Innovator Vol. 36 No. 1 - Winter 06: The M Difference
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Professor Richard Alfred’s new book, “Managing the Big Picture in Colleges and Universities: From Tactics to Strategy”, will be published this fall by Praeger Books as part of the Higher Education Series of the American Council on Education. The book breaks new ground in education because it is the first comprehensive treatment of strategy in colleges and universities.
Professor Robert Bain has been selected to receive the Pattishall Award. This award includes an honorarium and the opportunity to to give an invited lecture about his research to the faculty, staff, and students.
Professor Michael Bastedo has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship titled: “Policy Formation and the Rationalization of European Higher Education: Metapolicies in Comparative Context.”
Doctoral student Rong Chen was awarded an AERA Dissertation Grant.
Hamish Coates (Australia), was a Visiting Scholar in CSHPE in 2004-05 as a recipient of an Australian Postgraduate Award. He spent his time at CSHPE studying issues related to teaching and learning, with particular emphasis on distance learning and technology in higher education. Since his return to the University of Melbourne’s Centre for the Study of Higher Education, he has received his doctoral degree.
Educational Studies student, Nathan Daun-Barnett, had a paper accepted for publication in the Education Law and Policy Forum, a new electronic journal to be launched in Fall, 2005. The Forum is sponsored by the Education Law Consortium at the Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia. The consortium invited students from all academic disciplines to submit papers for publication in the Forum on any topic related to law or policy in education, including both K-12 and higher education.
Professor Eric Dey is writing a short article on his experiences riding in the Tour de France, for possible publication in the peer-reviewed journal “Michigan Sports and Fitness.” He had the opportunity to ride a stage of Le Tour by participating in L’Etape, a public stage of the tour organized by the French cycling magazine “Velo Magazine” and held July 11th. The stage involved about 8,000 mostly European riders, and followed the same 110 mile course from Mourenx to Pau through the Pyrennes that served as Stage 16 of Le Tour 7. A number of pictures of L’Etape can be seen at: http://www.umich.edu/~dey/letape
Doctoral student Karen Downing co-authored “Multiracial America: A Resource Guide on the History and Literature of Interracial Issues” with her colleagues Darlene Nichols and Kelly Webster.
Professor Anne Ruggles Gere’s new book “Writing On Demand: Best Practices and Strategies For Success” (with Leila Christenbury and Kelly Sasi) Heinemann 2005 has been receiving some attention from the local press. It’s a book designed for teachers who are feeling overwhelmed by high-stakes writing tests, and it offers ways of teaching without capitulating to “test prep”.
Educational Studies doctoral student Amelia Wenk Gotwals, was awarded one of the Spencer Dissertation Fellowships for this upcoming academic year.
Professor Heather Hill has won a Distinguished Research Scientist award from the UM Office of the Vice-President for Research.
Doctoral student Sandy Kortesoja was awarded an AIR Dissertation Grant.
In early September Professor Jay Lemke was the keynote speaker at an international conference in Granada, Spain: VII-th International Congress on Research in Science Education: Education for Sustainable Development http://blues.uab.es/~sice23/congreso/The Congress draws participants mostly from the EU countries and Latin America.
Professor Marty Maehr retired in August. Although Marty will be officially retired, he will continue to mentor students and work on grant projects as an Emeritus faculty member. CPEP is planning a retirement “festschrifft” for Marty sometime next year and will provide further information as plans are made.
Professor Jana Nidiffer was selected as a recipient of the 2005 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award. This award was established in 1996 and named in honor of the former dean of the School of Social Work to recognize UM faculty members who have exhibited outstanding leadership in the area of cultural diversity.
Professor Annemarie Palincsar has been selected as a member of the National Academy of Education.
In Spring, 2005, the Center for the Education of Women selected 42 outstanding women students as 2005-06 CEW Scholars and Fellows; Penny Pasque, a doctoral student in CSHPE was among the recipients.
Visiting Scholar Victor Pushnykh from Tomsk Technical University in Russia completed a study of UM’s governance and management style, resulting in a paper that has been accepted by Tertiary Education and Management, EAIR;s international journal.
CSHPE Administrative Assistant Melinda Richardson was selected to participate in the university-wide VOICES of the Staff program in order to enhance communication about a range of topics affecting the University of Michigan between staff members and central administration. Congratulations, Melinda! They are lucky to have your input on this new program.
The scholarly work in BioKids by Nancy Butler Songer and associates has been peer reviewed and published in MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching). The MERLOT project is an international initiative enabling faculty to integrate technology into higher education. The peer review report written by the MERLOT-Teacher Education Editorial Board is published on the MERLOT website: The Merlot project (http://www.merlot.org).
CSHPE doctoral student, Yinmei Wan, was awarded a Barbour Scholarship by the Rackham School of Graduate Studies.
