Dr. Kristen Renn will give a talk, “Supporting All Students: Strategies for LGBT Student Success”, on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Kansas State University. This is part of the Chet Peters Lecture Series which is celebrating 30 years. For more information about series: www.k-state.edu/chetpeters.
HALE Faculty Updates
Journal Article: Coloniality and a Global Testing Regime in Higher Education: Unpacking the OECD's AHELO Initiative
Riyad A. Shahjahan (2013): Coloniality and a global testing regime in higher education: unpacking the OECD’s AHELO initiative, Journal of Education Policy, DOI:10.1080/02680939.2012.758831. “The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is currently engaging in a worldwide feasibility study entitled International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO). This feasibility study seeks to develop measures… Read More »
Journal Article: Beyond the "National Container": Addressing Methodological Nationalism in Higher Education Research
Shahjahan, R. A., & Kezar, A. J. (2013). Beyond the “national container”: Addressing methodological nationalism in higher education research. Educational Researcher, 42(1), 20. “This essay argues that there is a need for higher education researchers to become aware of methodological nationalism (MN) and take steps to reframe their scholarship in new ways. It illuminates two characteristics of… Read More »
Dr. Patricia Enos to Receive the Esther Lloyd Jones Professional Service Award
At the upcoming ACPA National Convention, former Assistant Vice President for Student Services, Dr. Pat Enos, will officially receive the Esther Lloyd Jones Professional Service award. Dr. Enos retired at the end June 2012. Click here to read the College of Education’s story about Pat’s award. Congratulations, Pat!
Dr. Ann Austin: Consult Expert for the Board on Science Education
Dr. Ann Austin has been invited to serve as a Consulting Expert for the Board on Science Education of the National Research Council for a companion volume for the recent Consensus Study Report entitled Discipline-Based Education Research. The companion volume will be aimed at practitioners engaged in teaching undergraduates in science and engineering. Her role… Read More »
Panel Speaker: Dr. Ann Austin at the AAAS Annual Conference
At the 2013 AAAS Annual Meeting, Dr. Ann Austin served as a panel speaker for the session entitled, “Undergraduate Science Education at a Seminal Crossroad: Responding to Recent Research Findings.” Next year’s annual meeting will be February 13-17, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois.
Invited Speaker: Dr. Kristen Renn at University of Vermont
Dr. Kristen Renn was an invited lecturer for University of Vermont’s Dan & Carole Burack President’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Dr. Renn gave her called entitled, “Activism and Identity: New Challenges and Opportunities for Campus and Community” on Monday, February 4, 2013. It was sponsored by the Department of Leadership & Development Sciences and the Center… Read More »
Journal Article: Advancing STEM Undergraduate Learning: Preparing the Nation's Future Faculty
Pfund, C., Mathieu, R., Austin, A., Connolly, M., Manske, B., and Moore, K. (2012). Advancing STEM undergraduate learning: Preparing the nation’s future faculty. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 44 (6): 64-72. “Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars at research universities will shape the future of undergraduate education in the natural and social sciences, technology, engineering,… Read More »
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Austin at Niagara University International Conference on Teaching and Learning
Dr. Ann Austin served as the keynote speaker at the 12th annual Niagara University’s Conference on Teaching and Learning in Niagara, New York. The talk was given on January 7, 2013 as was entitled, “Looking to the Future: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities for the Professoriate.”
Panel Speaker: Promoting Research-Based Instructional Practices in Undergraduate Science and Engineering
Dr. Ann Austin was an invited panelist for the topic, “Promoting Research-Based Instructional Practices in Undergraduate Science and Engineering” on November 8, 2012. The panel discussion was part of a Report Release Event of the Board on Science Education of the National Research Council of The National Academies. The report that was releases was entitled,… Read More »