Faculty member Mel Hill and IHE students at an Education Policy Seminar

EDUCATION POLICY SEMINARS

The Education Policy Series at the Institute of Higher Education provides opportunities for the exchange of views on key policy issues in higher education and related areas. Seminar participants include faculty, graduate students, administrators, and policy experts who come from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds. Speakers for the seminar come from colleges and universities across the country as well as research and policy centers and government agencies connected to education policy issues at all levels.

All meetings are held in Meigs Hall, Room 101. Please direct all inquires to J. Douglas Toma, the seminar coordinator.

2009-2010 POLICY SEMINARS

John J. Cheslock

John J. Cheslock
Associate Professor of Higher Education
Penn State University

Reaping (or Not) the Benefits of Multilevel Data in the Multidisciplinary Context of Educational Research

October 6, 2009

Dr. John J. Cheslock joined Penn State University in fall 2009 as an associate professor in the higher education program and a senior research associate in the Center for the Study of Higher Education. He obtained his Ph.D. in Labor Economics from Cornell University in 2001. While at Cornell, he also served as a research assistant at the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI). His research focuses on the economics of higher education with a special interest in tuition and financial aid policy, faculty labor markets the role of Title IX in intercollegiate athletics, and revenue stratification across institutions.

Brian E. Noland
Chancellor
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission

October 27, 2009

Brian E. Noland

Dr. Brian Noland was appointed chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission in May 2006. Dr. Noland’s professional career has been primarily focused in higher education and higher education policy. Prior to joining the Commission’s staff, he served as the associate executive director for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and was a faculty member in the Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. His scholarly focus has been in the areas of access, accountability, and governance, with articles published in The Journal of College Orientation and Transition, The Journal of Social Indicators Research, and The Handbook of Political Science Literature on Interest Groups.

During his tenure at WVHEPC, Dr. Noland has begun several new programs to promote and improve higher education and the workforce of West Virginia. The West Virginia IDeA Research Council was established to increase the state funding levels for biomedical research in an effort to ensure that biomedical research will continue to play an increasingly important role in West Virginia. The $18 million GEAR UP grant (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) provides funds for direct services to low-income West Virginia students who have been identified as being at risk of not pursuing an education past high school. GEAR UP funds are also used for financial aid and career awareness programs for students, parents and schools to help remove the cultural barriers that keep students from furthering their education.

Dr. Noland received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from West Virginia University, and holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.


see also:	Education Policy Seminars 2008-09 Education Policy Seminars 2007-08 Education Policy Seminars 2006-07 Education Policy Seminars 2005-06 Education Policy Seminars 2004-05