ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights March 2015

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ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights March 2015
 
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March 2015

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews
Research Policy and Funding News
ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls
Beyond AERA
New on the ÐÜèÊÓÆµWebsite
ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

ÐÜèÊÓÆµNews


Vivian L. Gadsden (University of Pennsylvania) has been voted president-elect of AERA. Her term as president begins at the conclusion of AERA’s 2016 Annual Meeting. 

ÐÜèÊÓÆµmembers selected several new ÐÜèÊÓÆµCouncil representatives, including two members-at-large, four division vice presidents-elect, and a chair-elect of the Graduate Student Council, among others.

The 2015 Annual Meeting, to be held in Chicago this year (April 16–20), offers a distinguished list of speakers. The event is the single-largest annual gathering of scholars in the education research field.


On March 16 and 17, a delegation of nine ÐÜèÊÓÆµmembers, led by ÐÜèÊÓÆµExecutive Director Felice J. Levine and Government Relations Director Juliane Baron, met with White House staff and key congressional offices.  


ÐÜèÊÓÆµhas announced the winners of its 2015 awards for excellence in education research. Recipients will be honored for their outstanding scholarship at an awards ceremony at the ÐÜèÊÓÆµAnnual Meeting.

ÐÜèÊÓÆµwill publish three books in April with groundbreaking scholarship in critical emerging areas of education research.

Research Policy and Funding News


The Consortium of Social Science Associations held its 2015 Annual Meeting and Social and Behavioral Science Advocacy Day on March 9 and 10, bringing together more than 100 members of the social and behavioral science community. 


The National Science Foundation has announced a public access plan, Today’s Data, Tomorrow’s Discoveries, that details the requirements for providing public access to publications and conference papers drawn from NSF-funded research. 


House Appropriations subcommittees have been busy in March with several hearings on education and National Science Foundation–related FY 2016 budget requests.

ÐÜèÊÓÆµCalls 


  • Deadline to Register: May 11
     
  • Reminder: 

Beyond AERA 


 

 

 

 

New on the ÐÜèÊÓÆµWebsite

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ÐÜèÊÓÆµin the News

Recent media coverage of ÐÜèÊÓÆµand AERA-published research
 

  • The Seattle Times, March 11
     

  • Bloomberg Business, March 9
     

  • Education Week, March 5
     

  • Pacific Standard, March 5

ÐÜèÊÓÆµHighlights is published by the ÐÜèÊÓÆµ monthly to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in ÐÜèÊÓÆµand in the field.
 
Editor: Felice J. Levine
Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk
ContributorsJuliane Baron, Lauren Green, Bridget Jameson, Christy Talbot, Martha Yager