The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announces its 2020–2021 AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research competition for graduate students. This program provides mentoring …
Embracing Equity featured in AGB’s Trusteeship
The Association of Governing Boards (AGB) Trusteeship magazine’s most recent issue features the article “Embracing Equity” describing the work of the Critical Higher Education Governance …
Linnie Carter inspires as an educator and entrepreneur
CCL PhD alumna, Linnie Carter (Cohort 2), Vice President of College Advancement at HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College, has be active in presenting in …
James Maccariella publishes on engineering learning communities
CCL PhD alumnus Dr. James Maccariella (Cohort 11), Dr. Mitchell Williams, and Dr. Shana Pribesh just published, “An Engineering Learning Community to Promote Retention …
Commodore publishes article on HBCUs selection of Black women presidents in Hypatia
Losing Herself to Save Herself: Perspectives on Conservatism and Concepts of Self for Black Women Aspiring to the HBCU Presidency by Felecia Commodore https://doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12480 …
Marcus Peanort quoted in article on community colleges
Marcus Peanort, associate dean of student affairs at Montgomery’s Germantown campus, said he’s talked to many students who also prefer the small size of …
Diane Ryan named Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Yavapai College
Yavapai College has hired Dr. Diane Ryan as its new Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. She will begin her new role on September 3. …
Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program
Applications for the Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program, AY2020/21 are now open. The Fulbright Program in Portugal offers awards for U.S. Scholars in a wide …
#PhDLife Summer!
Great to see CCL and HIED Ph.D. students presenting their research at conferences and traveling for professional networking opportunities! CCL Ph.D. student Marcus Peanort …
Congratulations, Dr. Kia Hardy!
Kia L. Hardy successfully defended her dissertation on June 13, 2019, The title of her dissertation is The Challenges Facing Women Leaders in Mid-Level …
Congratulations, Dr. Okerblom!
Matthew J. Okerblom defended his dissertation on June 10, 2019. His dissertation is titled, The Impact of Performance Funding on Community College Degree and …
Highlights from National Symposium on Social Mobility
During this year’s Summer Institute, ODU’s new Center for Social Mobility, in partnership with the Higher Education and Community College Leaderhip graduate programs brought …
Welcome back Cohort 16!
Welcome back Cohort 16! You accomplished so much your first year – and your connections as a cohort made all the difference! Excited to …
Welcome Cohort 17!
Welcome to ODU, Cohort 17! So wonderful to have you kick-off your Ph.D. program at 2019 Summer Institute!
Congratulations, Dr. Grimm!
Jennifer Grimm successfully defended her dissertation today! The dissertation was titled, “Supplemental Instruction, Calibration, and Self-Efficacy: A Path Model Analysis.” Dr. Chris Glass was …
New Faculty Publication in special issue of Review of Higher Education
Dr. Felecia Commodore co-authored “Reaching Back to Move Forward: The Historic and Contemporary Role of Student Activism in the Development and Implementation of Higher …
Congratulations Graduates!
Check out our amazing pictures from this year’s Hooding Ceremony! We had so much fun we needed two photo albums!
Congratulations to our AMAZING Award Recipients!
Congratulations Preston, Jennifer, Amy, Diane, and Dela! Today, Preston Reilly received the Most Important Contribution Award for the Higher Education Program. Jennifer Hoover received …
Sultzer advocates for living donor protections with Delegate Luedtke
New CCL PhD student Dave Sultzer (Cohort 17) recently penned an Op-Ed with a Maryland Delegate that was published in the Capital Gazette. Dave …
Harder to speak about rural community colleges at InsideHigherEd summit on the future of public higher ed
CCL PhD alumna Natalie Harder joins other national experts at InsideHigherEd’s forum on the Future of Public Higher Education with a presentation on “Rural …
Brogden and Gregory publish research on resilience in students with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Laura Brogden (CCL Cohort 10) and Dennis Gregory just publish Laura’s dissertation research in the Community College Journal of Research & Practice. In the …
Commodore quoted in The Atlantic
Felecia Commodore was quoted in a recent article in The Atlantic: The Disciplines Where No Black People Earn Ph.D.s In more than a dozen …
Jenkins & Lynch honored with Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Awards
Shanda Jenkins (HIED PhD) was selected as the recipient of this year’s College of Sciences Distinguished Teaching award for adjunct faculty. Dr. Jason Lynch, …
CCL alumna Adam-Turner’s research published in Community College Enterprise
CCL PhD alumna Nancy Adam-Turner, Digital Systems & Literacy Instruction PM/ Educational Leadership at Bluefield State College, just published “Leadership Perspectives of Digital Learning …