UW–Madison’s Brett Nachman has been awarded a Paul P. Fidler Research Grant from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina.
Nachman is a doctoral candidate in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis.
The grant will support Nachman’s dissertation research, which examines how autistic students transition into and through community college.
Dallin George Young, the assistant director for research and grants at the National Resource Center, said he anticipates Nachman’s research will contribute to an overall understanding of student transitions.
Young added: “This study is an important one as it will open our understanding of students’ transitions by broadening the conversation in meaningful ways. I am delighted that we get to support research that will contribute greater knowledge about the transition experiences of students with autism. Further, it is really exciting to see what we learn about this group of students’ experiences in community colleges, institutions that have long been at the vanguard of creating opportunities for access and innovating learning and pathways for student success.”
The Paul P. Fidler Research Grant was designed to encourage the development and dissemination of knowledge that has the potential to improve the experiences of college students in transition. The grant’s namesake conducted pioneering research on student learning and success that had a vital impact on work being done to promote the success of all students in transition.
Learn more about the award and Nachman’s research, here.