Titled “Policy Design Matters: The Impact of Performance Funding Policies on Credential Completion at Community Colleges,” and authored by Amy Y. Li, Alec I. Kennedy, and Margaret L. Sebastian, the brief shares results from a recent study examining how policies with particular design features affect short-term certificate, medium-term certificate, and associate degree completions. The study found that some …
Even showing up on security footage while shopping will do it. Active or passive, all these activities leave a digital record that moment by moment is driving the largest collection of information ever accumulated. According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the information being generated online every two days equals the total amount recorded in all …
Graue is the university’s Sorenson Professor of Early Childhood Education and is a faculty member with the School of Education’s top-ranked Department of Curriculum and Instruction. A former kindergarten teacher, Graue also directs the Center for Research on Early Childhood Education within the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. A preview of the “Research Minutes” podcast …
Performances take place on Friday, Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 13 at 2:30 p.m., both in Lathrop Hall’s Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space. This concert is being co-presented by UW–Madison’s Dance Department and Li Chiao-Ping Dance. It will include performances from: Simone Linhares Ferro, chair of the Department of Dance at the University …
Unal was recognized on Friday, Sept. 21, at Union South as one of the organization’s “Extra Mile Award Winners.” She is director of UW–Madison’s Office of Child Care and Family Resources, which is administratively housed within the School of Education. In this role, Unal is responsible for the coordination of all five early education and …
Bird Bear developed the First Nations Heritage Tour to promote understanding of the history of Madison’s landscapes and address major racial equity issues. It was originally developed for American Indian students adjusting to college life, and has since been adapted for use in curriculum. Over the past three years, there have been almost 200 tours. Bird Bear …
Ruppar and Doren are faculty members with the School of Education’s Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education (RPSE). Their funding is being provided via the Spencer Foundation’s small research grants program. Melinda Leko and Kimber Wilkerson, who also are faculty members with RPSE, are co-Investigators on the project. Leko is department chair while Wilkerson is the …
This lab is noteworthy, On Wisconsin reports, for its specialized focus on health outcomes for transgender people. Budge, an associate professor with the Department of Counseling Psychology, is both the founder and the director of the lab. As a Ph.D. student, Budge interviewed a transgender man for her career-counseling course. After discussing his career path …
The School of Education’s Global Higher Education master’s degree program is helping host a free event on Tuesday, Oct. 2, titled “Pathways to Careers in International Higher Education.” The event runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Education Building’s Wisconsin Idea Room (room 159). Participants will learn more about the growing field of international …
The researchers will test the effectiveness of brief episodes of instruction over the course of a semester to build children’s understanding of the equal sign and associated gains in algebraic thinking. Participants in the research will be elementary- and middle- school students. Matthews is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s No. 1-ranked Department …