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IHEnews Institute of Higher Education
During 2001-02, the faculty of the Institute launched a strategic planning process. We set priorities and plans by reviewing our history, assessing our strengths, and identifying new areas for growth. Four committees, representing major programmatic thrusts of the Institute, were formed: graduate education; faculty and instructional development; policy formulation and research; and continuing education. Graduate education has been a component of the Institute since 1964, when the first students graduated from the newly created doctoral program. In summer 2002, the 132nd graduate of the Institute's doctoral program completed her degree. We take pride in our graduates and their positions on this campus and across the nation. In fall 2002 the Institute, in cooperation with the UGA Graduate School, begins the 39th year of the Faculty Development in Georgia program. This program assists faculty members from public and private colleges in Georgia in completing their doctoral studies. The Governor's Teaching Fellows program begins its eighth year this fall with twelve participants from public and private colleges in Georgia. It seeks to improve instructional quality through faculty development. As we continue long-standing activities, we also enjoy building new relationships. We are entering the third year of our partnership with the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at UGA in the Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows program. And, for the third year, the Institute faculty is collaborating with the Departments of Adult Education and Occupational Studies to offer doctoral education in a hybrid model of online and face-to-face instruction. Our public service and research efforts remain strong. We are in the second year of a distance education project with the Advanced Learning Technologies unit of the Board of Regents. The 33rd annual law conference held in July was highly regarded and attended. We are also building new relationships with institutions of higher learning in Europe and Africa to address needs in institutional and administrative development. In May, three Institute faculty members (Ed Simpson, Larry Jones, and Scott Thomas) participated in a week-long national workshop on management in higher education for Croatian administrators. On November 20th, Dr. Geoffrey Thomas of Kellogg College, Oxford University, will deliver the 14th Louise McBee lecture. Dr. Thomas is a distinguished scholar and speaker. We look forward to this annual occasion at which we honor Dr. McBee. The Institute offers many such opportunities throughout the year for alumni and other colleagues to visit with national and international leaders in education through IHE's Campus Conversations and its Educational Policy Seminars. Please watch for announcements of these and other events. Recently the Institute established an affiliated Fellows program that acknowledges our many working relationships with colleagues outside IHE. Five persons have accepted invitations for three-year appointments as Fellows or Senior Fellows. They are as follows: Pam Kleiber, Associate Director, Honors Program; Joseph Hermanowicz, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Bill Jackson, Director, Office of Instructional Support and Development; Del Dunn, Vice President for Instruction; and Edwin Speir, Professor and President Emeritus, Georgia College and State University. We welcome them to formal affiliation with IHE. I invite you to visit us in Meigs and share your thoughts on higher education in Georgia, across the nation, and around the globe.
Dr. Geoffrey Thomas became founding president of Kellogg College at Oxford University on its inception in 1990. He combines his college duties with the directorship of the Department for Continuing Education, which shares the college's mission to promote opportunities for life-long learning. One of his main research interests has been in the public understanding of science, and in 1988, with Professor John Durant, he directed the first survey of public understanding of science in the United Kingdom.
Geoffrey Thomas has spent several periods of sabbatical leave at a number of U.S. universities. He has lectured on developments in continuing education and other aspects of higher education in the United Kingdom and abroad, including the invitational conference at the University of Georgia, sponsored by Governor (now Senator) Zell Miller, on Accountability in Higher Education. He was appointed a trustee of the Thomas Wall Charitable Trust, and by the National Assembly for Wales as a member of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.
The fourteenth annual Louise McBee lecture will be held at 1:30 on November 20 in the University Chapel.
Joyce Placek will retire on October 1 with 17 years of service to the Institute of Higher Education, including more than 25 years of service to the University of Georgia. She holds the position of budget analyst II and assistant to the director. Joyce has been an important part of the Institute staff and worn many hats during her years with the Institute. Her knowledge, expertise, and competence will be greatly missed.
