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Cross-national Trends in Teacher Work Roles and Working Conditions
(2009-03-02)
With the growing attention to curricular standardization, especially in math and science, and equitable conditions that promote learning for all students, most research has continued to focus on instructional practice ...
Return to the Top: The Role of Increasing College Productivity in America's Quest for Global Leadership in Degree Attainment
(2010-04-20)
As America's supply of skilled workers falls behind demand, the country is losing its long-held advantage over competing nations. Many leaders -- most notably President Obama -- have made it a national priority to return ...
The Prevalence and Impact of Differential Tuition in Public Research Institutions
(2009-03-25)
As Wisconsin?s economy continues to face difficult challenges and the legislature is forced to consider how to fund the state?s public institutions in the coming years, tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will ...
Understanding the Culture of Research Collaboration: An Exploration of Transnational Partnerships
(2009-05-09)
Global partnerships with multi-national teams are increasingly referenced as a means to approach the world?s most pressing problems. This interactive session details an empirically derived conceptual framework that describes ...
Talking About Leaving: Why Faculty Leave UW-Madison and What We Can Do About It
(2008-04-29)
Christine Maidl Pribbenow will highlight the findings and implications of two studies on faculty who have left UW-Madison in recent years.
One study looked at female faculty in the sciences and engineering who left ...
Meditations on the Ideology of Inquiry in Higher Education Research
(2007-02-28)
In his presidential address to the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) two decades ago, Professor Conrad challenged the conventional beliefs that guide higher education research. In this brown bag forum, ...
A Decade of Labor Licensing at UW-Madison
(2008-11-12)
In her role as the chancellor's director for community relations at UW-Madison, Dawn Crim has often been at the center of the very public and sometimes controversial issue of university labor licensing. In order to ...
Problems of Injustice in College Enrollment and Completion
(2010-04-12)
Why does the achievement gap matter? What, if anything, should the government do about it? What should schools, and teachers, do about it? Students are critically examining these questions and more in Professor Harry ...
Never Too Young: Science at Madison Children's Museum
(2007-10-22)
Madison Children's Museum has a long history of collaboration with UW-Madison researchers in delivering age-appropriate science outreach for young children. Ruth Shelly will direct a virtual tour of the new expanded museum, ...
Recognizing Commitment to Community: UW-Madison and Carnegie's Engagement Classification
(2008-10-08)
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching defines community engagement as "the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities...for the mutually beneficial exchange of ...