UW-Madison’s Josh Bach-Hanson appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s (WPR) “The Morning Show” on March 4 to discuss rural higher education in Wisconsin. Bach-Hanson is a doctoral student with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, and is a researcher with The Student Success Through Applied Research (SSTAR) Lab. Bach-Hanson tells WPR that there …
The Wisconsin State Journal recently utilized 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 dwindling enrollment and access to higher education for rural students at some Wisconsin campuses. Hillman is an associate professor with the School of Education’s Department …
By UW–Madison Graduate School communications School of Education Ph.D. candidates Nancy Herrera and Dominic J. Ledesma have been selected for the 2020 cohort of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society’s UW–Madison Chapter. The Bouchet Society provides scholars with a network of peers who exemplify character, leadership, scholarship, service, and advocacy for those who have …
UW–Madison’s School of Education and several of its programs are once again ranked among the very best in the nation in the 2021 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools rankings released Tuesday, March 17. UW-Madison is home to the No. 1-ranked public school of education in the nation, a distinction it is sharing …
UW–Madison alumna Jamila Lee-Johnson received second place honors in the Dissertation of the Year Award competition from the American Association for Blacks in Higher Education. Lee-Johnson earned her Ph.D. from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 2019. Her dissertation is titled, “I am Becoming”: Understanding the Experiences of Undergraduate Black …
The work of UW–Madison’s Mollie McQuillan received honorable mention recognition in the 2020 Outstanding Dissertation Award competition being administered by the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Division A. McQuillan is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The dissertation being recognized, which McQuillan completed en route to earning …
UW-Madison’s Nick Hillman recently appeared on PBS Wisconsin’s “Noon Wednesday” webcast on Feb. 12 for a segment titled, “The Growing Student Debt Dilemma.” The webcast preview explains how the “rapid growth of student loan debt has grabbed the attention of state lawmakers, saying it could impact Wisconsin’s economy. Nick Hillman, director of the Student Success Through …
Milwaukee’s public radio, WUWM 89.7-FM, recently profiled UW-Madison alumna Carolyn Stanford Taylor. Stanford Taylor earned an undergraduate degree in elementary education in 1978 and a master’s from the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in 1979. Among many achievements in Stanford Taylor’s career, she is the first black woman to lead Wisconsin’s Department …
UW-Madison’s Brett Nachman served as the lead author on a case study exploring campus climates for autistic lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) college students. Nachman is doctoral candidate with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The article is titled ” ‘Whose Liability Is It Anyway?’ Cultivating an Inclusive College …
UW-Madison’s Xueli Wang has spent much of her academic career examining ways to improve the higher education landscape in an effort to help college students find their path to a better life. Wang’s research puts a particular emphasis on students who start out at two-year colleges with an eye on transferring to a four-year institution …