Jackson Discusses Higher Ed Pay Gaps
February 28, 2017
New evidence suggests some colleges and universities are taking bold steps to even out the playing field when hiring and retaining female faculty and staff.
Wang, Research Team Publish Study Examining Two-Year College Women’s Transfer into STEM Programs
February 24, 2017
UW-Madison’s Xueli Wang and her research team authored an intriguing new report that appears in the most recent edition of the journal Frontiers in Psychology.
New Education Game Group in Town
February 14, 2017 | By Lynn Armitage
Impact. It’s a word that Mike Beall uses often when defining the mission of the eight game developers he leads at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, the new home for this dynamic band of software programmers and artists.
Teaching to and Through Social Justice
February 8, 2017
Manya Whitaker, Assistant Professor at Colorado College, presented "Teaching to and Through Social Justice" as part of the Carl A. Grant Scholars Lecture Series on February 7, 2017
Researchers and Teachers collaborate on Educational Video Games
January 30, 2017
Ten middle school teachers from across the state spent the day with University of Wisconsin researchers, co-designing video games that will be used in the classroom.
MacDonald Presents as Invited Speaker for the Multimodal Observation Protocol Project
January 30, 2017
Rita MacDonald was an invited speaker for the Multimodal Observation Protocol Project in the School of Education at the University at Albany-State University of New York on January 21, 2017
The Idea That Launched a Thousand Strategic Plans
January 25, 2017
Matt Hora's book, Beyond the Skills Gap, was featured in an article about the skills gap in the Chronicle of Higher Education
2017 MSAN Institute Call for Proposals Open Through February 17
January 18, 2017
The Call for Proposals is now open for the 2017 MSAN Institute on Equity Leadership and Cultural Competence being held April 27-28 at The Concourse Hotel in Madison, WI.
Wisconsin Receives $2 Million Grant to Improve Career Pathways
January 12, 2017
WCER is pleased to be among the many partners contributing to this important multi-phase project. WCER researchers conducted a needs assessment of a career pathways system that helped inform the action plan that won this second phase grant award.
The Skills Gap: Redefining the Problem, Reframing the Narrative, and Reinventing Partnerships
January 10, 2017
Without greater collaboration between employers and education providers, the pathway to closing the skills gap will remain slightly out of reach and American workers will remain wanting.
2017’s Best & Worst Metro Areas for STEM Professionals
January 10, 2017
Matt Hora discusses STEM job prospects with Wallet Hub.
New UW Video Games Institution Will Get in GEAR Tuesday
January 4, 2017
A new group dedicated to video games for learning launches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuesday.
Percy Brown Named One of the 44 Most Influential African Americans in WI
December 19, 2016
Percy Brown Named one of the 44 Most Influential African Americans in WI
Ed Psych Professor Earns Distinguished Professorship Award
December 9, 2016
Recognizing his extraordinary achievements as a UW faculty member, David Shaffer, a professor and chair of the Dept. of Educational Psychology's Learning Sciences program, was recently named to a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. The professorship provides flexible funding over five years and is named after professor, Senator and UW System Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).
School Privatization and Black Teacher Decline
December 7, 2016
Terrenda C. White, Assistant Professor Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice at the University of Colorado, presented "School Privatization and Black Teacher Decline" as part of the Carl A. Grant Lecture Series on December 6, 2016
