Education

Around the College: Dec. 13, 2017

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Erica Frankenberg, associate professor of education (educational leadership) and demography, was quoted in the Esquire article "Our School Systems Deserve Better Than This."

— Roger Geiger, distinguished professor emeritus of education (education policy studies), presented "Assessing the Current Moment in Historical Perspective" to the Social Science Research Council at the University Fund for the Social Sciences Conference on Oct. 16 in New York City. He also presented "Building Knowldege: The Research Mission in American Universities, 1890-2017" at The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Missions of Universities over Time on Nov. 27-28 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Kevin Kinser, professor of education (higher education) and head of the Department of Education Policy Studies, was quoted in the article "GOP Seeks to Shift Accountability for College," published by Inside Higher Ed.

Paul Morgan, professor of education (education policy studies), was invited to provide expert testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the topic of the intersections between race, disability and the school-to-prison pipeline on Friday, Dec. 8, in Washington, D.C. A recording of the meeting can be viewed by visiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv_GgG-igBE. Morgan also was quoted by the Huffington Post in the article "Special Education's Hidden Racial Gap."

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Last Updated February 8, 2018