
Less selective universities do the most to educate the poorest students in the U.S., according to a new study from UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman that was spotlighted in University World News. The completion rate for students who receive federally funded Pell Grants is higher for those who attend the nation’s most selective universities than it is for …
A story that appeared in the Menominee Nation News spotlighted a recent visit by 14 UW–Madison students to the College of Menominee Nation’s Kenesha campus to learn about tribal colleges and universities. The students were part of Professor Clifton F. Conrad’s summer term course, Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education. During the two-day visit, they participated …
UW–Madison’s Nick Hillman, a professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, has shared his expertise with a range of media outlets on the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. Hillman is an expert in how finance, policy, and geography shape educational opportunities, and is the director of the university’s Student …
The UW–Madison School of Education is bringing in another large, talented, and diverse cohort of new faculty members to campus for the start of the upcoming fall semester. To welcome these newest members of our community — and to reconnect with colleagues and celebrate the start of the upcoming 2022-23 academic year — the School …
As parents, students, and teachers prepare for the upcoming 2022-23 academic year, experts from UW–Madison’s School of Education are ready to share their thoughts with media members on a range of school and education-related topics. Countdown to kindergarten (and 4K) As a parent, one day you’re changing diapers … and the next thing you know …
School of Education alumnus David J. O’Connor is a recipient of a 2022 Forward Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Foundation. The Forward Award acknowledges rising stars in various fields who exemplify the Wisconsin Idea through an emphasis on service, discovery, and progress. Young alumni within 15 years of graduation who have demonstrated exceptional early-career achievement …
UW–Madison’s Paris Wicker received a prestigious Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, which will allow her to further her work in studying the well-being of Black and Indigenous college students. “This is a dream project for me,” says Wicker, who has been determined to explore “who gets well in higher education and under what conditions” after working …
The Summer 2022 edition of Learning Connections, a magazine for alumni and friends of the UW–Madison School of Education, is now posted online. This latest issue centers on “Rising to the Challenge.” The nation is divided on a range of topics and ongoing divisions are making it difficult to solve problems. In this environment, School of …
The University of Michigan School of Education magazine published a profile of UW–Madison’s Brian Burt in a story spotlighting the school’s inaugural alumni award winners. Burt, who received an Emerging Leader Alumni Award, is currently an associate professor in the UW–Madison School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. He earned his PhD from the University of Michigan in …