— Carol Clymer, co-director of the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy and the Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, spoke as part of a panel on the importance of family literacy programs at a briefing on Capitol Hill on June 21. The briefing was the result of a policy brief Clymer co-authored in February with colleagues Blaire Willson Toso, Elisabeth Grinder and graduate student Ruth Parrish Sauder. A full-length video of the briefing is accessible at https://vimeo.com/222680441.
— Karly Ford, assistant professor of higher education, spoke with the Houston Chronicle about universities' hesitancies to expand internationally and their choice instead to look to attract international students via online programs.
— Erica Frankenberg, associate professor of education and demography, spoke on the radio show Texas Standard on "Tracking a Growing Divide in the South: The Resegregation of America's Schools." She also was quoted by Newsweek and The American Prospect in articles related to the topics of segregation and diversity in education.
— Ed Fuller, associate professor of educational leadership, was quoted in a Pittsburgh Tribune Review article that discussed the impact of the state budget process on Pennsylvania schools.
—Richard Hazler, professor of counselor education, wrote an article about the college's Counselor Education program, which appeared in the Korean Counseling Association's newsletter.
— Kevin Kinser, head of the Department of Education Policy Studies and professor of higher education, was profiled in a column by the British Council, the United Kingdom's international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
— Shannon Lee, a doctoral candidate studying workforce education and development, has been awarded a visiting dissertation fellowship from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University for the 2017-18 academic year.
— Paul Morgan, professor of education policy studies, was a featured guest on Knowledge Hub, a podcast of the University of Pennsylvania's Consortium for Policy Research in Education, where he discussed his research on the early onset of science achievement gaps. He also recently presented to the Board of Science Education at the National Academy of Sciences on how to increase STEM learning by students with disabilities.
— *David Passmore, distinguished professor of workforce education and development, and sociology, in May was invited to present "Recent trends affecting higher education in the United States" at Providence University in Taichung City, Taiwan, and "Celebrating art" at the TransWorld University photography awards ceremony. In June, he presented "Artificial intelligence in education and its impacts on learning interactions" at EdTech 2017 in Sligo, Ireland.
— Hengtao Tang, doctoral student in learning design and technology, has been awarded a COIL grant for his study "Using Educational Data Mining to Increase Temporal Participation in Online Courses." For a complete list of COIL grant recipients, visit http://bit.ly/2tcQYXB.
*CORRECTION: In the June 7, 2017, edition of Around the College, research conducted by David Passmore was mistakenly credited to another faculty member.
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