Annual Meeting, American Education
Research Aassociation (AERA),San Diego, California
April 1317, 2009
Douglas Burleson and June Ahn
The Role of Network Locations in the
College Access Mentoring of Urban Youth
Darnell Cole and Araceli Espinoza
Examining the Academic Success and
Educational Satisfaction of African
American Students in STEM Majors at
HBCUs and PWIs.
Darnell Cole and Melora Sundt
Assessing the Impact of Diversity Courses
on Students Higher Order Thinking Skills: A
Methodological Design.
Zoe Corwin
Ethnographic Interviews as a Critical Tool in
Understanding the Educational Trajectories
of Foster Youth
Visualizing the virtual: A graphic overview
of a college access video game project
Lisa Garcia and Chiara Paz
Evaluating University of California Summer
Bridge Programs: Assumptions and Realities
Lisa Garcia and William Tierney
Remedial Education: Findings and
Interpretations of America's Growing
Problem
Ronn Hallett
Re-envisioning educational policies:
Presenting findings from a study with
homeless youth
Ronn Hallett and William Tierney
Social Capital of Homeless Youth: Influence
of Networks on Educational Participation
Writing on the Margins from the Center:
Homeless Youth and Politics at the Borders
Adrianna Kezar
How faculty and staff leaders navigate
power on campus
Tatiana Melguizo
Is Developmental Education Helping
Community College Students Persist?
Cecile Sam
The "What Works Clearinghouse" and
Character Development Program
Evaluation: Challenges and Alternatives
Multiple Streams Theory and School
District Reform: The Role of the Policy
Entrepreneur
A "Three-Legged Stool" of Education
Reform: School District, Foundation, and
University Collaboration
Kristan Venegas and Araceli Espinoza
The Educational Course of First-Generation
Latino Students in Engineering
CHEPA Faculty Honored
On April 14th, 2009 at USC's 28th Annual Academic Honors Convocation, Drs. William G. Tierney and Guilbert C. Hentschke were recipients of the 2009 Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award. They were honored with this award as co-authors of their recent book, New Players, Different Game: Understanding the Rise and Fall of For-Profit Colleges and Universities.
Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines. Its mission is "to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others."
For more information about their award winning book please visit John Hopkins University Press (http://www.press.jhu.edu/index.html).