Education Policy Seminars
October 11, 2:30-3:45 November 15, 2:30-3:45 Campus Conversations
Nancy Mcduff, Director of Admissions at the University of Georgia will be the guest speaker on November 12th at 3:30 p.m. in Room 101, Meigs Hall. She will discuss issues related to admissions and diversity at UGA.
Danny Pugh (2000) has been appointed dean of students/assistant vice president for student life at Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington. Danny previously served as dean of students and now assumes supervisory authority of two additional departments at EWU. Disability Support Services and Health, Wellness, and Prevention Services have been added as part of the Student Life family.
Sue Achtemeier (2002) is the new assistant director for institutional research at the University of Georgia. Sue added, "It is exciting to apply my experiences in the Institute doctoral program to new opportunities at UGA."
Diane Smathers (1980) has recently been named associate vice provost for off-campus, distance and continuing education at Clemson University.
Jim Eck (1997) has taken a position as assistant provost of institutional reserach at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Jim was previously at the University of Samford in Birmingham.
Todd Holcomb (1992) has the new title of director of the office of residence life and new student programs at Miami University, Oxford Ohio.
Mary Theokas (1999) is serving as an education specialist at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach which specializes in aviation and aerospace.
Ron White (Ed.D.) is the new vice president for enrollment management at Columbia College in South Carolina.
Paul Brooks (Ed.D.) effective November 1, will be the UGA Director for the Office of Postgraduate Continuing Education and Outreach.
Sam Cash (2000) is the winner of the John Grenzebach Research Award from the Council for the Advancement & Support of Education for his dissertation, "Private Voluntary Support of Public Research Universities in the United States." Dr. Cash received a $1,000 cash award at the C.A.S.E. International Assembly in Chicago. Dr. Thomas Dyer directed the dissertation.
Recent Institute Graduates
Tracey Ford (2/21/02), Morris—"Racial, Academic and Social Experiences of African American Students at the University of Georgia"
Sue D. Achtemeier (6/6/02), Simpson—"An Investigation of Benchmarking as an Accountability Practice in Higher Education"
Elizabeth Simonetti (3/14/02), Hutchinson—"Survey of Traditional and Distance Learning Faculty Members at Private Institutions in the Southeast: Implications for Policy Development"
Eugenia M. Snyder (7/1/02), Simpson—"Making Meaning out of Mission: A Case Study of Georgia College and State University"
New Students
Robert Anderson, Graduate Asst., IHE Governor's Teaching Fellows 2002-03
Harriet Allison, Gainesville College Faculty Development in Georgia Recipients, 2002-03
Terri Earl-Kulkosky, Ft. Valley St. Univ. Jones Receives Distinguished Membership Award
Larry Jones received the Distinguished Membership award by the Association for Institutional Research. It is a lifetime achievement award for outstanding contributions in institutional research. He is among 22 AIR members who have received the award in the 41 years that it has been given.
Happy Birthday!
Dr. Daniel Sorrells, professor emeritus of higher education, celebrated his 90th birthday recently. Dr. Sorrells played a major role in the development of the graduate program.
The University of Georgia invites nominations and applications for the position of Director of the Institute of Higher Education.
The Director should hold a Ph.D. in higher education or a closely related academic discipline and have a record of scholarly research relevant to the field.
The Director is expected to provide vision and leadership for the Institutešs programs and to strengthen its commitment to working with a wide variety of constituent groups including those at the University of Georgia; federal, state, and local governments; other institutions of higher education in the state and beyond; and to regional, national, and international organizations that promote higher education institutions and research.
Applicants should send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, the names of three references, and a statement of research interests to: Dr. Thomas G. Dyer, University Professor of Higher Education and History, Institute of Higher Education, Meigs Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-6772. To assure full consideration applications must be received by October 15, 2002. UGA is an AA/EO Employer.
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Geoffrey Thomas to Give Louise McBee Lecture, November 20, 2002
Joyce Placek Retires