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IHEnews Institute of Higher Education
Graduates of the IHE doctoral programs (as well as our partners and clients) will be glad to know that there are still many familiar faces in IHE. Cameron Fincher, Regents Professor of Higher Education and Psychology, will have two new books published this fall. Libby Morris continues as graduate coordinator, manages significant contracts with the Board of Regents, and edits Innovative Higher Education. Larry Jones teaches institutional research and shepherds the Institute relationship with the Southern Association of Institutional Research. Ed Simpson has built an exciting set of international programs for IHE with involvements in Croatia, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom. Mel Hill edits the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement and coordinates the annual conference on higher education and the law. We also benefit from the valued presence of IHE faculty emeriti including Ron Simpson and Parker Young who teach IHE courses, Sylvia Hutchinson who coordinated the Post Doctoral Teaching Fellows program, and Louise McBee who continues her service in the Georgia General Assembly. Our doctoral programs (Ed.D. and Ph.D.) are growing with nearly fifty students in various phases of their studies. Faculty members agree that IHE students grow academically stronger each year. In addition, the Institute now participates in a master's degree program through the Department of Public Administration and Policy of the School of Public and International Affairs. MPA students can acquire a specialization in the administration of higher education by choosing four courses from eleven drawn from the IHE curriculum and from Public Administration. We look forward to a long and productive relationship with our colleagues in Public Administration and Policy. Our alumni continue to make us proud through their achievements. We look forward to hearing regularly from IHE graduates and to passing along news about their lives-after-IHE in the first forty years of the Institute.
Steve Wrigley, Senior Vice President for External Affairs at UGA, will discuss the current and future legislative agenda including policy issues for the university, the state, and nationally on November 20 at 3:30. There will be ample opportunity for discussion and questions following his presentation. Please join us in Room 101, Meigs Hall with a reception to follow.
In his new book, Football U.: Spectator Sport in the Life of the American University (University of Michigan Press), Professor Toma argues that football underscores the collegiate ideal, and highlights the unique forms in which some institutions express that ideal. From the publisher: Spectator sports do this in part, Toma believes, by creating a "national brand" that adds distinctiveness to otherwise commonplace campuses. "Teams and games," he writes, "provide a convenient vehicle through which external constituents relate to institutions and thus identify with them—coming to think of the institutions as their own." Professor Toma holds both a J.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has begun fall semester by teaching Organization and Governance and enjoying SEC football.
Michele Simpson has joined the Institute faculty as adjunct professor of higher education and coordinator of the Post Doctoral Teaching Fellows program. The program, developed in 1999, provides opportunities to enhance teaching skills and expand personal scholarship through publications and presentations. Professor Simpson is professor of reading in the Division of Academic Enhancement.
Marguerite Koepke, associate professor of environmental design and coordinator of the Governor's Teaching Fellows program, has been named adjunct associate professor of higher education. Professor Koepke began serving as cocoordinator of the GTF program in January 2000 prior to becoming coordinator in fall 2003.
Karen Webber Bauer, the new director of institutional research at UGA, is a welcome addition to the Institute faculty as an adjunct associate professor. Dr. Bauer has a strong scholarly record in the field of higher education in addition to her knowledge and expertise in institutional research.
Geoffrey Thomas was named senior fellow with the Institute in March. Dr. Thomas is founding president of Kellogg College at Oxford, director of the Oxford University Department for Continuing Education, and an honorary fellow of Linacre College, Oxford.
Cameron Fincher has completed two books that are being published this fall. Administrative Leadership in Academic Governance and Management discusses leadership typologies and models, defines the purposes of leadership, and proposes a multidimensional analysis and interpretation of administrative leadership. It is available from United Press of America, Inc.
The second edition of The Historical Development of the University System of Georgia discusses the continuing development of the University System from 1990 through the year 2002. Three additional chapters summarize the major features of the Regents' strategical planning process and discuss how much was accomplished in a relatively short period of "institutional time." Visit our publications web site to purchase a copy.
Libby Morris, Larry Jones, and Doug Toma attended the annual meeting of the European Association for Institutional Research at the University of Limerick in Limerick, Ireland on August 24-27. Drs. Morris and Jones made a presentation entitled "IR Web Site Home Pages: A Guide to Best Practices." Dr. Morris also presented a paper, "Accountability, Assessment, and Accreditation: A System Perspective," with Dr. Catherine Finnegan, associate director of assessment and public information, Advanced Learning Technologies, University System of Georgia.
Tom Bowen (1990), associate vice president for finance and administration at UGA, taught Critical Issues in Higher Education/Aspects of Planning in Higher Education during summer semester. This course explores the history, the fundamentals, and the characteristics of planning in higher education.
Joe Moon (2000) has captured the distinctive history and mission of Oxford College in a new book entitled An Uncommon Place: Oxford College of Emory University. Covering the years from 1914 to 2000, Joe's book tells of Oxford's transformation from Emory College to a regional preparatory school, a manual labor college, a junior college, and its current incarnation, Oxford College of Emory. His dissertation, "From Estrangement to Reconciliation: A Biography of Oxford College of Emory University 1919-1976," was the basis for his new book. The book is available through the Oxford Bookstore.
Pat McShane, a current student and graduate assistant with the Institute, worked with Dr. Phil Williams of Environmental Health during summer 2003 on identifying and documenting (at all three levels of accreditation, i.e. SACS, CEPH, and institutional) the assessment needs and procedures for the soon-to-be-offered Master's in Public Health Degree.
FDIG Recipients, 2003-04 Governor's Teaching Fellows, 2003-04 Recent Institute Graduate New Students
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