University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Research project to examine internships at six historically black colleges and universities

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The Center for Research on College-to-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) — a project at UW‒Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research — is collaborating with the United Negro College Fund’s Career Pathways Initiative and a vocational psychologist to study internship programs at six historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that have a high population of STEM graduates. The $1.5 million NSF-funded longitudinal, mixed-methods study …

Bird Bear, Poler to deliver Oct. 16 University Roundtable presentation on ‘Our Shared Future’

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Aaron Bird Bear and Omar Poler will be leading a presentation for The University Roundtable speaker series on Oct. 16 titled, “Our shared future: Teaching the 12,000-year human story of campus.” Bird Bear (Mandan and Hidasta) is the School of Education’s assistant dean for student diversity programs and is an enrolled member of the Three …

Madison Education Partnership’s fall 2019 request for proposals due Sept. 23

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MEP is a research-practice partnership between the School of Education’s Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD). The Partnership runs an annual funding cycle for UW–Madison faculty and staff to encourage them to work with the school district. An overarching goal of the Partnership is to identify actions the district could …

University ‘unzips’ Bascom Hill for major utilities upgrade

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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. …

Study: Increasing graduate student debt affects African-American students most

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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 …

Search underway for next director of Wisconsin Center for Education Research

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UW–Madison’s School of Education is beginning its process for finding the next director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER). A 13-member search-and-screen committee is being led by WIDA Executive Director Tim Boals and Percival Matthews, an associate professor with the Department of Educational Psychology and a WCER researcher. The committee is strongly encouraging …

School of Education greets 13 new faculty members

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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 …

Summer 2019 edition of Learning Connections now available online

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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 …