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As hundreds of colleges and universities scale back or eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, a new study led by former UW–Madison researcher Selyna Pérez Beverly examines how some faculty and administrators across the country in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields continue finding evidence-backed ways to support underrepresented students. The study was …
A new study from UW–Madison education researchers Aziz Awaludin and Richard Halverson offers a detailed, data‑driven look at how school districts and universities worked together to design principal preparation programs with equity at the center. Published in the Journal of Educational Administration, the study, titled “Connecting the Dots: A Social Network Study of Inter-Organizational Partnerships for Designing …
The Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative (WEC) is building deeper connections with campus partners by providing evaluation expertise in support of research and program improvement. At the Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), WEC partners with school districts, universities, state agencies, and community organizations to plan, implement, and support evaluation-related program improvement. WEC also offers capacity-building on issues such …
UW–Madison entomology professor Claudio Gratton had wanted to make an educational video game about insects for years. He believed a game would be an incredible way to engage young learners with the important research he does on insect diversity, but he needed a like-minded partner with the know-how to help develop and find funding for …
At the Center for Research on Complex Thinking (CRCT) in UW–Madison’s School of Education, undergraduates routinely perform at a graduate-student level and help train faculty and researchers from around the world, said Brendan Eagan, CRCT’s associate director of research, in a recent presentation. That outcome is no accident. Eagan described it as the product of a deliberate, …
An updated statistical portrait of HMoob (Hmong)* American undergraduates enrolled in the 13 campuses of the Universities of Wisconsin reveals a college experience marked by unique challenges and opportunities. These enrollees, compared to their peers, are less wealthy and less likely to report having a disability. They are also twice as likely to be the …
A new collaborative project is bringing together the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) at UW–Madison and the national nonprofit Professional Development Hub (pd|hub) to improve how career‑related mentoring happens in biomedical research environments. The project is funded by a five-year grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part …
A recent working paper co-authored by UW–Madison School of Education assistant professor Taylor Odle and Ph.D. student Isabel McMullen offers some of the strongest evidence to date on when and why college advising programs for high school students are successful at scale. Their study, When and Why Does College Advising ‘Work’: Evidence from Advise TN, examines …
A new study co-authored by UW–Madison School of Education faculty member Courtney Bell explores whether artificial intelligence (AI) can help assess teaching quality using real classroom data and do it as well or even better than traditional human ratings, which can be time-consuming, expensive and inconsistent. The international team of researchers used a type of …
UW–Madison researchers Malachy Bishop and Sang Qin will use a $200,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to lead a two-year project addressing the lack of information about the effects of menopause on women living with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic and progressive degenerative disease of the central nervous system. By the project’s end, …