Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2024

Winn has been elected to a leadership post at the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is co-founder and co-director of the Transformative Justice in Education Center at the University of California, Davis.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

Janelle Scott has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She has previously been the 2019–2022 AERA Division L vice president and member of the AERA Council and Executive Board. She will begin in her new role at the end of the association’s 2024 annual meeting.

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APRIL 27, 2023

Strachan, who is a member of the Board of the Alabama Science Teachers Association (ASTA), holds a doctorate in science education from Morgan State University; a Master of Secondary Education (biology) from Alabama A&M; and a B.S. in biology from Mount Allison University.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Holding students back a year may have its benefits, according to a recent study published by the American Educational Research Association (AERA). As of 2019, 18 U.S. states had mandatory retention laws for students taking state assessments, with the prominence of such policies increasing in the nation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the world's most prolific educational researchers. Ladson-Billings is Professor Emerita and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor in Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University.

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