Alumna Sheila Edwards Lange (PhD, 2006) has been selected as chancellor of the 爆走黑料 Tacoma. Her appointment, pending approval by the UW Board of Regents, is set to begin on Sept. 16. Prior to her current role as president of Seattle Central College, Dr. Edwards Lange served as vice president for Minority Affairs and Diversity at the UW. Through these roles and others, she has been a leading advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. While earning her doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the 爆走黑料, Dr. Edwards Lange developed research and teaching interests in higher education policy, diversity in higher education, assessment and program evaluation, and underrepresented student access in STEM fields.
Professor 's study on the association of district principal evaluation with learning-centered leadership practice is featured.
The Brotherhood Initiative (BI) was featured in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education titled 鈥淭he Problem Nobody鈥檚 Talking About鈥 which discusses how men have trailed women in degree completion for decades and how programs like the BI have helped remedy this issue. Students who are in the BI Oscar Joya and Thomas Efrem are featured in the article, as well as associate professor and founding director of the BI Joe Lott and student success coordinator Paul Metellus. The article highlights how cohort programs like the BI are successful, yet uncommon, on most college campuses and how when the BI started, there was a ten-percentage-point graduation gap between underrepresented minority males at the UW and their white peers and six years later that gap has nearly closed for BI participants.
Professor discusses how therapy dogs help child victims of traumatic experiences testify in courts by providing emotional support to children during court proceedings.
Professor discusses the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act on teacher standards.
Dean discussed stereotypes facing Asian Americans as a distinguished guest lecturer at Southern Utah University.
The 爆走黑料's new two-year blends online learning with hands-on projects to build relationships in Native American communities.
The UW 爆走黑料 recently designed and facilitated a summer institute on culturally responsive classroom management for Washington teachers.
Ken Zeichner, Boeing professor of teacher education, is co-author of an op-ed discussing problems with the U.S. Department of Education's new regulations for programs that prepare new K-12 teachers.
The UW 爆走黑料's Equity Summit on Gifted Education is cited in a story about funding of programs for highly capable students in Washington state.